Few are lucky or brave enough to visit brown or grizzly bears in the wild. "This is live footage from Brooks River in Katmai National Park, Alaska, and it's one of the best places in the world to watch brown bears fishing for salmon," Fitz said. Fitz is the resident naturalist with explore.org, which partnered with the National Park Service a decade ago to live-stream the bears’ annual summer feast on sockeye salmon at Brooks Falls.
Significant numbers of salmon returning to spawn in British Columbia are being caught in southeast Alaskan fisheries, hindering Canada's efforts to preserve and rebuild stocks that are declining to historic lows, B.C. salmon advocates say.
Fat Bear Week is an annual contest that celebrates the success of brown bears who are preparing for hibernation around Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Bristol Bay, Alaska, by chunking up on salmon.
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