Fat Bear February is just around the corner!

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Seeing some of these #FatBear videos. Can’t imagine having to bath a 900 pound bear. Have seen them in the wild only a few times, including one very sleepless rainy night on the #AppalachianTrail with two juveniles hell bent on stealing something, anything, from the campsite. No worries wrt being eaten as they’d run off at loud noises. But they were persistent and stubborn and you probably didn’t want to meet the parents in dead of night. Thankfully they were also lazy so didn’t follow next day
All hail the new Fat Bear Champion

No kings, except Chunk

The Verge

FAT BEAR WEEK!
FAT BEAR WEEK!
FAT BEAR WEEK!

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Burrowing Owls at Umatilla Military Depot

Burrowing Owl cam in north-central Oregon, located on a former U.S. Army Chemical & Weapons Depot now being restored as a critical wildlife habitat. Here, a network of artificial burrows, built from repurposed materials, has helped recover a once-declining population, growing from just a 3-4 breeding pairs in the early 2000s to a record year in 2024 with nearly 100 nesting pairs and over 400 chicks banded in one season. This site now serves as a vital conservation hub, research area, and training ground for biologists studying Burrowing Owls in the Pacific Northwest. Special thanks to the Owl Research Institute, Global Owl Project, Boise State University, the Oregon Military Department, and especially the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, who named this land Papuunmí Tanawtpamá Tičám, or “Home of the Burrowing Owl.” We appreciate their partnership and land access for our research and cam placement.