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Where Are All the Bears?

For more than fifty years, visitors to Yellowstone could rely on encountering black bears along the roads. "Bear jams" were as common as eruptions of Old Faithful Geyser. Now you have to be lucky to see a bear, even if you stay a week.

Bears had become increasingly bold with tourists between 1915, when cars first entered the park, and 1970. They were never tame, though, and as many as fifty people would be injured each season, leading to many "problem bears" having to be killed by the park service. To correct the situation, the park changed its policies, closing dumps where bears had fed, using bear-proof garbage cans, insisting on secure . . .Read the full nugget and see the pictures

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The springs at Mammoth Hot Springs are not for soaking your body, but some of them are a treat for the eyes. To visit the best features, you may need to climb a lot of stairs. But the hot spring activity varies greatly, and some years you will see beautifully active springs and terraces not far from the settled area at Mammoth and near the Upper Terrace Drive.