Originally posted by Corinna
We are having more sightings in more populated areas ,here we are thinking (I should say the EXPERTS) its from the burns of last year. I have been notiving small behavior changes in all the wildlife patterns for a couple years. Everyone thinks I'm imagining it. I don't thinks so but maybe othersof you have too.
Glaicer , the brown was it a Kodiak or grizzly. Glad your ok .
I think it was a Kodiak--or what we call a plain ol' brown bear around here. If he was a griz, he was very young as the hump wasn't obvious.

I haven't noticed any major changes in their behavior around here. There are always bears in the area, but they usually stay farther back by the lake and away from the road. The Yukon is still pretty sparsely populated--twice as many moose as people up here and as many bears a people! I definately think in more populated areas there are changes happening. The wildlife just has no where to hide anymore in so many places.