There are bears and then there are BEARS. This is that last one. It's the National Park Service's Fattest Bear Award and this year it goes to 409 Beadnose.
Based on what I've just watched, I believe this might be the worst year ever of people behaving badly with wildlife. A video has gone viral showing a woman hand-feeding a bear a chocolate chip cookie and I'm beside myself.
It's hard to believe that this summer is the 32nd anniversary of the wildfire that nearly consumed Yellowstone National Park. I remember that summer of 1988 like it was yesterday.
I have long suspected this is true and now I have some science to back it up. Wyoming has officially been rated as one of the quietest places in America.
The Yellowstone data was among the total effects nationwide of spending by more than 327 million visitors in communities within 60 miles of a national park.