BearWise Articles by Category
BearWise in the News
“TIBT Toolkit: How to Protect People, Property – and Bears – in the Tahoe Basin”
December 9, 2025 | Tahoe Daily Tribune
Lake Tahoe, Tahoe Basin, California/Nevada
Tahoe Interagency Bear Team (TIBT)
“TIBT Toolkit: How to Protect People, Property – and Bears – in the Tahoe Basin”
November 20, 2025 | Sierra Booster
Sierra Valley & Lake Tahoe Area, CA/NV
Press Release from the Tahoe Interagency Bear Team (TIBT)
“Fall Salmon Viewing at Taylor Creek”
September 26, 2025 | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, U.S. Forest Service
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV
“Hazing bears helps minimize conflict, according to CDFW and BEAR League”
August 28, 2025 | Tahoe Daily Tribune
South Lake Tahoe, CA
“Bear trap removed from Tahoe Keys area, for now”
July 22, 2025 | SouthTahoeNow.com
South Lake Tahoe, CA
“California’s Black Bear Conservation and Management Plan gets an update after nearly 30 years”
April 22, 2025 | Sierra Sun
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV
“Spring weather is coming, and with it some very hungry bears”
April 2, 2025 | Tahoe Daily Tribune
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV
“Valley bears waking from hibernation while Tahoe bears likely never went to sleep”
February 26, 2025 | CarsonNow.org
Carson City, CA
“Experts provide guidance on keeping black bears wild”
February 24, 2025 | The Plumas Sun
Plumas County, CA
February 19, 2025 | Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, CA
“Massive Bear Breaks Into Snow Covered SUV To Drink Lemonade”
January 2, 2025 | Unofficial Networks
Lake Tahoe, CA
“Bears usually hibernate in winter, but some wander Northern California yards instead”
December 27, 2024 | USA Today
“Not all California black bears got the memo about hibernating in this Shasta community”
December 26, 2024 | Redding Record Searchlight
Redding, CA
“Fall means black bear feeding frenzy”
November 16, 2024 | The Plumas Sun
Plumas County / City of Portola, CA
“3 bears seen in Southwest Reno. How you can be safe during a bear visit.”
November 12, 2024 | Reno Gazette Journal
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV
“Tahoe Residents Urged to Follow BearWise Tips as Black Bears Enter “Hyperphagia” Feeding Frenzy”
November 11, 2024 | Active Local
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV
“Woman Walks Down Stairs and Finds Bear in Her Kitchen in Shocking Clip”
November 6, 2024 | Newsweek
Truckee, CA
“Fall means feeding frenzy for black bears”
October 31, 2024 | Tahoe Daily News
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV
“Inaugural Tahoe Bear Fest at Spooner Lake State Park”
September 4, 2024 | South Tahoe Now
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV
“VIDEO: Mama bear and cubs spotted by hikers on Shasta Bally trail”
August 17, 2024 | KRCR News
Shasta County, CA
BearWise.org note: The bear pictured in the video is a brown colored black bear. There are no brown bears/grizzly bears in California.
Bears don’t know when they cross from one state to another or from federal lands to state lands to private lands. So the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the Nevada Department of Wildlife banded together with other state and federal agencies to make sure that all the people living and playing in the Lake Tahoe community that straddles both states got the same consistent, science-based message about living responsibly with black bears.
To help them introduce BearWise to the area, the CDFW invited BearWise to write something for their popular blog, The Bear Naked Truth (March 2023)
+++
If bears could read, we wouldn’t need BearWise®. Bears excel at acting in what they perceive are their best interests: finding food, finding shelter, finding mates, raising their cubs, coexisting with each other. But they have no clue that avoiding people and people places would be in their long-term best interests.
But if bears could read, they would quickly learn that taking advantage of all those human-provided food sources carries risks that are far greater than any short-term reward. Bears are super-smart, resourceful and adaptable. They’d decide that no matter how tempting it was, staying far away from people was the wise thing to do.
