After many years of seeing black bear tracks, scat and tree bark scrapes, I finally saw a black bear in the wild in the Sierra National Forest. He/she was too fast for me to get a photograph, but I did photograph his/her tracks. If any NPS or Forest Service wildlife biologists want more details (location etc), please DM me. I won’t post location details on Instagram to protect the bear from any poachers. If anyone can estimate the size/sex of a bear from tracks in the ice crusted snow, my hiking boot in the photo is 13 inches long and the bear was moving at a full run.
