747 is the largest bear known to use the Brooks River to stock up on salmon, potentially weighing as much as 1,400 pounds, according to the park. — statement from the Katmai National Park and ...

but polar bears are also native to some of Alaska's parks. The remote Katmai National Park & Preserve has the biggest bear population of any US national park. With an estimated 2,200 brown bears ...

12 at Katmai National Park in Alaska ... Chunk is perhaps the largest bear on the river, with narrow-set eyes, dark brown fur and a distinctive scar across his muzzle, his bio says.

But in Alaska, the start of October can only mean one thing: Fat Bear Week. At Katmai National Park and Preserve, the brown bears have been steadily eating salmon to prepare for their months-long ...

About Katmai National Park The park was named after the stratovolcano of Mount Katmai. First, the area was designated as a national monument in 1918 to protect the area created by the great ...

Lake Clark protects the headwaters of the Kvichak and Nushagak Rivers that flow into Bristol Bay, home to the world’s largest wild sockeye ... corridor through Alaska’s Bear Coast, the coastline ...