Bears about

Evidence of bear activity - digging for a bees nest

Mother and cub bears have been sighted this month in the vicinity of our gauging station. Today we saw evidence of bears for ourselves - digging under the cedar trees for what looked like a bees nest. It's the first time in 15 years of visiting this site that I've seen evidence of bears. This year there have been many incidents of bears coming down to villages and low elevations looking for food.

We carried out the usual discharge measurement and also explored some new locations in the tributary basin for potential snow survey sites, taking care to make enough noise to scare any bears away!