<p><br> A black bear, with her cub at her feet, leans into the window of a tourist's automobile. Other tourists stop along the park road, with camera in hand, eager to record the scene.</p>

Black Bears


A black bear, with her cub at her feet, leans into the window of a tourist's automobile. Other tourists stop along the park road, with camera in hand, eager to record the scene.

Photograph by Andrew H. Brown

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