Tag: sighting


  • Help Locate an Injured Bear

    The Bear Smart team has been advised of two sightings of a bear who can’t bear weight on its left front leg. The last sighting was purportedly in the Cherokee Oaks area. The Bear Smart team has contacted the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and they are seeking additional information. Please contact the Bear Smart Three Rivers team at bears@3rtogether.org as soon as possible if you see the bear.

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  • Help Save the Cubs!

    Help Save the Cubs!

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife staff have approval to collect the motherless cubs who have been wondering about the Totem and Mineral King/Hammond area for the last three weeks. The cubs are extremely thin right now and need to be helped as soon as possible if they are to survive. Please contact CDFW i you spot a cub.

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  • Solo Cub – Your Help is Needed

    A solo cub has been seen on the highway in the Totem Area and on the in the Hammond/Mineral King area. Please report sightings of cubs and/or mom and any dead bears. And… drive with caution!

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  • First Reported Spring 2025 Bear Sighting

    Our mother bears are now emerging from their dens with their cubs, and Bear Smart Three Rivers just got its first bear-sighting report of the 2025 season! It is time to see how “BearWise” we are.

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