Grizzly bear 399 comes out with four cubs
Steve Franklin and hundreds of other wildlife photographers and people passing by were delighted to see the 24-year-old grizzly bear sow known as 399 on Monday. May 18 was the opening day for summer visitors into the interior parts of Grand Teton National Park.
Mike Koshmrl
Mike has reported on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem's wildlife, wildlands and the agencies that manage them since 2012. A native Minnesotan, he arrived in the West to study environmental journalism at the University of Colorado.
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