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Domestic News
June 14, 1928
The Wrangell Sentinel
Wrangell, Alaska
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J. P. Williams of the U.S. Forest Service reports that bears in Excursion Inlet store frozen salmon in caches during late fall for use after hibernation in early spring. He discovered several such caches during a recent timber survey, noting their well-preserved state and signs of recent bear visits.
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Bears, which are gifted with a canny foresight as far as their food sense is involved, inhabit Excursion Inlet, recently declared J. P. Williams, of the U. S. Forest Service. In fact, he regards the Excursion Inlet variety as a sort of super-bear.
As proof of their superiority over the ordinary run of bruin tribes, he cites the habit they have of establishing cold storage caches, laying away feed in the late fall months, which they use in the early spring, just after they come out of their hibernation quarters.
Several of these caches were discovered recently by Mr. Williams while on a survey of timber in the Inlet. They were full of frozen salmon and some of them had been visited by their bear owners. Apparently the bears raid the streams late in the fall, taking therefrom many of the dog salmon of the latest run of the year. These they pile in heaps back from the stream, where they freeze and are then covered by the winter snows.
The fish, Mr. Williams said, were found to be remarkably well preserved. While no bears were actually seen removing the fish, the evidence that they had visited some of the caches this spring were unmistakable.
As proof of their superiority over the ordinary run of bruin tribes, he cites the habit they have of establishing cold storage caches, laying away feed in the late fall months, which they use in the early spring, just after they come out of their hibernation quarters.
Several of these caches were discovered recently by Mr. Williams while on a survey of timber in the Inlet. They were full of frozen salmon and some of them had been visited by their bear owners. Apparently the bears raid the streams late in the fall, taking therefrom many of the dog salmon of the latest run of the year. These they pile in heaps back from the stream, where they freeze and are then covered by the winter snows.
The fish, Mr. Williams said, were found to be remarkably well preserved. While no bears were actually seen removing the fish, the evidence that they had visited some of the caches this spring were unmistakable.
What sub-type of article is it?
Wildlife Observation
Bear Behavior
What keywords are associated?
Bears
Excursion Inlet
Cold Storage Caches
Frozen Salmon
Hibernation
Forest Service
Timber Survey
What entities or persons were involved?
J. P. Williams
Mr. Williams
Where did it happen?
Excursion Inlet
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Excursion Inlet
Event Date
Recently
Key Persons
J. P. Williams
Mr. Williams
Event Details
Bears in Excursion Inlet establish cold storage caches of frozen salmon in late fall for use after hibernation in early spring. J. P. Williams discovered several such caches full of well-preserved fish during a recent timber survey, with evidence of bear visits this spring.