This was a busy year on the bearcams, courtesy of explore.org and Katmai National Park. We hosted more live broadcasts this  year than any other year since the bearcams first went live in 2012.

During play-by-play broadcasts Katmai rangers and myself narrated the Brooks River’s wildlife activity, much like broadcasters for sporting event (although the lives of brown bears and salmon is no game). We never knew what might happen during a play-by-play. Watching the prolonged posturing between two of Brooks River’s largest adult males, 856 and 32 Chunk, on July 12 and integrating the ranger’s radio traffic into the September 17^th broadcast are two of my favorite play-by-play moments.

The other broadcasts, live chats, typically focused on a specific topic such as bear fishing styles, hibernation, and bear research at Brooks River. Rangers Andrew LaValle and Russ Taylor from Katmai joined me as frequent co-hosts for live chats and I was also fortunate enough to speak with many special guests. Perhaps the most memorable moment from these broadcasts occurred when bear 132 and her spring cub almost stepped on Ranger Andrew and I during our Katmai centennial live chat on September 24.

If you enjoy these, then please watch many other broadcasts hosted by Katmai National Park rangers and staff on explore.org’s education channel on YouTube.

• The Meaning of National Parks in Canada and the United States with Melissa Gibbons from Parks Canada (November 14)
• A Brown Bear and Polar Bear Crossover Event (October 19)

• Brown Bear Q & A for Students and Teachers (October 16)
• Fat Bear Week: The Importance of Fat to Bears (October 9)
• Denning and Hibernation (October 4)
• Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 29)
• Katmai Centennial Chat: Katmai and the National Park Idea (September 24)
• Webcams and the National Park Experience (September 20)
• Bearcam Play-by-Play with Live Park Radio Traffic (September 17)

• Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 13)
• Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 11)
• Welcome to September at Brooks River (September 6)

• An Exceptional August at Brooks River (August 22)

• Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 7)
• Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 4)
• Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 2)
• Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 31)
• Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 27)
• Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 21)
• Brooks Falls Play-by-Play (July 12)

• Bear Monitoring and Research at Brooks River (July 12)
• Brooks Falls Play-by-Play (July 11)
• Brooks Falls Play-by-Play (July 10)
• Bear Fishing Styles (July 10)
• Brooks Falls Play-by-Play (July 9)
• Brown Bear Hierarchy (July 9)
• Brooks Falls Play-by-Play (July 8)
• Brooks Falls Play-by-Play (July 4)
• It’s Complicated: The Brown Bear Mating Season (July 3)
• Brooks Falls Play-by-Play (July 3)
• Brooks Falls Play-by-Play (July 2)
• Brown Bear Hibernation (June 28)
• Live from Dumpling Mountain (June 25)

• Countdown to 2018 Bearcam Season (June 1)