Good Nature Travel Blog

  • News & More

    Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Grizzly Bears Just Lost Federal Protections

    Jul 18, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Later this month, in late July 2017, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bears outside Yellowstone National Park and nearby Grand Teton National Park will lose their Endangered Species List protections. Jurisdiction over the bears will be handed over to Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. In general, that will mean fewer restrictions on killing the bears.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: A Special Moment

    Jul 14, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a special moment out of Alaska. Photographer Brad Starry was viewing brown bears when a mother and cub came in to view. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Grizzly Bear’s Family

    Jul 7, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a moment out of Alaska. Photographer Cyril Doche was visiting Alaska when, down the road from him, a sow and her two cubs crossed to gain access to a river for salmon fishing.

  • Alaska

    Alaska in July or August: When to Go?

    May 3, 2017 · WWF

    On the surface it seems like a trivial question, one that simply requires reviewing your summer schedule. However, an experience in Katmai National Park & Preserve varies widely from one month to the next due to different bear behavior and activities. So when should you go, July or August?

  • News & More

    Rushing into a World without Gray Wolves or Grizzly Bears

    Apr 11, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Grizzly bears and wolves. Other than bison, does America have any mammals more representative of our nation? Unfortunately for them, grizzly bears and wolves are predators, and that sets them apart from bison. It also sets them up to be on the receiving end of some of our most heinous laws and regulations. H. J.

  • Conservation

    Contrary World: Science Education, Pipelines and Wildlife

    Mar 7, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Now, when I wake up in the mornings, I feel as if I’m just about to step foot into a truly either-or, binary-only, black-or-white, contrary world; a world where every advance forward in science or in caring for the natural world and each other must be accompanied by a major step to the rear.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Mama Bear & Her Cubs

    Feb 25, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a sweet moment between a mother brown bear and her cubs. Photographer Chris Dennard, a member of the Tampa Audubon Society, took this photo while bear watching in Alaska.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Where’s That Salmon

    Jan 27, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a coastal brown bear in Alaska. Photographer Brad Starry watched this bear at Lake Clark fish for salmon. In this moment, she stood to look for a fish she just missed.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Feeding the Kids

    Dec 2, 2016 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a scene from Brooks Falls. Photographer Bill Galloway took hundreds of photos of the brown bears of Katmai while visiting Alaska. Here, a mother bear catches salmon for her three cubs.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Lunch on the Beach

    Aug 19, 2016 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected coastal brown bears in Alaska. Photographer Brad Starry was fortunate to witness the tender moment between mom and her cubs on the beach. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Videos

    Five Live Critter Cams for Summer Viewing

    Jul 12, 2016 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    We just passed the unofficial middle of summer, July 4. With that marker comes a usual complaint: there’s nothing to watch on TV. But now that most regular programs are on hiatus, I’ve found something far more fascinating: spying on the real-time lives of wild animals.