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Photos: Bears, bears, everywhere

Published 8:00 am Friday, May 13, 2016

A two-year-old black bear walks near the Steep Creek Meadow platform on Tuesday afternoon.
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A two-year-old black bear walks near the Steep Creek Meadow platform on Tuesday afternoon.
A two-year-old black bear walks near the Steep Creek Meadow platform on Tuesday afternoon.
U.S. Forest Service park ranger Donald MacDougall 59, stands on the Steep Creek Meadow platform looking down at an adolescent male bear, estimated to be about 2 years old, on Tuesday afternoon. Macdovgall said bears are going to be a lot more common now that it's getting warmer and plants are blooming.

U.S. Forest Service park ranger Donald Macdovgall 59, stands on the Steep Creek Meadow platform looking down at a adolescent male bear, estimiated to be about 2 years old old, on Tuesday afternoon. Macdovgall said bears are going to be a lot more common now that its getting warmer and plants are coming out.