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Tidbits from the Headwaters

Bear Medicine
Nature, Wildlife Michelle McAfee Nature, Wildlife Michelle McAfee

Bear Medicine

A little bear wandered around Chistochina for several days last month. He was malnourished and alone. A neighbor guessed that he was a runt, already small, and couldn’t keep up with Mama when she crossed Sinona Creek, which ran high this year. The bear was the talk of the town as he let himself into people’s houses, peeked through windows, and went from place to place looking for food and family.

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