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                                                          A special feature on bears of the

                                                      Northwest USA, Canada and Alaska



                                                                                by Scott Graber and Suzanne Graber Alvarez




                                                                                            Snap the QR code
                                                                                       and see Breath of the Bear
                                                                                              cover photo.


















                                                                                  There is a legend of a great, magical bear
                                                                                that roamed the forests. No bear was its equal
                                                                                and  all  people  lived  in  awe  and  fear  of  its
                                                                                massive  presence.  However,  there  came  the
                                                                                day that two talented brothers and their small
                                  Scott Stone          Photo Credits: Breath of the Bear  dog tracked the magical bear and chased it
                                                    Bill Feller - bagoodfeller@hotmail.com  for days through the woods and plains until at
                                                     Bruce Maynes - bjmport@yahoo.com  last they all fell over the edge of the earth and
                                             Daniel Bunker - danbunkerbearguide@gmail.com  into the stars. When the seasons change and
                                                Danny Sullivan - instagram.com/sullyimages
                                                        Dave Briggs - arctickingdom.com  in autumn the constellation grazes the horizon,
                                                       Deby Dixon - debyswildworld.com  you can see this story in the stars, as the
                                                    Francoise Gervais - arctickingdom.com  haunch of the great bear is the square shape
                                                 Jim Griffin - facebook.com/jim.griffin.902819  some call the bowl of the Big Dipper and the
                                              Jon Kumamoto - facebook.com/jon.kumamoto  hunters and their dog are close behind in the
                                                  Judy Heller - facebook.com/judy.heller.39  Dipper’s handle.  The  Tlingit called them half
                                                    KAR Photography - karphotography.net  human, half god, and other tribes called them
                                           Kari Watkins - naturalimpressions-photography.com
                                                Pragyan Grimm - pragyangrimm@gmail.com  “grandfather”  or  “cousin.” Their  scientific  term
                                                  Scott Stone - scottstonephotography.com  is  “ursidae”  and we  know  them  as  bears,  the
                                                  Shayne McGuire - wildcompasstours.com               most powerful carnivores in all the world, and
                                                    Susi Zimmermann - aclassicyacht.com  in Alaska, there is a good chance that you will
                                             Theresa Bielawski - goldcountryartistsgallery.net  run into one of them.
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