A black bear foraging on grass Photo by Wesley Berg
Photo by Wesley Berg A mama bear with her two cubs
A healthy looking black bear taking a break from his foraging Photo by Wesley Berg
We seem to have bears on the brain and in the woods here in the Silverton. Many tourists like to ask me what type of bears we have around Silverton. Do you have grizzlies?
Nope, just black bears. The following statement usually is, “Well, the bear I saw wasn’t black.”
Wildlife photographer Wesley Berg explains, “Black bears are the only species of bears found in the San Juans. The color of their coa…
