Cades Cove

black bears returning to the smokies

Is the Black Bear Population in the Smokies Increasing?

Back in Black: Modern technology makes it easier to share evidence of bear sightings, but is it skewing our perception? When we moved to Tennessee and first started going to the National Park, bear sightings were rare or at least they were rare for us. We were lucky to see a bear or two each summer. In the spring and