The good word is that 7-year-old Lucy showed up lactating (her second litter) and weighing a good 200 pounds (exactly). We’re hoping to actually see the cubs soon.
 Lynn and Donna |
 Mike and Lorie |
Another good word is that friends bought a nice little electric boat, thinking especially about Black Bear Field Course participants who might enjoy a choice between a quiet motor versus canoes. With the seats in place it was time for a test drive. In keeping with my practice of letting someone else do the really dangerous stuff, I let Mike and Lorie try out the narrow boat that might be tippy. It wasn’t, so Donna and I took our turn, bringing the camera since it looked safe. The lone hooded merganser on Woods Lake flew before we got close enough, so I just snapped two pictures of local lodging—the beaver lodge and the WRI cabin up in the woods. The boat is easy to take pictures from, and it was easy to run—just twist the handle one way to go forward and the other way to go backward. Stop is in the middle. Just grab and steer—totally safe, not tippy like a canoe but not as fast. I found out the life jacket is mandatory (the law) whether you can swim or not.
 Beaver lodge on Woods Lake |
 WRI on Woods Lake |
Thank you friends for the new WRI boat.
And thank you all for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center