#236 is a large adult female. She has a relatively large shoulder hump and round, filled in body.

Her coat is medium-blonde. Her ears are lighter and wide-set.

She has the classic grizzly/brown bear dishedshaped face. Her muzzle is rectangular and her large teats are usually easy to see, especially when she is raising cubs.

Bear #236 is one of the older adult females to frequent the Brooks River area. She was first identified in 1997 with two spring cubs.

She will fish the lower river and the lip of the falls. When more dominant bears are fishing the lip, she will often sit below the viewing platform waiting for her turn.

Records from the past 20 years indicate that she is one of the most fertile and successful female bears that regularly uses the Brooks River area.

In 2003, #236 was observed with four spring cubs, which is unusual for any sow. Remarkably, she returned to the Brooks River in 2010 with four more spring cubs. This was her fifth known litter.

DNA analysis has confirmed that she is the mother of #604 and #608.