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Bear 468 (Reggie) at Brooks River
468 · Reggie
ADULT FEMALE
FISHESThe LipFar PoolLower River
ID MARKS AND HINTS

This is a medium-sized and sometimes fat adult female. #468 has a brown, uniformly colored coat. Her wide-set ears appear lighter in color by September.

Her facial features can be easy to recognize. She has a drooping lower lip, long muzzle, and a prominent brow ridge.

Bear 468 (Reggie) at Brooks River
Another look from the guide. Coats darken and bodies fill out as the season goes on, so the same bear can look like two.
LIFE HISTORY

#468 was first observed and classified as an adult female with one spring cub in 1999. In 2007, she returned to the Brooks River with one spring cub marking her third litter. She is the mother of #708.

#468 will fish the oxbow, lower river area, and far pool at falls. She was seen only infrequently in 2009 and wasn’t seen at all in 2010.

Text and photographs from Bears of Brooks River, National Park Service, Katmai National Park and Preserve. Page 39.