EXCITING THINGS WE GET TO DO AT THE OREGON TRAIL CENTER!

     One of the favorite things we get to do here at the National Oregon/California Trail Center is to plan a yearly exhibit for our facility.  One of the first exhibits we put together was our 2010 Bear Exhibit.

     We like to highlight the local wildlife that is found in our area, so we decided to focus on the different species of Bears.

     Bear Lake is home to a great taxidermy specialist, Rick Bergholm.  Rick has roamed the local mountains for years, and has had the opportunity to view most all of the species of Bears that live in our area.  He was kind enough to bring in a collection of the different species.

     This exhibit ran for only three weeks as some of the bears that were loaned to us had to return to the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone.  They loaned us an 9.5' grizzly bear and a  grizzly bear cub.

     We were really sad to have the little guy go back!  He looked so peaceful sleeping up on our ledge.  The school children loved him!