The famous brown bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park are fresh out of hibernation and resuming their creative salmon-catching techniques at Brooks Falls ... summer salmon run on the Brooks ...

Katmai is home to a massive sockeye salmon run, and Brooks Falls provides a natural barrier to the fish migrating up Brooks River. The resulting salmon scramble amounts to a veritable bear buffet.

The salmon run was beginning at Brooks River ... celebrated as they recognized familiar floofy faces returning to Brooks Falls, a popular bear fishing spot because of the temporary barrier ...