Many wildlife species in Mammoth Lakes and the Sierra Nevada are finding their favorite foods still buried in snow. More will head into towns in search of alternatives.
As they do every spring, the bears of the Eastern Sierra Nevada are now clawing their way out of dens after their five-month-long winter naps, tearing through layers of ice and snow with little air to breathe and no water to drink.
Most unsettling is the famine they face. The tender, translucent shoots of weeds and grass that are their post-winter caviar are nowhere to be found. The food lies dormant beneath layers of snow. During my long run as Mammoth Lakes’ wildlife officer, food was at the forefront of my efforts to help the town’s humans and animals coexist. Mammoth has long prided itself on an enlightened approach to wildlife, accepting it as part of our daily lives. For three decades, it was part of my job to keep the bears out of harm’s way by keeping them out of hotel lobbies, schoolyards, cabins and cars. Mostly, we succeeded..
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