Adult Black bear among autumn foliage, Southcentral Alaska, USA

Adult Black bear among autumn foliage, Southcentral Alaska, USA

Adult Black bear among autumn foliage, Southcentral Alaska, USA

Black bear among autumn foliage, Southcentral Alaska, USA

Black bear among fall foliage, Southcentral Alaska, USA

Black bear among autumn foliage, Southcentral Alaska, USA

Adult Black Bear sitting near bloomed out Fireweed, Southcentral Alaska, USA

Adult Black bear in a forest among autumn foliage, Southcentral Alaska, USA

Adult Black bear in a forest among autumn foliage, Southcentral Alaska, USA

Black bear standing among autumn foliage, Southcentral Alaska, USA

Black bear standing among autumn foliage, Southcentral Alaska, USA

Black bear standing among autumn foliage, Southcentral Alaska, USA

Captive adult Black bear at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Portage. Southcentral Alaska. Summer.

Captive adult Black bear at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Portage, Southcentral Alaska. Summer.

Captive adult Black bear at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Portage, AK. Southcentral Alaska. Summer.

Large Black bear jumps a guard rail to cross the Seward Highway near Huffman Road. Spring. Southcentral Alaska.

Couple sitting and enjoying the view of the Chugach Mountains along Turnagain Arm near Hope on the Kenai Peninsula, Southcentral Alaska, Spring, HDR

Couple sitting by a campfire holding hands under the Kuskulana River Bridge along the McCarthy Road in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Southcentral Alaska, Spring, HDR

Visitors enjoying the view of Mt. Hunter and the Alaska Range at Denali Viewpoint South along the Parks Highway, Denali State Park, Spring, Southcentral, Alaska, HDR

A soaked brown bear pauses at the foot of Polycrhome Pass, Denali National Park & Preserve, Interior Alaska

Sea kayakers hanging out on the beach next to boats, Kachemak Bay, South-central Alaska; Alaska, United States of America

Adult Black Bear sitting near spring foliage, Southcentral Alaska, USA