Cattle continue to graze on the land in late spring and summer, but the area also provides year-round mule deer habitat and important winter range as well. The Jackson Hole Land Trust uses conservation easements to secure critical wildlife habitat and to maintain open space in Jackson Hole. BACK TO TOP w . . A sow bear with at least one cub is using the crawl space under a park building for its winter slumber. Rangers have posted warning signs on the building, which is closed for the winter season.
Officials hope the mother bear and cub wake before humans return in the spring.
The bears are believed to be black bears, although no one has gotten close enough to determine their identity for certain.