When Big Bend National Park was established in 1944, bears had nearly disappeared due to trapping and hunting. Their return, starting in the 1980s when a brave mother bear crossed the Rio Grande to reach the Chisos Mountains, highlights the park’s role as a sanctuary for bears and the entire web of life that calls it home.
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