Sep 30, 2026 · 50 min · 12 segments
!https://i0.wp.com/www.alamosacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ACSVLGO.png?fit=1024%2C937&ssl=1 On this two-part episode, we’re joined by Aly Kimbrall, an embajadora with San Luis Valley…
Marty JonesHostEsteban SalazarGuestAllie KimbrellGuest
Owen WoodsHost
Local CPW officers have been busy this summer dealing with bears in the San Luis Valley.
Historic increases of bear interactions have been happening all over the state and in most of the United States states with bear populations.
At least five bears have been living in Alamosa as the drought in the high country has forced them to move to the lower lands to find food.
A bear spotted in a tree at the SLV Go Shops and Colorado State Forest Service shops on State Avenue near 20th on Monday drew eyes and camera lenses.
A local CPW wildlife officer sat nearby on bear watch, mostly just to make sure that people didn't get too close.
As bears enter the hyperphagia phase before hibernation, CPW expects that those numbers will increase as we head into the fall.
With a limited crop of berries and natural sources of food in the mountains, from the drought this means they will be searching everywhere they can for food.
Earlier in September, CBW officers had to euthanize a black bear in Durango that had suffered from severe digestive trauma from eating trash.
It was literally right where I'd seen the other one, but I was looking west this time rather than east.
And she was on the other side of the river and dunked her way in the river, came up the dike.
This is right on State Avenue, right Tuesday or Saturday afternoon at about 2 p.m., came up right over and went into the wilderness area.
And, but yeah, there was again, but, but just walking at a peak time in the afternoon was wild.
Local CPW officers have been busy this summer dealing with bears in the San Luis Valley.
Historic increases of bear interactions have been happening all over the state and in most of the United States states with bear populations.
At least five bears have been living in Alamosa as the drought in the high country has forced them to move to the lower lands to find food.
A bear spotted in a tree at the SLV Go Shops and Colorado State Forest Service shops on State Avenue near 20th on Monday drew eyes and camera lenses.
A local CPW wildlife officer sat nearby on bear watch, mostly just to make sure that people didn't get too close.
As bears enter the hyperphagia phase before hibernation, CPW expects that those numbers will increase as we head into the fall.
With a limited crop of berries and natural sources of food in the mountains, from the drought this means they will be searching everywhere they can for food.
Earlier in September, CBW officers had to euthanize a black bear in Durango that had suffered from severe digestive trauma from eating trash.
It was literally right where I'd seen the other one, but I was looking west this time rather than east.
And she was on the other side of the river and dunked her way in the river, came up the dike.
This is right on State Avenue, right Tuesday or Saturday afternoon at about 2 p.m., came up right over and went into the wilderness area.
And, but yeah, there was again, but, but just walking at a peak time in the afternoon was wild.
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