See adult bears, sub-adults and cubs, tiny cubs in the den with their mother, bears in wild cherry trees and oak trees, two adult bears squaring off in a walnut grove, little cubs playing with each other. Learn how these bears live and how they survive, the danger signs of aggression in black bears and what to do if you meet a wild black bear. Learn how to not attract bears to your yard or picnic area. 

Representatives from the U.S. National Park Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, and various state Department of Natural Resources offices tell us how they help bears and help people understand bears, and see bear research teams at work. We show the history and evolution of black bears and black bears in the four seasons of the year. Information provided by several agencies, organizations, and bear experts proved extremely valuable in the updating of regional population and statistics and current efforts in black bear conservation.

Season of the Bear, Volume 1: American Black Bear is a wonderfully educational and entertaining 1-hour program for all ages, showing black bear characteristics, behavior and habitat! AWARD WINNER: This documentary about bears won the Bronze Remi Award for Nature & Wildlife, 36th Annual WorldFest International Film Festival. 

35 State Wildlife Agencies, U.S. and Canadian Bear Experts, International Association for Bear Research & Management, TRAFFIC North America (World Wildlife Fund), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Black Bear Conservation Committee (now Coalition). 

National Park Service, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Geological Survey, Appalachian Field Branch - University of Tennessee, New Mexico Department of Game & Fish. UNUSUAL PHOTOGRAPHY: Long sequences of black bear behavior, bears in trees, bear researchers at work; examples of bear aggression & bluff charge; a mother bear's reaction to perceived danger to cubs from another adult bear. The nature footage for program was obtained from Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico and Colorado. 60 minutes long, non-violent, for all ages.

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