Editor’s Note: CNN.com’s weekly Summer in the Park series turns to rangers at the United States’ most popular national parks to get insider recommendations for your visits, whether you have just one ...

Katmai, in southern Alaska, is one of the few places where you can safely get up close and personal with a brown bear while it’s feeding—a life-list event says our 62 Parks Traveler about the 38th ...

Fat Bear Week is back at Katmai National Park and Preserve. The March Madness-style bracket competition pits some of Katmai National Park and Preserve's bulkiest and most beloved brown bears against ...

Centennial events at Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve are in full swing, with a speaker series, musical performances and cultural gatherings commemorating the anniversary throughout the ...

It’s bulking season in bear country. For months, the bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska have been packing on pounds, preparing for hibernation and unbeknownst to them, something else ...

One of the biggest competitions of the year is here. “Fat Bear Week is always a celebration of the success of the bears,” Naomi Boak, a media ranger at Katmai, told USA TODAY. “Not just the big boys, ...

Every year, thousands of visitors travel to Katmai, only to have their excursions in the park halted for hours at a time by "bear jams" – when bears came near the seasonal, floating bridge that ...

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An inside look at the making of a "Weekend Window." Sept. 20, 2009— -- Katmai National Park and Preserve, in southern Alaska, is home to the greatest concentration of grizzly bears in the world.

Reporting from Katmai National Park, Alaska — In the Alaska of my mind, it is always summer. A bear stands hip-deep in glacial runoff, swatting salmon and swallowing them whole. Eagles wheel overhead.