Brown bears commonly feast on salmon in the Brooks River in Katmai National Park, gobbling them as they leap upstream over Brooks Falls to spawn. The park, nearly 300 miles southwest of Anchorage and inaccessible by road, is home to the annual “Fat Bear Week” contest celebrating the bears as they fatten up for the winter.

Alberta Parks is warning people that grizzly and black bears have recently been seen in Kananaskis Country. There are now eight bear advisories in effect in the area.