All Is Well

All Is Well

July 28, 2010 – 9:29 PM CDT

We get a little nervous when everything seems to be going okay.  What are we missing?  Today was one of those days.

Lily and Hope and the other research bears were okay.

Lily’s fans are streaming into Ely for the Lilypad Picnic, the Lilypad Committee is making final arrangements, andthe media is calling for updates on the picnic arrangements to include in their TV newscasts this evening.

The North American Bear Center’s ‘Miracle Team’ is working to be ready for the event.

The Lily and Hope Exhibit is coming together, aided by the donation of a beautiful album that tells the whole story of Lily and Hope in pictures and by the completion of four videos of Lily and Hope in the den – from labor and delivery thru emergence in late winter.

Meanwhile, the international participants in the just-completed Black Bear Field Study course left after an amazing time observing wild bears in action.

The education outreach participants are continuing to organize to follow through on the many ideas coming in from a growing number of teachers and outdoor educators.

And Lily’s Fans perked up the Bear Center staff with a goodie basket and an ice cream cake in a continuing conspiracy to fatten the staff and heighten the anticipation of their visits to the Bear Center.

Even the weather cooperated with a beautiful day.

Is it okay for everything go this well?  We think so!

Thank you for everything you have done and are doing to help.

—Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center