Olive and Little One

When a little bear cub wakes up after sleeping all winter long, he finds that his mother is nowhere to be found! He gets up the courage to climb down deep into Frijoles Canyon at Bandelier National Monument in Northern New Mexico.. With the help of a very wise Great Horned Owl, the lonely little bear sets out on an adventure to try to find his mother. My story is based on actual events that occurred when a little orphaned bear showed up at Bandelier National Monument in the Spring of 2007. I followed the story as the staff at the park tried to keep the cub away from the public and with other bears in the back country.