As the northeast braces for yet another winter storm, Yellowstone National Park officials have a very different problem on their hands.
Above-average temperatures in the greater Yellowstone area have prompted the park's grizzly bears to emerge from hibernation nearly a month earlier than usual, Wyoming Public Media reports.
And just like you're hungry when you wake up in the morning, so too are the grizzlies, prompting park rangers to close some "bear-management areas of the park," (seriously) to lessen the likelihood of human-bear encounters.
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A spokesman for the park reminded visitors to take precautions usually limited to summertime expeditions: Hike in groups, carry bear spray, and get loud when turning blind corners in the park.
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