What is it about grizzly bears that intrigues us, or scares us? They are magnificent apex predators that long have been vilified by some while admired by others.

Enter the National Park System and you often will find yourself in a landscape with bears. In the East you’ll find black bears in Great Smoky Mountains, Shenandoah, and Acadia national parks, just to name three destinations with the bruins.

Head west and many parks have black bears roaming the countryside, with a few parks also being home to grizzlies.

In today’s show we’re going to be talking bears, mainly grizzly bears, with Kevin Grange, a Wyoming writer who has a book coming in September called Grizzly Confidential. It’s an interesting read that opens many windows into bears and their mannerisms and how they interact with humans.