Lake City Friends of the Bears
Bear Day in the Armory
July 1, 2021 - Armory
11am to 2pm
This event is held on July 1st, when most of our tourists and visitors arrive. Our goal is to educate and raise awareness about our black bear population which will directly reduce the number of human/bear conflicts in our area.
The event is free to everyone with plenty of activities for children of all ages to participate in. Join us this year in the Armory at the corner of 2nd and Bluff.
- Silent Auction
- Free stuff
- Merchandise for sale
- Activities for kids
We would like to thank; Mayor pro tem Rob Hudgeons; our very special guest: Paul Johnson & Byron T. Bear; Colorado Parks and Wildlife Officers: Lucas Martin & J Wenum; LCFOTB volunteers: Den Builder Lucky Odubhaigh, Photographer and President Craig Palmer, Scott & Cheryl Tate, Jodi Linsey, Stephen Norton, Camille Richard, Karen Hooper & Silas Fox; Schuyler Denham & The History Hut for printing the mighty Measure up to Bears Poster; Gilliam Kelley, Hailey Hooper & Felicity Mullen for being our awesome face painters; Greg Levine for blocking off a parking area and dropping of a bear proof bear barrel!
The quilt donated by Mary Ann Flynn raised $200 on it's own and by the time Bear Day In The Park was over we raised a fantastic $684 for Lake City Friends of the Bears. Thank you to Russ Brown, Gudrun Durmon, Joe Fox @ Slumgullion Gift Gallery, for donating items in the silent auction. A special thank you to all those who dropped money into the donation jars! All proceeds go to our education outreach programs, and we cannot thank this community enough for their support of efforts.
Mayor of Lake City, Bruce Vierheller, reads the Bear Smart Month Proclamation.
The Crowd gathers to listen to Mayor Bruce read the proclamation.
Sample tracks.
Mayor of Lake City, Bruce Vierheller, reads the Bear Smart Month Proclamation.
Slideshow July 1, 2013 Bear Day In The Park
We would like to thank Russ Brown, Mayor Bruce Vierheller; our very special guest: Paul Johnson & Byron T. Bear; Colorado Parks and Wildlife Officer: Chris Parmeter; LCFOTB volunteers: Alice Attaway, Carol Lynn Scheller, Lucky Odubhaigh, Katherine Daly; Americorps NCCC volunteers: Michael Roulean, Joe Spiwak, Jay Hall, Natasha Pietila, Cassandra Woeber, Tressa Mancini, Dwight Davis, Casey Bartlett.
We would like to thank Russ Brown, Mayor Bruce Vierheller; our very special guest: Paul Johnson & Byron T. Bear; Colorado Parks and Wildlife Officer: Chris Parmeter; LCFOTB volunteers: Alice Attaway, Carol Lynn Scheller, Lucky Odubhaigh, Katherine Daly; Americorps NCCC volunteers: Michael Roulean, Joe Spiwak, Jay Hall, Natasha Pietila, Cassandra Woeber, Tressa Mancini, Dwight Davis, Casey Bartlett.