Cinder the bear in hibernation
By Ann McCreary, Methow Valley News
Cinder, the black bear that was badly burned in the 2014 Carlton Complex Fire, spent her second year in forests north of Leavenworth, Wash., and is now denned up for the winter not far from the site where she was released in June 2015.
Cinder was rescued by WDFW officials in French Creek in August 2014, about two weeks after the Carlton Complex swept through the valley. The bear cub was emaciated and unable to walk on severely burned paws.
She spent months in treatment at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care.