Come celebrate the start of Fat Bear Week at Katmai National Park and Preserve! We'll watch the kickoff livestream at 7 and then fill out brackets to predict who will be the fattest bear of 2021. $10 a bracket-- half the pot will go to the winner(s), and we'll donate the other half to the Otis Fund at Katmai Conservancy. But you can still come even if you don't want to do a bracket. In the meantime, check out the bear cams from Explore.org- endlessly fascinating!

(fyi: the Fat Bear Junior competition happens on September 23-24. Who will be the bear baby of the year?!)