Video interview with Jessica Braunstein, PhD student with the University of Tennessee, conducted by Ken Wise. Braunstein discusses her research concerning black bears in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and tracking the animals' locations. She talks about the response of the black bears to the wildfires and the aftereffects on the habitat and behavior of the bears.

Video interview with Joe Clark with the College of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UT, conducted by Ken Wise. Clark discusses the black bear population inside the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and how the fire affected these animals. Conducted over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.