Our community got their voting groove on and crowned the chonkiest of them all for Fat Bear Week 2023! Let’s hear a stout round of applause for our Queen of Kilos... Grazer!
We promised to donate 10 cents for every vote and thanks to all your Fat Bear focus, we raised $100K for Alaskan land and bear conservation. The brackets slammed shut on October 10, and what a beary exciting showdown it was!
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your participation made a chonky impact
We teamed up with The Vital Ground Foundation to be bear buddies, supporting their grant-making program to sustain land and bear conservation in Katmai, Alaska.
How did you join in on the adventure? You rocked the vote on explore.org during Fat Bear Week, helping decide which bear deserved the title of the ultimate chonk champion. For each of your epic votes, we donated 10 cents, with the grand total reaching $100K to give those bears and their habitat a big win!
katmai, alaska fat bear week paradise
Katmai, Alaska, has a vibrant ecosystem for bears to bulk up before winter hibernation, a necessity for survival. Katmai Conservancy is an organization dedicated to preserving grizzly bear and wildlife habitats through education, interpretation, and research to work toward making public lands understood, appreciated, and preserved for all to enjoy.
heavy-hitting swag
Along with our voting donations, artist Jeremy Collins created some epic designs that were up for grabs. From this swag collection we donated 100% of those purchase proceeds to support bears and bear habitat in Katmai, Alaska.
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jeremy collins
Jeremy is known for his complex, cerebral, and whimsical drawings and maps. In fact, he was the leading artist for our limited-edition gear during this Kodiak Keep It Wild drop. When Jeremy isn't creating art, he puts up first-ascent climbs or fights for environmental and wildlife justice.
It's a movement that inspires active outdoor love through partnering with non-profit organizations to conserve and protect wildlife and wild places.
The more we get outside and explore, the more we learn to appreciate our land and want to preserve it for future generations. And we start with bear conservation. Why bears? Their presence in an area signifies a diverse and healthy ecosystem that provides the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat.