It was Brian and Marilyn Matayoshi's  fourth trip to Yellowstone National Park this week. Following a sudden encounter with a mother grizzly bear  Brian Matayoshi was killed. The incident occurred not far from Yellowstone Falls and left much of the immediate area temporarily closed to tourists. Park and Wildlife officials answered questions and shared details with the press earlier today. Here's an excerpt from that press conference. This is Yellowstone National Park Superintendent, Dan Wenk...

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Additional excerpts covering a number of important questions surrounding the incident, bear behavior, and how to respond in the event of an encounter will be featured this Sunday on Report To Wyoming at 7am on all of our Townsquare Media stations and again at 9pm on k2 radio am 1030

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