Lisa Curtis EAGLES NEST TOWNSHIP (12 MILES WEST OF ELY) — Sue Mansfield started crying as soon as she saw the cub’s face.

Even with the cub 30 feet up a cedar tree, Ely bear researcher Mansfield knew it was Hope because of its light face.

After being missing since Friday evening, with researchers holding out little hope the cub was still alive, friends of Ely bear researcher Lynn Rogers called about 6 p.m. today to say they had a lone bear cub treed.

Mansfield and Rogers rushed to the site, which was nearly two miles from where the cub was last seen but was in an area that the cub and its mother Lily had frequented.

“This is where it spent much of its time, but it’s amazing it made it this far away in less than a day,” Rogers said.

Mansfield said the cub covered the two miles around the lake and likely had to swim a stream on its own to find the area where it had spent time with its mother.

Researchers now are deciding how to get the bear out of the tree and will likely wait for the cub, which appears weak, to come down on its own.

Rogers said a major question remains on whether Lily will accept Hope back. Because they’ve been apart for five days, Lily’s hormones may have turned to the new mating season and away from taking care of her cub.

Because Lily is fitted with a GPS collar that gives her location every 10 minutes, Rogers and Mansfield hope to find her yet tonight and reintroduce Hope to Lily to see the sow's reaction.

If Lily accepts Hope, the story will end with their reunion. If not, Rogers will have to decide what to do with the cub with input from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The cub could be raised by a wildlife rehabilitator and returned to the wild or could wind up as a captive bear at the North American Bear Center in Ely.

According to this article HOPE has been found!

EAGLES NEST TOWNSHIP (12 MILES WEST OF ELY) — Sue Mansfield started crying as soon as she saw the cub’s face.

Even with the cub 30 feet up a cedar tree, Ely bear researcher Mansfield knew it was Hope because of its light face.

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:cry1::cry1::lol: So happy Hope has been found. Thank the Lord and all the people who are doing this wonderful work
Latest on Fb Sue has lured Hope down with condensed milk and has her in a carrier.
NOW will Lily allow herself to be reunited to Hope :question: We will all pray that she will.
Goodnight to you all.
Carmel

Hope lured down with sweetened condensed milk. We have her in a pet carrier. We are looking for Lily.19 minutes ago

Wonderful news - thank you all so much for the updates.

when we have abandoned/motherless cubs in LA, they are taken them to rehab center in TN where they are cared for until old enough to be released back into the wild....then we go pick them up and bring them home. works well...... of course, if they can put her back with the female, that is preferable.

because they are a threatened species in LA, we are governed by federal and state laws. The bear in WI is not a listed species.

Only one word posted just now..... SUCCESS.
Thank you Sue and Lynn Rogers.
Thank heaven this has finished well.
Wish there was a'Jumping-for-joy' smiliey here..:lol:

I have no idea what their SUCCESS means.....they caught the cub? they found the adult? they put them together? time will make it more clear , no doubt.

this was just posted as well. Upcoming video in tonight's update