When the grizzly bear came barreling out of the dark to grab Ronn Hemstock by the shoulder, lift him wholly off the ground, and shake him like a golden retriever playing with […]
The bear fighter
Bear maulings peak
The big, brown bears of coastal Alaska have yet to enter hibernation, but already the 49th state appears to have tied the previous annual record for bear maulings. A Thursday attack in […]
Bear attack update
Just days after residents of a subdivision just outside of Seward, Alaska, came under fire for killing a grizzly bear and cubs that appeared a danger to people, the shop teacher from […]
Denali wildlife ‘crisis’
The first significant, national criticism of Alaska’s unique subsistence hunting and fishing system is coming from a group that represents local, state and federal resource professionals. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) […]
On killing bears
Commentary After surviving nights of terror, residents of a subdivision outside of the small Alaska community of Seward got to become villains. Their crime? They participated in or supported the killing of […]
Disorderly and unsafe
The winter meeting of the Alaska Board of Fisheries is months away but already the weirdness has begun. At a work session in Kenai-Soldotna this week, the board spent some time kicking […]
Counting big salmon
Once more the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is suggesting a lowering of the spawning goal for late-run Kenai River king salmon, the most revered fish in Alaska. The last time […]
AK Bear attack #5
UPDATED A grizzly bear mauling of a deer hunter in Southeast Alaska has brought to five the number of attacks reported in the northwest corner of the Alexander Archipelago since Aug. 7. […]
AK bear-attack cluster
With four bear attacks in two months in an area about the size of Phoenix, Southeast Alaska has what can only be called a “bear-attack cluster.” Most of America is more […]
Lost, found, abandoned
Do you stay, or do you go? Here’s the situation: You and your friends have just spent a couple of hours battling your way 20 miles down a muddy four-wheeler trail on […]
