Only in Alaska will an April shopper find the cases of bear spray stacked five high a dozens aisles before the broccoli, butter and blueberries in the local Costco Wholesale warehouse. […]
Training day
Killing bears
The bears of Alaska, it is possible, are being persecuted and killed for problems they did not cause, three former biologists with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game contend […]
Little red salmon
The wolves of Southwest Alaska share something in common with the wolves of Denali, according to a new National Park Service-sponsored study, they love fish – salmon to be specific. Following on […]
Bears, bears, bears
The bears have invaded Seward, AK. One got shot in the foot. And now there is a bit of social media debate underway. The good news is that Seward Police Chief Tom […]
The killing land
Predator control in Alaska is once again in the news with the Washington Post charging the Trump administration might open national preserves to hunting “techniques many people consider extreme (such as) […]
Three bears & more
Bears, bears, bears have jammed up plans for new mountain bike trails in Anchorage’s Far North Bicentennial Park despite widespread public acceptance. Single Track Advocates, a cycle-trail building group, was doing well […]
Threatened wildlife
Animal lovers across the country were up in arms Thursday over U.S. Senate approval of legislation intended to prevent the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from over-riding state authority for wildlife management […]
Natural born killers
Almost six decades after Alaska became a state, residents of the north and the federal government are at odds again over natural-born killers, only this times from opposite sides. Alaskans want to […]
Life with bruin
The bears have taken back the valley. The sign is everywhere, and it is more than the scat proliferating on neighborhood trails, the bear sightings shared by neighbors, and the bear cache […]
Better kept quiet
With the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race caught in a wrongheaded but understandable bit of a cover-up this week because the reality of Alaska can be just a little too real, more […]
