Only a year after a predatory black bear killed a 16-year-old runner on Bird Ridge, a 44-year-old hiker is reported to have been killed by a grizzly bear 20 miles […]
Bears among us
Of bears & humans
While the kindly Canadians of Canmore, Alberta were in July pondering what to do with Bear 148 – the grizzly who likes people too much – the practical citizens of Anchorage, Alaska […]
Alaska bear fears
Two deaths in two days in two separate black bear attacks hundreds of miles apart in Alaska have left a lot of residents of the 49th state edgy and nervous about venturing […]
Size matters
Commentary Patrick “Jack” Cooper was a 16-year-old boy killed by a predatory black bear, and now some want to blame him for his own death. There is little doubt running from […]
Killer bear dead
The bear that killed 16-year-old runner Patrick “Jack” Cooper is believed to be among one of four bears the Alaska Department of Fish and Game shot and killed in the Chugach […]
Predatory bears
Wildlife authorities in Alaska’s largest city were Monday searching for a wounded black bear believed to be involved in a deadly, Sunday attack on a 16-year-old runner. The body of Patrick Cooper […]
Death stalks Alaska
A sunny weekend at the start of June left three dead after tragic encounters with nature on the edge of Alaska civilization. It was a reminder that America’s last great wilderness is […]
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 […]
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 […]
Welcome to Alaska
Young, visiting photographer Christian McLeod from Ireland went looking for a taste of Anchorage’s big wild life on Sunday only to fall victim to one of the city’s oldest urban nightmares – […]
