Bears tend to build their dens at an elevation of about 2,000 to 3,000 feet, usually where the angle of the slope is around 35 to 45 degrees.
Wildlife
Sometimes a bird gets into your store. In Unalaska, sometimes the bird is an eagle.
The Department of Fish and Game says “it’s hard to get them out of those rafters.”
Kaktovik Iñupiat Corp. blames feds for missed ANWR deadline, demands apology
The U.S. Interior Department said there would be no searching for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this winter because Kaktovik Iñupiat Corp. failed to meet a key deadline. In a strongly-worded statement Thursday, KIC said the Interior provided a “blatant mischaracterization” of what happened.
Low sea ice and warmer oceans impact seabird migration in Western Alaska, research suggests
Coastal seabirds have experienced die-offs in Western Alaska the past few years. But recent results from over a decade of research suggest that offshore birds are also feeling the impact of low ice and warming ocean temperatures in the Bering Sea.
Kaktovik Iñupiat Corporation misses deadline for seismic work in Arctic refuge this winter
The missed deadline effectively kills the corporation’s proposal to use seismic exploration to search for oil in part of the Arctic refuge’s coastal plain this winter.
‘Something just immediately bit me in the butt’: Haines woman survives outhouse bear
Biologist Carl Koch believe Shannon Stevens might be the only person this has ever happened to.