2020 was an especially difficult year for the Chilkat Valley’s bears.
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LISTEN: What I learned from an unusual brown bear encounter near Anchorage
That afternoon we overlooked bear scat and moved quietly through brushy terrain. We carried one bear spray between the two of us, and I secured it to my pack in a way that made it hard to get to.
LISTEN: The night a black bear pawed our tent
Emma Farnsworth and her boyfriend woke to the sound of their tent tearing. The first thing she saw was an eye.
LISTEN: How to avoid a negative bear encounter in Alaska this summer
Most of the time, bears don’t want to mess around with humans.