Recent bear activity around Haines — including bears peering into shop windows and lumbering down Main Street — caught many by surprise.
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Upper Lynn Canal brown bear hunt ends early
An emergency order issued Tuesday ended the fall brown bear hunt at midnight on Wednesday after opening on Sept. 15.
Bear killed after Haines police chief accidentally wounds it in museum’s historic apple tree
Museum staff had secured an electric fence to put up around the 100 year old tree, but it was stolen from the porch the day before.
Are non-native mule deer a threat? Fish and Game wants to find out.
Studies in the Yukon have shown that mule deer can harbor a variety of diseases that Fish and Game want to monitor closely.
Last year was a record year for problem bears in Haines; local experts hope this year will be different
Almost every day, sometimes twice a day, Haines residents are receiving alerts from the Haines Police Department that there is a bear in the area.
‘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.
A ‘bear catastrophe’ in Haines: Fish and Game raises concerns over record brown bear kills
Biologists are worried about the future of the local population after a record number of bears were killed in defense of life and property this year.
Haines mourns death of Speedy, the ‘Bearoness of the Chilkoot’
Local photographer Tom Ganner says Speedy was the Chilkoot’s star attraction, and raising her cubs on the Chilkoot allowed many people to see bear families interact.
Haines Borough convenes task force to deal with roaming, dumpster-flipping bears
Alaska Department of Fish and Game estimates as many as 15 bears roamed the Haines townsite this fall, causing a lot of damage.
Man reports aggressive brown bear on Salmon Creek Trail
A man reported that a brown bear came out of the brush and charged him as he ran up the Juneau trail Sunday afternoon.