Tag Archives: bears in Kodiak

A Kodiak bear was fatally shot by wildlife officials last fall after eating too much trash. State wildlife biologists responded to a call last October of a bear acting oddly near the homes on Selief Lane – just a couple miles outside of downtown Kodiak. Nate Svoboda is the state’s area management biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and …

A Kodiak “ice bear” during a recent snowfall. Photo: Jennifer Fogle Smith Jennifer Fogle Smith is a wildlife photographer in Kodiak. She’s been documenting the island’s bears for over 20 years – and she has some stories. “This last year I had a beautiful sub adult, female, who was very athletic, was an acrobat,” she said. “And she had a …

It was a full house at last night’s Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting with residents voicing concerns about the bears in residential areas.   KMXT’s Maggie Wall has this report. Click on arrow to listen to report, or continue on to read it.   Kodiak residents may love their bears, but those testifying last night seemed to agree that bears …

Our guest today is Bob Tucker who is organizing a group of concerned citizens to attend the Feb. 6 Borough Assembly meeting to speak up about the need for better enforcement of garbage laws and for bear awareness for locals.   Bear Aware on Facebook has information on meeting time and date/   Bob Tucker wants to see better bear …

Cub in Kodiak Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. USFWS/Steve Hildebrand Kayla Desroches/KMXT Bear sightings on the road system surged in number over the weekend. Alaska Department of Fish and Game area wildlife biologist Nate Svoboda says on Monday he received reports of a sow and her two cubs at the Fishmeal plant and another of a single bear in the Otmeloi …

Salmonberries. Photo by Melody Ayres-Griffiths / Flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT A scientist predicts climate change could have far-reaching effects on the growth of certain berries on Kodiak Island. Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge supervisory wildlife biologist Bill Pyle just wrapped up a two-year pilot study on the Island. The study helps cement the monitoring methods they’ll use to study berry growth in …

Two bears on Kodiak scout for salmon. Photo by Lisa Hupp/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Kayla Desroches/KMXT This past winter, bear specialists wrapped up the fourth and final year of a partnership between the University of Montana and the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge which aimed to track how bears respond to salmon runs in southwest Kodiak. Will Deacy, who just …