Tag Archives: Kodiak bears

  The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly will have a regular meeting tonight and a group of local residents concerned about bears in residential areas plans to show up in force to testify to the need for borough intervention and action to keep bears and people safe. KMXT’s Maggie Wall reports. Click arrow below to listen to report or continue on …

Temperatures might be down in Kodiak, but that doesn’t mean bear problems are down too. The local Fish & Game office has tracked down and shot two problem bears in town this week, and they’re reminding residents — not all bears hibernate in the winter. Kodiak brown bear. (Pixabay) Bears have been frequent visitors around Kodiak the last few months, …

Two bears have been seen wandering around Kodiak in the last two weeks, prompting concern for community safety. Last Tuesday, a bear killed a dog just outside a house halfway down Woodland Drive. Sergeant Todd Mountain from Alaska Wildlife Troopers said he was on the scene, along with police and state troopers within minutes of the incident. He said the …

Basketball hoop. (Photo by Tom Woodward / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak varsity boys’ basketball team, the Bears, is mid-season and working toward qualifying for the state tournament. They played Kenai on Friday and Saturday. KMXT followed up with the team’s coach after the weekend’s games. The gym was packed – which Coach David Anderson says isn’t unusual for a …

Bright red elderberries ripe for bears to harvest. Caroline Cheung / USFWS Kayla Desroches/KMXT Climate change may be throwing off the Kodiak bear’s eating equilibrium. Research says that, on years with warmer spring temperatures, elderberries ripen several weeks earlier than normal. William Deacy, a postdoctoral researcher at Oregon State University, just published findings from a multi-year study of bears on …

Bear spotted wandering around town. Photo by Trooper Mike Munson Kayla Desroches/KMXT Alaska State Troopers Wednesday shot a bear that had been wandering around town for a couple of weeks. Sergeant Shane Nicholson with the troopers says authorities deemed it necessary after receiving numerous reports of the bear getting into dumpsters and roll carts and passing through people’s properties. He …