Tag Archives: Kodiak Brown Bear

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 …

Vaccinium Ovalifolium, or Oval-leaf Blueberry. (Photo by Daysha Eaton/KMXT) Daysha Eaton/KMXT Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge biologists just wrapped up this season’s field work – monitoring berry supply in relation to health of bear populations. They’ve been assessing berry patches and doing aerial surveys for bears. The surveys are laying the groundwork to create a baseline from which to measure how climate change …

Roy Madsen. (Photo courtesy of Roy Madsen,Joint Archives of the Alaska Court System and the Alaska Bar Association) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alaska Federation of Natives recognized Judge Roy Madsen at its convention in Anchorage last week. On Friday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acknowledged three different elders as conservation heroes: Trimble Gilbert, James Charles, and Judge Roy Madsen. Regional …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT As the pink salmon run reaches its peak and the berries ripen across the island, a certain Kodiak resident is bound to be collecting their share of the bounty. Larry VanDaele is a wildlife biologist with Alaska Department of Fish and Game and said now is the time we start to see more and more bears around town. …