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Three problem bears were killed last week. Each one was caught eating garbage from a dumpster on Selief Lane, according to Fish & Game area biologist Nate Svoboda. KPD shot the third one on Selief Thursday night, though it wasn’t immediately killed. “It’s my understanding that once again the dumpster was left open,” Svoboda said. “Either that or there was …

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, …

A Kodiak brown bear. (Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS) Kayla Desroches/KMXT City residents have turned to Facebook a lot over the last month to report bear sightings. Alaska Department of Fish and Game area biologist Nate Svoboda says sometimes citizen reports give the impression of a busy bear season. But actually, he says, numbers are down compared to previous years. There …

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 …

Roosevelt elk, the type of elk found on Afognak Island. Dan Dzurisin / Flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT A study of elk and bears on an island in the Kodiak Archipelago will try to help balance game management and logging. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game and its partners, including Kodiak area native corporations, are at the beginning of a two …

Bear, thought to be a juvenile male. Photo by Trooper Mike Munson Kayla Desroches/KMXT A young bear is roaming town. He’s drawn a lot of attention on social media, and Fish & Game area wildlife biologist Nate Svoboda says his department started getting reports Friday. He says the wanderer is probably a 3-year-old juvenile male whose mother just kicked him …