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(Photo by Melody Ayres-Griffiths/Flickr) Daysha Eaton/KMXT Last year was not a good year for berries on Kodiak Island, to put it mildly. Low berry production was a bummer for human berry pickers. But the bad berry year also affected wildlife, including the island’s iconic brown bears that rely on the fruit to put on fat to survive the winter.   …

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 …