When wildlife runs wild

A black bear and her cub fattened up for the winter in late August in Eagle River's South Fork valley. Human-bear conflicts have grown in the Anchorage area thanks in part to a bruin baby boom and young bears associating people with an easy meal. In the past 10 years, 90 black bears have been shot as nuisances or hit by vehicles inside Anchorage's populated areas. During summer 2000, more than 500 reports of bears roaming neighborhoods reached the Department of Fish and Game. (Photo by Evan R. Steinhauser)

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