When the salmon start spawning the bears come running, which means outdoor recreationists should be keeping a watchful eye out.
In the latest urban wildlife warning, the Alaska Division of Wildlife Conservation is encouraging mountain bikers, hikers, dog walkers and fishermen to avoid trails at Far North Bicentennial Park that closely parallel Campbell Creek.
Chinook and sockeye salmon are currently in Campbell Creek, spawning. In August, coho salmon are expected to arrive and stick around until October.
The Campbell Creek area of the popular East Anchorage park has a history of bear-human encounters, the Division of Wildlife Conservation wrote in a release.
In 2008, then-15-year-old Petra Davis was attacked and badly injured by a bear on Rover's Run trail.
Six weeks later a grizzly bear sow mauled 51-year-old jogger Clivia Feliz. The sow was later killed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and its cubs went to an Indianapolis zoo, according to an Anchorage Daily News story published in 2008.