Wildlife officials are reviewing what they call a questionable shooting of a black bear this week in a section of Muldoon with long-running problems involving garbage and bruins.
Environmental group to sue EPA to protect polar bears
An environmental group said Wednesday that it plans to sue the federal government to stop approving pesticides that end up in food eaten by polar bears.
Black bear killed near airport
A black bear was killed Monday morning after Anchorage international airport personnel weren't able to get it to leave the Lake Hood area, according to an airport biologist.
Juneau center draws bears as well as humans
When U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito visited in May, he was lucky enough to see a black bear up a tree in the parking lot at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center.
State reopens Turnagain Arm path closed by bear activity
Chugach State Park officials say the portion of the Indian-to-Girdwood bike trail, which parallels the Seward Highway south of Anchorage, is open again because there has been no known aggressive brown bear behavior.
Trail closed for bear concerns reopened
The state has reopened a stretch of a popular trail closed earlier this month because of concerns of grizzly bear activity.
Bears prompt closure of trail near Bird Point
One, two, maybe three grizzly bears have prompted closure of a paved and increasingly popular bike trail along the Seward Highway near Bird Point.
Bear concerns close Rover's Run trail
Citing fears of a recurrence of bear-human encounters, the city has closed Rover's Run trail in Far North Bicentennial Park for the summer.
Bear concerns close trail for summer
Citing fears of a recurrence of bear-human encounters, the city has closed Rover's Run trail in Far North Bicentennial Park for the summer.
'Bear Man' prepares defense against state charges
Charlie Vandergaw has been coexisting with bears this way for the last 20 years, and he wants to be left alone. That is not likely to happen now that the state is using a beefed-up law to prosecute Vandergaw for feeding bears.
Bear Haven man faces state game charges
After 20 years of enticing bears into a remote compound tucked away in a little visited corner of the Yentna River valley, retired Anchorage school teacher Charlie Vandergaw said last fall he was ready to end his bear-taming shenanigans.
PDF: Vandergaw charging document
Fur flies over bears as summer brings them out
Spring is here and bears are emerging from their dens for the short stroll to Alaska's largest city. Some residents are putting out the NO VACANCY sign.
Trail marred by bear attacks may close for summer
Park officials say they are considering closing a trail this season where grizzly bears severely mauled two women last summer.
ALASKA NEWSREADER
British filmmaker admits pushing his luck at Bear Haven
The filmmaker behind the current Animal Planet series "Stranger Among Bears" says watching a movie about doomed activist Timothy Treadwell didn't stop him from cozying up to bears at Charlie Vandergaw's controversial Skwentna River homestead.
'Bear man' TV series begins broadcasts
The Animal Planet television series about bear man Charlie Vandergaw, the retired Anchorage teacher who has spent more than 20 summers living with wild bears at his remote cabin in the Yentna River drainage, has begun airing.
City wildlife 'cop' to focus on protecting people
The Anchorage assemblyman who spearheaded a resolution calling on the city manager to hire a wildlife manager said he isn't concerned about care of wildlife. He's concerned about public safety.
Assembly OKs seasonal bear cop
The Anchorage Assembly passed a resolution late Tuesday to hire a seasonal bear officer to handle animals that threaten public safety.
Rogue black bear already stirring up urban trouble
Breakup has hardly begun, and already a black bear with a growing reputation for chasing people and eating trash around Far North Bicentennial Park has landed itself in the cross hairs of Fish and Game.
Black bear trees man near Campbell Airstrip
Alaska State Troopers say an Anchorage man was forced to climb a tree to dodge a black bear.
Amy Green always expected to see bears near her new Hillside home. They just weren't supposed to show up in March when the city still looks like a snow globe.
Board expands Chugach Park bear hunt
The Alaska Board of Game loosened hunting rules in the giant state park east of Anchorage on Wednesday after grizzly maulings shook the city last summer.
Bear tracks seen on city ski trails
Advice for cross-country skiers on the Anchorage Hillside: Watch out for the bears.
Grizzly bears push Anchorage into a corner
The Anchorage Waterways Council on Friday night pulled together some experts on bears, fish and creeks, to discuss what to do about grizzlies after the 2008 saw several dangerous encounters with people.
Experts mull solution to city bear issue
Anchorage residents love their creeks, their salmon and their bears, until they start to run a little too wild. The Anchorage Waterways Council on Friday night pulled together some experts on bears, fish and creeks, to discuss what to do.
Bears of last summer will be back shortly
With Anchorage frozen into the cold, dark heart of an Alaska winter, the summer of the bears seems somehow far away and long ago. Yet the bears will return, warns Holly Kent, director of the Anchorage Waterways Council, and with them the problems of last year unless local residents start now to address bear issues.
Peak, a male brown bear cub, is being housed temporarily in the Alaska Zoo's former elephant house. Zoo executive director Pat Lampi says Peak came to the zoo in October from near an oil field camp at Beluga.
Bear attack 'documentary' raises officials' hackles
Put a TV soap star in a plastic box in the bear pen at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, tie a dummy alongside, turn loose the bears, roll video and what do you get? A whole lot of controversy.
Plan for bears still undecided
Assemblyman Bill Starr's proposal to put the city in the bear-control business has been pushed back to March.
Assemblyman develops plan to handle bears
A proposal for the city to hire a kind of "bear cop" hits the Assembly this week after an unusual summer of attacks and close calls.
Kenai Peninsula grizzly deaths soaring
Kenai Peninsula residents are solving their bear problems the old-fashioned way -- by killing lots of them.
PHOTO GALLERIES
Photo galleries chronicling the most famous residents in our vast state.
READER-SUBMITTED
Grizzly, black, and even polar bear photos from our readers.
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7/9 12:02 PM | Posted by: Hmmmm
#6 Black Bear in our yard. This one was medium sized, and looked nice & fat. Geez...three bears in four days!
7/8 10:10 AM | Posted by: Hmmmm
Saw another black bear in the yard last night...I'm not sure if it was the same one that was there a few days ago or not, as the kids were the ones who saw that one. The one last night was tall and lanky looking...on the skinny side for a bear of that size.
Black Bear at Ted Stevens International Airport
7/6 1:24 PM | Posted by: AKborn86
I just saw the Airport Police chasing a black bear over at the airport around 12:00 pm. Did any one else see it? What they do with it? I thought I heard gun shots but I don't think they would kill it in a high profile area like the airport.
INTERACTIVE MAP
Tracking Anchorage grizzly bears
Track the movements of 11 Brown Bears in and around Anchorage.
VIDEO
A bear attacking a moose calf woke Ryan and Jennifer McLendon one morning.
VIDEO
Grizzly bears dine on a moose hindquarter at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center.
VIDEO
Alaska state biologist Sean Farley talks about the recent bear/human conflicts in Anchorage.
VIDEO
Zayk and Mavis, the Alaska Zoo's black bears, give up on a 96-gallon bear-resistant garbage container before successfully opening a standard can.
PHOTOS
The sun's out, the snow's gone, and the bears are showing up around town. Check out photos and post your sightings.
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Don't have a picture of your bear sighting? That doesn't make it less important; post the location and sighting to share the info.
SECTION
Coverage of the "Grizzly Man," Timothy Treadwell, who was killed by a bear in Katmai National Park and then made international headlines when a documentary was made about him.
Retiree welcomes neighborhood bears
Fifty miles northwest of Alaska's largest city, the roadless hills and boggy swamps of the Yentna River Valley have for years hidden the secret of bear man Charlie Vandergaw.
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Bear 'haven' on wrong side of law
Captured black bear will be relocated
Black bear fatally shot rummaging for trash can treats on Halloween
Montana deer hunter rescued after attack by Kodiak bears
DNA test IDs grizzly in mauling of jogger
Bear struck by SUV near Elmore and Lore
Unusual hunting ground even for Alaska
3 bears visit Salcha garage, raid freezer
3 bears visit Salcha garage, raid freezer
Grizzlies on the prowl in urban Alaska
Aggressive bear shot, killed by trooper
Botanical Garden closes after bear kills moose near fence
Orphaned bear cubs to leave for new home in Indianapolis
Grizzly charges park volunteer, forces closure
Second orphaned cub caught in dog run
Guide likely saved bear attack victim's life
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