Brown Bears Visit Turnagain Mud Flats
Dozens of people were treated to the sight of two brown bears rooting around in the mud flats of Turnagain Arm just north of Bird Point Monday morning June 22, 2009. There have been many bear sightings in recent days along the bike trail in the area and the campground at Bird. Chugach State Park officials closed part of a popular bike trail in the area earlier last week due to the bears activities.
Anchorage police pulled over a pickup truck carrying two moose calves on the Glenn Highway near the Northway Mall on Thursday, June 4, 2009. Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists Rick Sinnott and Jessy Coltrane then transported the animals to the Alaska Zoo.
Dall sheep along Turnagain Arm
Dall sheep clustered low on a Chugach State Park mountainside along Turnagain Arm this week. The sheep scraped away snow with their hooves to uncover and feed on plant life below.
Many species of birds are wintering farther north than they have historically. Several of those species have dramatically increased their numbers as well.
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