A predator-control program in Western Alaska, ruled unconstitutional last week, is needed to boost the ailing Mulchatna ...

(AP) — An Alaska national park’s yearly celebration ... fatten up for their long winter slumber. Fat Bear Week doesn’t officially start at Katmai National Park and Preserve until Oct ...

In Alaska, mainland bears are typically referred to as ... The above video comes from an observation point in Alaska’s Katmai National Park & Preserve near the lower section of Brooks River ...

Of the more than 2,200 bears living in Katmai National Park, only around 12 compete in Fat Bear Week. Before their months-long salmon feast, male bears typically weigh 700 to 900 pounds.

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In May 2018, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke directed the National Park Service to allow extreme hunting methods in Alaska’s national preserves, such as baiting brown bears, killing black bear mothers ...

Just over two years ago, my boyfriend (Andrew) and I were in the midst of planning a trip to Alaska to view grizzly bears in the wild at Katmai National Park, when our plans were abruptly derailed by ...

The board’s action allows the Department of Fish and Game to continue killing bears and wolves for a third season in the ...

According to state regulations, anyone killing a bear in self defense must notify the Alaska Department of ... acres and is adjacent to Katmai National Park.

Katmai National Park and Preserve is a natural park and ... You will visit Brooks Falls, famous worldwide for Alaska Brown Bear viewing, and watch brown bears fish for spawning salmon from the ...