Authorities kill bear after second dog attack
Wildlife authorities killed a young male brown bear in Sitka Wednesday afternoon, shortly after it killed a dog. They say it looks like the bear that killed a different dog on Sunday.
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Task Force looks for proactive solutions to Sitka’s urban bear issues
The Sitka Bear Task Force is reconvening to gather ideas for addressing Sitka's bear issues proactively. Assembly liaison Crystal Duncan and ADF&G biologist Steve Bethune discuss the group's mission and goals and aspects of habitat biology which make garbage management a more effective solution than killing the animals. The first meeting is noon, Thursday, April 21, in Harrigan Centennial Hall. The public is welcome to attend.
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Following an unprecedented bear year, Sitka’s bear task force reconvenes
The first brown bears of the spring have been spotted in Sitka. Not a moment too soon, the assembly is reviving a bear task force to address increasing conflict between bears and humans within the community.
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March 8, 2022: What’s happening at tonight’s Sitka Assembly meeting?
When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (3-8-22), it will consider a temporary moratorium on new short-term rental permits in residential zones for one year.
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Sitka’s 2021: Not as good as we’d hoped, maybe not as bad as we think?
KCAW's Robert Woolsey and Katherine Rose look back on 2021, and conclude that the year was was "Not as good as we'd hoped, maybe not as bad as we think?" Here's their list of some of the top stories of the past twelve months.
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