A Century of Bear-Human Conflict in Alaska

rw wrote:
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On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:09:53 GMT, rw
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http://www.absc.usgs.gov/research/br..._conflicts.htm
You will notice that there are few encounters in the Bristol
Bay and
Bethel areas.

I wrote that in my post. Are you ****ing illiterate?

The actual reasons though, also includes fewer bears and much
greater visibility. Simple as that. Around Bethel, for
example, there are very few brown bears and there is a lot of
tundra and few trees other than willows. That is even more true
as one heads down river towards the Bering Sea.

Go 50 miles or so up river, and it is a whole different story.
Hence the "Bethel area" includes some very serious bear country
and also some vast areas where few bears are ever seen.

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Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)