Jeb Sharp

Jun 21, 2024 | kcaw.org | Jeb Sharp

Authorities had to kill four bears in Sitka earlier this month in defense of life and property, so Bear Awareness Day on June 15 felt especially timely this year. The event took place at Fortress of the Bear in collaboration with The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Defenders of Wildlife, Sitka National Historical Park and the U.S. Forest Service. The bear-resistant trash can demonstration is the highlight of the now-annual event.

Jun 14, 2024 | ktoo.org | Jeb Sharp

https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/11MASON.mp3If you stop by St. Peter’s by the Sea Episcopal Church on Lincoln Street this month you might catch stonemason Randy Bollinger working outside. He is restoring some of the stonework on the exterior of the 125-year-old building. “I identify as a craftsman,” Bollinger said on a recent morning as he reset stones on one of the sidewalls on the front steps.

Jun 12, 2024 | kcaw.org | Jeb Sharp

If you stop by St. Peter’s by the Sea Episcopal Church on Lincoln Street this month you might catch stonemason Randy Bollinger working outside. He is restoring some of the stonework on the exterior of the 125-year-old building. “I identify as a craftsman,” Bollinger said on a recent morning as he reset stones on one of the sidewalls on the front steps.

Jun 6, 2024 | kcaw.org | Jeb Sharp

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Alaska Wildlife Troopers killed a young male brown bear on Guertin Island in Sitka Wednesday afternoon after it was found guarding the remains of a large dog it had just killed. Fish and Game wildlife biologist Steve Bethune is confident it is the same bear that killed a different dog in the 2800 block of Sawmill Creek Road on Sunday. “I’m pretty sure yeah, I’d say 99.99% it’s the same bear that we’ve been getting pictures of,” he said.

Jun 5, 2024 | kcaw.org | Jeb Sharp

In the first major incident of its kind this year, a bear attacked and killed a dog Sunday in the 2800 block of Sawmill Creek Road, near the Thimbleberry Creek Trailhead. Steve Bethune, a wildlife biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, went to investigate with Alaska Wildlife Troopers after receiving a call about the incident Monday.