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Bad news for bears: for thirty years the wild Alaskan bears that visit McNeil sanctuary have learned to trust the people who watch them. But this fall, despite a public outcry, those bears may be hunted

On a bright August morning, with gulls screeching and bald eagles picking at spawned--out salmon, I'm standing with ten other people in the shadows...
Natural History, 03/01/07 by Bill Sherwonit · More from publication
End of the line: a movement to increase the network of roads and ATV trails throughout Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve might help travelers navigate thousands of untamed acres, but the toll on the park would be irreparable.(all terrain vehic

In the southeast corner of Alaska, tucked tight against the Canadian border and the state's panhandle, is one of our nation's grandest parks:...
National Parks, 06/22/05 by Sherwonit, Bill · More from publication
A warming trend after a chilly reception: residents of Seward, Alaska, didn't embrace Kenai Fjords National Park when it was first created, but in the years since its inception, they've warmed up to the national park in their own backyard.

The Seward, Alaska, Chamber of Commerce proudly proclaims this coastal town 125 miles south of Anchorage as "The Gateway to Kenai Fjords National...
National Parks, 01/01/05 by Sherwonit, Bill · More from publication
Alaskan meltdown: on the frontlines of climate change: Alaska and the national park sites in our northern-most state are showing dramatic signs of global climate change. Melting permafrost and glaciers, eroding coastlines, and insect invasions all point t

Evidence of global warming may be subtle enough to overlook or ignore throughout most of the United States, but in Alaska, the signs of climate...
National Parks, 06/22/04 by Sherwonit, Bill · More from publication
Where the wild things remain: the remote coast of Katmai National Park and Preserve supports the continent's highest concentration of brown bears. As growing numbers of people mingle with the bears, experts agree that up-close behavior endangers both peop

When word got out last October that Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard had been killed and partially eaten by one or more brown bears at Kalfia...
National Parks, 03/22/04 by Sherwonit, Bill · More from publication
Traveling in bear country.

From Naska's coastal flats with their salmon-rich streams, south to Montana and Wyoming's high alpine meadows, national park officials employ a...
National Parks, 03/22/04 by Sherwonit, Bill · More from publication

Protecting the wolves of Denali: Denali National Park contains America's best-known and most frequently viewed wolves, and for the last decade, a growing number of people have sought greater protections for these animals.(Denali National Park and Preserve

If you want to see a wild, unpenned wolf up close, there is no better place to go in Alaska--and perhaps the world--than Denali National Park and...
National Parks, 09/01/03 by Sherwonit, Bill · More from publication
Wilderness homeland.

Eighty percent of 8.4-million-acre Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is designated wilderness--a wilderness where animals and...
National Parks, 01/01/03 by Sherwonit, Bill · More from publication
NANUUQ of the North.(polar bears in Alaska)(Brief Article)

Throughout their range, including Alaska, polar bear populations are healthy and stable. Yet these animals require vast, undeveloped landscapes...
National Parks, 09/01/01 by SHERWONIT, BILL · More from publication
ALASKA: A PEAK EXPERIENCE.

The land of towering mountains and vast glaciers offers the experience of a lifetime for many travelers, and Anchorage is a convenient jumping...
National Parks, 07/01/01 by SHERWONIT, BILL · More from publication

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Bad news for bears: for thirty years the wild Alaskan bears that visit McNeil sanctuary have learned to trust the people who watch them. But this fall, despite a public outcry, those bears may be hunted

End of the line: a movement to increase the network of roads and ATV trails throughout Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve might help travelers navigate thousands of untamed acres, but the toll on the park would be irreparable.(all terrain vehic

A warming trend after a chilly reception: residents of Seward, Alaska, didn't embrace Kenai Fjords National Park when it was first created, but in the years since its inception, they've warmed up to the national park in their own backyard.

Alaskan meltdown: on the frontlines of climate change: Alaska and the national park sites in our northern-most state are showing dramatic signs of global climate change. Melting permafrost and glaciers, eroding coastlines, and insect invasions all point t

Where the wild things remain: the remote coast of Katmai National Park and Preserve supports the continent's highest concentration of brown bears. As growing numbers of people mingle with the bears, experts agree that up-close behavior endangers both peop

Traveling in bear country.

Protecting the wolves of Denali: Denali National Park contains America's best-known and most frequently viewed wolves, and for the last decade, a growing number of people have sought greater protections for these animals.(Denali National Park and Preserve

Wilderness homeland.

NANUUQ of the North.(polar bears in Alaska)(Brief Article)

ALASKA: A PEAK EXPERIENCE.

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