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State agencies warn borough of landfill bear hazard, urge corrective action
Summary
Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Department of Environmental Conservation told the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly the borough landfill has a food-conditioned-bear problem, is out of compliance with state solid-waste rules, and needs upgrades to fencing and corrective action before denning season.
Alaska Department of Fish and Game and Department of Environmental Conservation officials told the Kodiak Island Borough on Sept. 11 that the borough landfill presents a wildlife and public-safety hazard and urged prompt corrective steps.
"We currently have a plan with the wildlife troopers to sometime in late October work with the borough staff to push all the bears out of the landfill," said Nate Sabota, wildlife biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Kodiak. Sabota said bears have been using the landfill as a food source, that cruise ships…
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