State and federal law enforcement officers killed a brown bear Sunday on the mainland southeast of Wrangell. They believe it was the same bear that was threatening some campers in the area.
Deer populations are fluctuating, but wolf populations have been growing on Price of Wales island since 2014. Wolves are seen more frequently around communities.
This deer season has been the worst in recent memory for a lot of hunters on Prince of Wales Island.
Alaska is considered to be outside the range of cougars (also called mountain lions and panthers), but with cougar populations increasing in many western states and Canada, that could change.
Mountain lion sightings have been reported in far Southeast Alaska for years, and one sighting has been confirmed.
Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) seen with large amount of hair loss.
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