Brown bears draw hundreds to Alaska Peninsula for spendy spring hunt

Hundreds of people have traveled to the Alaska Peninsula this month for a chance to bag a brown bear. Most hunters are non-residents who hire guides and charter flights, driving an estimated $10 million dollars of economic activity.
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Dave Crowley, a wildlife biologist with ADF&G, tags a brown bear hide by the Naknek River (Photo by Hannah Colton, KDLG – Dillingham)On the bank of the Naknek River in King Salmon is Float Plane Row, where an Anchorage hunter just g