Dip in Kenai brown bears linked to liberalized harvest quotas

A 2010 federally sponsored study is the first to deliver a reliable count of the Kenai Peninsula’s brown bear population. Last week a Kenai National Wildlife biologist explained the study during a presentation at the Pratt Museum in Homer. The Museum is preparing to launch a new summer exhibit all about bears, specifically brown and black bears.
John Morton speaks to an audience at the Pratt Museum. PHOTO BY QUINTON CHANDLER/KBBI
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The number of brown bears on the Kenai Penins