Researchers capture bear-salmon interactions on camera

Researchers with the Alaska Salmon Program have found a way to study bears when they come to fish in Happy Creek or any other salmon stream in Bristol Bay: with cameras activated by movement, and barbed wires to snag bear hair.
Motion-activated cameras set up by researchers working with the University of Washington’s Alaska Salmon Program catch bears in action on Lake Aleknagik streams. (Photo by Molly Dischner, KDLG – Dillingham)For the past several years, University of Washington&r