Too close for comfort? Chilkoot bears lure tourists

A bear cub on the Chilkoot River in 2010. (Ray Morris/Flickr Creative Commons)
The brown bears that frequent the Chilkoot River in Haines have continued to garner attention, good and bad, from tourists and locals alike. Authorities and local bear experts agree that human-bear interactions are getting too close for comfort.
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“We’re watching pink salmon in the stream, the water level is really low right now and so we can really see the fish really well. And if we look dow