Spring is wake-up call for bears in Anchorage area

Call it a sure sign of spring: bears are starting to wake up in the Anchorage area. Ken Marsh, a biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, said the agency has received reports of bears in Anchorage, Eagle River, Chugiak and along Turnagain Arm.
“So far it’s just black bears, but there’s no reason to think brown bears aren’t waking up too,” Marsh said.
In the Anchorage area, there have been reports of bears on the Hillside but also in West Anchorage. A s