With 3 attacks in a month, Sitka bears showing ‘stress,’ district ranger says

The Forest Service is not sure why Sitka’s bears seem to be on edge. An excess of cubs, too few pink salmon — both might part of the explanation. (KCAW image)
A pair of Forest Service workers killed a charging brown bear near Sitka at the end of August.
It was the third dangerous bear encounter in the Sitka Ranger District in less than a month.
Sitka District Ranger Perry Edwards said the pair of workers — whose names will not be released — was doing a fisheries