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State postpones wolf control near 2 villages

...report that predators are killing too many moose. The date now has been pushed to mid-to-late February.State wildlife biologists were planning to shoot as many as 50 wolves from helicopters in a 1,360-square-mile area around the villages...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-12-04/state-postpones-wolf-control-near-2-vil
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Managing mountain goats in Alaska

...decline has halted, and so far, we haven't seen that yet."Sometimes there is no halt in the decline. State wildlife biologist Neil Barten saw a situation in the Yakutat area that Mooney hopes to avoid on Baranof. A combination of unexpectedly...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2011-10-07/managing-mountain-goats-alaska
Outdoors
Trapping bats

...In the headlamp beam, the little bat squeaking in the mist net looked like a winged shrew with big ears. State wildlife biologist Karen Blejwas explained the chittering squeaks were distress cries. The calls sometimes draw in more bats...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2011-12-16/trapping-bats
Outdoors
Trailside snapshots

...beautiful, but these are just the elemental scene. ? just knowing there's nobody there but the camera." State wildlife biologists studying wolverines in the Berners Bay area north of Juneau placed trail cameras at wolverine live traps to...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2011-05-26
Outdoors
ADF&G shoots bear cubs in Anchorage after death of mother

ANCHORAGE - A state wildlife biologist shot and killed two orphaned bear cubs after a resident killed the cubs' mother about three weeks ago, leaving the young bears...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-07-07/adfg-shoots-bear-cubs-anchorage-after-d
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Mountain goats: Relying on agility, suction-cup hooves

...rocks that other animals would slide off," said state wildlife biologist Doug Larsen. That's goats' best defense...when more nutritional food is not available. State wildlife biologist Matt Kirchhoff has even seen goats on the beach...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/051103/out_mtgoats.shtml
Outdoors
Glacier bear hit by vehicle disappears

...seem to get mixed up in more than their share of trouble, considering there aren't many of them, he added. State wildlife biologist Neil Barten said the report he got of a glacier bear sighting Friday came from OnStar, the General Motors emergency...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/061206/loc_20060612025.shtml
News
Anchorage woman attacked by wolf

...Wanamaker was since been treated at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital and is undergoing a series of rabies shots. State wildlife biologist Mark McNay had little doubt it was a wolf that attacked Wanamaker. "She said it was long legged and very lean...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/071306/sta_20060713004.shtml
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Bear charges jogger twice on city trail

...calling. "Bears are very familiar with the salmon cycle, so it's going to be a real attractant," said state wildlife biologist Rick Sinnott. Bears frequent Bicentennial Park this time of year, especially along the north and south forks...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/071606/sta_20060716009.shtml
News
The myth of suicidal lemmings

...myth, but it's remarkable how many people believe it. Ask a few. "It's a complete urban legend," said state wildlife biologist Thomas McDonough. "I think it blew out of proportion based on a Disney documentary in the '50s, and that...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/081003/out_lemmings.shtml
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