Kodiak Brown Bear Center

Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center

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Tel. 907-783-2025 | alaskawildlife.org

World Class Fishing

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Packages & Pricing

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Exclusive Bear Viewing Package

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John Shier, Producer/Cinematographer

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John Shier, Producer/Cinematographer

Over the past decade I’ve traveled all around the world filming wildlife. I’ve been lucky enough to visit some of the most famous bear-viewing sites on the planet and I can honestly say the best experience I’ve ever had was at Karluk Lake. The amazing landscape and unsurpassed density of bears in the Karluk Lake drainage provide for first-class opportunities to view bears up close. And while there are other great bear viewing sites on the Alaska Peninsula, Karluk is off the beaten path, ensuring exceptional wilderness experiences with few tourists and no boardwalks…just you and the bears! And if this wasn’t enough, the Kodiak Brown Bear Center and its exceptional lodging stand-alone as luxury in the middle of Kodiak Island, truly heaven on Earth!

Staff Quarters

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Research Education Building

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Climate Change Study, U.S. Geological Survey

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Mechanisms of climate-change influence on terrestrial ecosystems

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Karluk Lake Freshwater Study, AK Dept. of Fish & Game

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Lack of robust catch and escapement data increases importance of ancillary data and of understanding ecosystem dynamics to improve managing fisheries

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Karluk Area Brown Bear Study, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge

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Scan sampling and aerial survey procedures were used to assess brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) response in years of general (open) public use (1991, 1993), structured bear viewing (1992, 1994), and closure to public use (2003, 2004) on the O’Malley River area, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. Mean counts of brown bear groups were lowest with open management, intermediate with bear viewing, and highest when the area was closed to public access.

Statistical comparisons between different types of management were compromised by an apparent increase in bear density during the study period, high escapements of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in 2003 and 2004, differences in observer experience and procedure, and an atypical pattern of seasonal bear use in 2003. The data indicate that human activity caused limited bear use of specific sites during open public management and that relative composition of single bear groups increased as levels of human activity declined under bear viewing and public closure.

Study results, in light of a growing demand for recreational opportunities in Alaska, indicate that general public use of the O’Malley River area is not a reasonable option. The importance of this area as a key bear concentration site demands that resource managers carefully monitor annual bear use; this objective can be effectively met with replicated aerial surveys during the period of peak bear use.

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