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Alaska's McNeil River
State Game Sanctuary and Refuge
McNeil River flows from the Aleutian Range to Cook Inlet, and the 200-square-mile sanctuary protects one of the world's largest concentrations of brown bears. As many as 144 individuals have been seen there.
Located approximately 250 air miles (400 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage and 100 air miles (160 kilometers) west of Homer, bears come to eat, particularly chum salmon that make their way upstream from this time of year into August.
About a mile from the river's mouth, a series of rocks and boulders forms McNeil River Falls, where salmon congregate and bears feast.
A permit program administered by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game limits visitors to 10 per day between June 7 and Aug. 25, prime feeding season.
No one has ever been injured by a bear at McNeil River State Game Sanctuary and, since the permit program was initiated, no bears have been killed by visitors who felt threatened.
Published February 14, 2011
Bears of McNeil River
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