While on patrol in the Funny River area on Monday, troopers recognized two individuals that they had contact with in a prior service call. AST made contact with the two and confirmed their identities as 21-year-old Cerena Patrice Richards of Happy Valley and 31-year-old Daniel Leigh Gentry of Soldotna, despite Gentry attempting to mis-identify himself […]
A 62-year-old Funny River man was attacked and mauled by a Brown Bear on Sunday afternoon, the trooper dispatch reported. 62-year-old Danny High “was walking in the woods when he was attacked by a brown bear,” troopers reported. Alaska Wildlife troopers and Alaska State Troopers responded to the scene of the attack at mile 11 […]
(Anchorage) — Five wolf pups removed from the massive Funny River Wildfire have found a new home. The Minnesota Zoo, located south of Minneapolis-St. Paul in Apple Valley, Minn., has offered to accommodate the entire litter and will receive a permit to house them permanently. The pups—two females and three males—are currently receiving care at […]
(Soldotna) — Responding to a report of an animal den with living occupants found in the smoldering debris of the Funny River Horse Trail Wildfire on Tuesday, May 27, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Wildlife Biologist Jeff Selinger didn’t know what to expect. Firefighters who happened upon the scene had detected movement within, but […]