Well, I don't know but it seems like Eagle River may be having what we used to call 'a bear year'. We'd have a rabbit year or maybe a wolf year, you know, like the critters seem to be all over the place.
A few years back we had a 'bear year' in Glennallen. I tell you, there were bears EVERYWHERE! they were on the deck, they were looking in the windows, they were in the garage, a cub fell out of a tree by the pickup, there were bears in the warehouse, on the loading dock and even trying to push the furnace room door open.  I managed to slam the door on his 'fingers'. 
 Following year: not a bear in sight. I have no idea what causes this but it happens. They seem to cycle once in awhile. 
We raised a lot of chickens and the bears never gave the feathery birds a second look but when we got a pig a bear went right over that electric fence after him. Let me tell you, that pig made some NOISE til mom went out and shot at the bear. It was dark so she missed but we never saw Mr. Bear again!