Fatal crash caused by wing failure, NTSB says Sep 21, 2008
Wing failure caused a floatplane crash that killed four men in the Katmai National Park and Preserve last year, according to a federal accident report. Story tools. (Anchorage Daily News)
Bears hold their ground as people encroach Aug 4, 2008
Anchorage Daily News. The bears are awake and showing up around town. (Anchorage Daily News)
Board should include voice for nonconsumptive residents Feb 21, 2008
But what Palin and others of her ilk conveniently ignore is this: While 90 percent or more of what the board does is not controversial, the other small fraction involves major wildlife-management policy issues that affect wildlife -- and people -- in and around places like McNeil River, Chugach State Park, Denali National Park, the Pack Creek bear-viewing area on Admiralty Island, Katmai National Park and Preserve -- the list goes on. To deliberate policies that affect such areas without any... (Anchorage Daily News)
Bear hunting story stirs complaint to troopers Oct 9, 2007
Anchorage Daily News. Then send in a 30- second video showing his tricks, and win a prize. (Anchorage Daily News)
Cameras show Katmai bear kills Oct 7, 2007
The incident, Zatz said, occurred Monday, the first day of a three-week open hunt in the preserve portion of Katmai National Park and Preserve, south of Iliamna Lake. The video shows two hunters and their guide, according to Zatz, as they move in close to a blondish brown bear at Narrow Cove, an arm of Kukaklek Lake. (Anchorage Daily News)
Wasillan was pilot in Katmai park crash that killed 4 Oct 3, 2007
Investigators are trying to determine what caused this Helio Courier floatplane to crash in Katmai National Park and Preserve on Sunday ... The pilot of the floatplane that crashed in Katmai National Park and Preserve on Sunday was Bruce Stephens of Wasilla, according to the National Park Service. (Anchorage Daily News)
Victims named in Sunday plane crash Oct 2, 2007
A floatplane that crashed Sunday in Katmai National Park and Preserve on its way back to a fly-fishing lodge killed all four passengers on board, including the chief executive of a major Canadian information-security company, according to the National Transportation Safety Board and company officials. Story tools. (Anchorage Daily News)
• Four Killed In Alaska Plane Crash Oct 2, 2007
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Authorities have released the identity of three of the four victims in yesterday's plane crash near Katmai National Park and Preserve. National Park Service spokesman John Quinley identifies the victims as 44-year-old Greg Brophy and 49-year-old Sean Brophy, both of Ontario, Canada, and 38-year-old Tom Beatty of Homer. (Q13.com, WA)
Stabilizing state history Jul 2, 2007
Remote Katmai National Park and Preserve in Southwest Alaska attracts more people, even though it lacks road access. "Wrangell-St. Elias is among the least-visited national parks,'' U.S. News Report noted in a 2005 story. "It doesn't help that it's literally at the end of the road, at best a seven-hour drive from Anchorage. (Anchorage Daily News)
Board of Game kills hunt for McNeil area bears Mar 8, 2007
The state bear sanctuary, and the 95,000 acres that were proposed for hunting, lie east of those villages, across Katmai National Park and Preserve. The board wants the federal government to add the 95,000 acres to the national park in exchange for lands on the west side of the park, closer to the villagers. (Anchorage Daily News)
All missions of preserve must be met Mar 1, 2007
One of the planet's premier bear viewing destinations is the contiguous area encompassed by McNeil River State Game Sanctuary and Refuge and Katmai National Park and Preserve ... Congress recognized the value of these bears in the Alaska Land Act, and directed Katmai National Park and Preserve to maintain "high concentrations" of brown bears ... Derek Stonorov has worked 10 seasons at McNeil River State Game Sanctuary and is currently a bear viewing guide in Katmai National Park and Preserve. (Anchorage Daily News)
