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New Alaska park bridge aimed at HEALTH

limiting bear encounters DOCTOR ON DUTY

Oranjestad

By DAN JOLING Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
Tel. 527 4000
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)
— The National Park Ser- San Nicolas
vice has completed a proj- IMSAN 24 Hours
ect to relieve an Alaska Tel.524 8833
traffic jam. Women in Difficulties
A new elevated bridge PHARMACY ON DUTY
and boardwalk across the Oranjestad:
Brooks River in Katmai Na- Eagle Tel. 587 9011
tional Park and Preserve San Nicolas:
has replaced a river-lev- San Nicolas Tel. 584 5712
el bridge that was often Women in Difficulties
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closed to human tourists
because it was occupied In this July 4, 2013, file photo, a brown bear walks to a sandbar Dental Clinic 587 9850
Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
by locals — brown bears. to eat a salmon it had just caught at Brooks Falls in Katmai Na- Urgent Care 586 0448
The replacement for the tional Park and Preserve, Alaska. Associated Press Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
old floating bridge was +297 588 0539
more than a decade in the three bear-viewing plat- Women in Difficulties
making. forms. One is at a waterfall EMERGENCY
"Each phase of the project where fish concentrate be- Police 100
(planning, designing, proj- fore trying to leap past the Oranjestad 527 3140
ect development, fund- barrier and hungry bears Noord 527 3200
ing, and construction) took to reach natal streams to Sta. Cruz 527 2900
time and involved diverse spawn. San Nicolas 584 5000
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stakeholder groups," said Visitors must cross the river Ambulancia 911
park Superintendent Mark to reach all three platforms. Fire Dept. 115
Sturm in an email response The old bridge frequently Red Cross 582 2219
to questions. closed when there was a
Bears catching salmon are "bear jam," said Park Ser- TAXI SERVICES
a huge draw for the park on vice spokeswoman Karen Taxi Tas 587 5900
the Alaska Peninsula, the Garthwait. Prof. Taxi 588 0035
Taxi D.T.S.
587 2300
arm of land extending from Rangers enforce a 50-yard Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
Alaska's southwest corner (46-meter) separation be- A1 Taxi Serv. 280 2828
toward the Aleutian Islands. tween bears and people. If Women in Difficulties
The park service estimates a bear was on the bridge or TRAVEL INFO
that 2,200 brown bears in- close to it in the river, rang-
habit the park, a number ers would close the bridge Aruba Airport 524 2424
exceeding the people who until the bear moved, American Airlines 582 2700
Avianca
588 0059
live on the peninsula. They Garthwait said by email. Jet Blue 588 2244
have six to eight months to Bears were not shooed Surinam 582 7896
eat a year's worth of food away, Garthwait said. A
and ensure their survival Park Service mandate to Women in Difficulties
through winter, according preserve bears' natural CRUISES
to the agency. feeding areas and behav-
A popular venue is Brooks ior gave bears the right of
Camp, where the park has way.q

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