Nate Sabota
38:46 - 39:19
"there's undoubtedly going to be bears now and in the future that have to be dispatched just because we can't change that behavior. It's so ingrained in them at this point that no matter what we do, it might not be successful at all. We're fine with that."
“there's undoubtedly going to be bears now and in the future that have to be dispatched just because we can't change that behavior. It's so ingrained in them at this point that no matter what we do, it might not be successful at all. We're fine with that.”
- Speaker
- Nate Sabota
- Timestamp
- 38:46 – 39:19
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- August 13, 2026
From the transcript
And this— the municipal solid waste is the most probably strongest attractant in the landfill. So as long as we can do our best to keep bears off the MSW, I think a lot of these problems will take care of themselves. And of course, and we know this, troopers know this, there's undoubtedly going to be bears now and in the future that have to be dispatched just because we can't change that behavior. It's so ingrained in them at this point that no matter what we do, it might not be successful at all. We're fine with that.
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