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Bear Spray, Your Best Defense - Alaska Sportsman
Written by Tom Smith, with Stephen Herrero and Terry D. DeBruyn   

May 2008

Expert research in Alaska finds that a few ounces of pepper spray are just as effective as a gun in an aggressive encounter. 

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Burn - Alaska Voices
Written by Steve Kahn   

May 2008

Wildfires may last only days or weeks, but their effects are felt for a lifetime.

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A Year in the Life of a Black Bear - Natural Alaska
Written by Ned Rozell   

May 2008

A thought that came to mind, the first time I saw the carcass of a skinned black bear: “That really looks like a person.”  

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I'm New Here - The Alaska Traveler
Written by Sherry Simpson   

May 2008

The first thing I learned during My Cheechako Summer is that when you’re traveling with a group of strangers through Alaska for nine days, there will come a moment that will define whether you’re on the trip of a lifetime or the vacation from hell.  

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49th - My View North
Written by Andy Hall   

May 2008 

Fifty years ago this month, the residents of the Territory of Alaska were waiting to learn the fate of the latest push for statehood.

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