Haines Borough Police Chief Bill Musser said this week he’s using public education to gain compliance with the municipality’s bear attractant nuisance ordinance, but he’s not ruling out issuing citations.
Six reported brown bear kills around town so far this year compare to eight last year. Following a spring and early summer with few reports of bears, incidences of bears around homes and garbage jumped in recent weeks.
“We have not cited anyone at this…
