By Karen Garcia

A brown bear nicknamed “Tripod” for an injured front leg has been causing trouble around town lately: munching on a Front Street resident’s apple trees, hanging around the Chilkat Valley Preschool and boarding vessels in the Small Boat Harbor.

For the past several days, the bear has been wandering around the harbor, gnawing on coolers and breaking equipment on boats.

Fisherman Marty Smith went down to the harbor Monday morning around 8…