Alaska Wildlife Trooper Colin Nemec said two of the bears he and Haines Police officer Brayton Long shot last Monday near Small Tracts Road were in the process of tearing through the siding and insulation of a resident’s guest house.
As of Wednesday morning, 17 bears have been killed in the Haines Borough this year, 11 in the townsite and six outside the townsite, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game data. Law enforcement…