Tightened procedures for dumping have dispersed bears that formerly congregated at the Haines Sanitation landfill, according to dump operators.
Operations manager Richard Crosby, who started on the job in June, said he’d counted up to seven bruins there at one time – including a sow with three cubs – when he started in June.
He attributed their presence to customers leaving some household waste in with inert materials they previously were allowed to dump themselves…
