Alaskans are used to seeing bears in their neighborhoods. Nils Pedersen and his Karelian Bear Dogs, Soledad, Rio, and Mardy work together to reduce humanbear conflict in Alaska. Nils is the Director of the Wind River Bear Institute, which was founded to provide innovative, nonlethal solutions to complex humanwildlife conflict issues. #workingdogs #alaskabears #bearaware

Story by Hannah Lies
Video by Hannah Lies, Linda Wei, and Nils Pedersen
Music by FirstCom Music

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