1:16:02
I'm still here with my little teddy bear,
Tabitha bear.
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And I think the storm's actually
gotten a little weaker, but
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in the course of it getting stronger,
it crushed the wall in and bent the poles.
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And you really can't do much about it
because once they get like that,
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they just stay kind of bent in
and you're screwed and all that.
1:16:21
This is my life.
This is what I do.
1:16:25
And l... I love it. I love it.
1:16:27
Even this, I love it.
1:16:30
My tent crushed in. I love it.
It's pathetic, but I love it.
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Hello, hello, hello
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Are you scared, little bear?
1:16:43
The storm's gonna go on
and on and on.
1:16:45
It doesn't look like I may get outta here
for another week or so.
1:16:51
Oh, look at this. I put my tripod
up to shore up the tent.
1:16:55
I put a pole up there, so now I got a tent.
That's a pretty good idea, huh?
1:16:59
Aha! Pretty good for me.
1:17:13
We have about 35,000 brown
grizzly bears here in Alaska.
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What we can tell, it's a very healthy population,
it's a stable population.
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Of course, you have to be careful with bears
because they have unique needs,
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especially the grizzly bear.
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They need large areas.
They have low reproductive rates.
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You have to be cautious in the way
you utilize those animals.
1:17:34
Bear hunting, as an example,
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is a very important aspect
of the economy.
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$4,500,000 a year
is spent on bear hunts.
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Here on Kodiak Island
we have about 3,000 bears.
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Each year we harvest
about 160 of those.
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Through our research, we found that you can
harvest about 6% of the population annually
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and still have
a healthy group of bears.
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And poaching?
1:17:59
Poaching is not as big
a concern around here