Wilderness Retrieval

CHUGACH MOUNTAINS, Alaska -- 1st Lt. Luke Buckley (left) and Tech. Sgt. Richard Lovaas document findings at a brown (grizzly) bear den after recovering a tracking collar that was designed to fall off during winter hibernation. Lieutenant Buckley and Sergeant Lovaas are both Military Conservation Agents at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. They volunteered to help Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists retrieve the collars. The bear tracking study, conducted by the ADFG, was funded by the Department of Defense to monitor the movements of brown bears on Elmendorf and neighboring Fort Richardson. On June 28, three teams of three agents were flown into the mountains with radio trackers and located the collars in the dens. (RELEASED) U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown

PHOTO BY: Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown

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