And where were Pease and the others he praises in Government Hill during the decades I tried to convince the neighborhood to adopt a variety of methods for keeping garbage away from bears?

Because I saw so little voluntary compliance on homegrown methods, I was an early advocate for providing an option for bear carts from both private and municipal solid waste services. I singlehandedly convinced Mayor Begich to replace open waste barrels with bear-proof receptacles in city parks. It’s too bad the city took a decade to replace them in Government Hill parks. Maybe Pease should have asked for them sooner.

Better enforcement is not Pease’s idea. I convinced ASD to provide bear-proof receptacles on school grounds by citing a high school principal. I’ve long asked for more enforcement and wrote a number of citations myself.