{"id":5021,"date":"2017-10-27T14:10:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T21:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/bear-activity-expected-to-spike-as-hibernation-approaches\/"},"modified":"2017-10-27T14:10:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T21:10:21","slug":"bear-activity-expected-to-spike-as-hibernation-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/bear-activity-expected-to-spike-as-hibernation-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear activity expected to spike as hibernation approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before bears head into hibernation for the winter, they&rsquo;re looking for high-calorie foods.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Juneau Police Department, residents cannot put out trash before 4 a.m. on pickup days, and barbecues and smokers should be closely monitored. Chicken coops and bird feeders should be constructed or placed in such a fashion as to limit bear interactions. JPD also advises people not to store food outdoors even though the temperatures are low.<\/p>\n<p>Bear activity should be increasing in town this time of year, and should not be approached or harassed. JPD would like to remind residents to call if a bear is acting aggressively or people are in danger, but not to call &ldquo;if a bear is just being a bear.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before bears head into hibernation for the winter, they&rsquo;re looking for high-calorie foods. According to the Juneau Police Department, residents cannot put out trash before 4 a.m. on pickup days, and barbecues and smokers should be closely monitored. Chicken coops and bird feeders should be constructed or placed in such a fashion as to limit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":5022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[75],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-5021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5021"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=5021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}