In an earlier post from Montana I wrote about cattle guards set in the intersections to keep hoofed animals off the main roads. Here in Alaska they have had to put up "Moose Guards" around newly planted trees. What they do is put up wire fencing about four feet away from the tree on poles that may be six feet high. We have been shown where moose have eaten trees and shrubs, just as the deer do in New York. Considering that moose are much bigger they do more damage.
Along the roads that we've been on there are signs marking, "Alaska Solid Waste Collection Point." I asked Bob about them. He told me that those are large dumpsters, either at the dump entrance or placed in other places for people to deposit garbage. As we saw elsewhere, the lids have latching devices to keep bears from getting in.
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