The popular Rover's Run Trail in Far North Bicentennial Park reopens on Monday Oct. 12. The trail was closed earlier this year after it became a magnet for brown bears, attracted to salmon in the South Fork of Campbell Creek upstream of the BLM Airstrip Bridge.

Alaska Fish and Game site evaluations indicated that the bear season is nearing its end. Parks and Recreation Director, John Rodda announced that the trail would reopen Monday.

The Rover's Run Trail runs along the south bank of the south fork of Campbell Creek and extends from BLM Track Viewpoint Trail (Tour of Anchorage Trail) to the South Gas Line Trail at FNBP. A segment of Moose Meadow Trail that also intersects Rover's Run Trail will also be open.

The Anchorage Parks and Recreation and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will remove closure signs and barricades at the entry points of the trail. With the opening of Rover's Run / Mellen's Way trail, trail users should practice safe bear country practices.

Users are encouraged to be bear aware, not use the trails alone, and follow bear safety practices. While none of the trails in Far North Bicentennial Park are completely safe from bear encounters, the wider multi-use trails provide improved visibility to the trail users.

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