Unbearable time at Elmendorf

Senior Master Sgt. Kenneth Lehman listens to other agents read through a check list of vital statistics that are checked on a brown bear that was trapped and tranquilized July 17 at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Sergeant Lehman is a military conservation agents and is helping the Alaska Department of Fish and Game take DNA, blood and hair samples, measurements and fit the bear with a tracking collar that will allow the bear's movements to be monitored by global positioning satellites. The bear, a female around 6 years old and weighing more than 400 pounds, had been spotted near the base golf course and a barrel trap was set by base conservation agents. After trapping and collaring the bear, agents relocated the bear to a remote part of the base and monitored it from a distance until the bear woke and moved into the woods. Sergeant Lehman works in the 3rd Medical Group's Dental Clinic. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown)