Photo: Bear aware

Riverbend Elementary School fifth-grader Tulensa Timothy, 11, does his best to walk like a bear in front of his classmates, teacher Nick Parmentier, right, and Discovery Southeast naturalist Tom Schwartz on Wednesday. The class is part of the Bear Aware Programbeing taught to first, third and fifth graders this semester and funded by the city of Juneau.

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