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Brooks Camp Bear Viewing Facility, Katmai National Park
Very carefully.
Meridian served as the National Park Service representative during the construction of an elevated bear viewing walkway at Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Katmai is home to more than 2,000 brown bears (the larger cousin of the grizzly).
The 1,000 LF walkway and covered platforms required 70,000 BF of lumber and 12 tons of steel be constructed with no impact on the bears or the surrounding environment.
In addition to the roaming and foraging habits of bears, their natural curiosity played a part in this project. For some strange reason the bears would chew up all the survey stakes which required frequent re-surveying. 
Off-loading of project materials from the barge was interrupted when a bear would wander through or even lay down right in the middle of the loading area.
Meridian assisted the Owner and Contractor and provided on-site clarification and conflict resolution. We are proud to say this work was completed without incident, we thank the bears.
