CAP aircrew finds wolf biologist plane crash site

ALASKA -- A Civil Air Patrol aircrew located the wreckage from a plane crash that apparently claimed the life of a noted Alaskan wolf biologist. Gordon Haber, who had spent 40 years documenting the lives and societies of Denali National Park wolves, reportedly died after the Cessna 185 he was riding in crashed into trees near the East Fork of the Toklat River, the locale of one of the wolf packs he was studying. According to a SanLuisObispo.com newspaper account of the crash, Harber’s pilot, Daniel McGregor, managed to free himself from the wreckage and tried to rescue Harber but the plane caught fire and he had to abandon his efforts. McGregor then hiked 20 miles to safety and is recovering in a burn center in Seattle.