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For five years, she wrote a column for the Anchorage Daily News about reality TV in the state. “It’s non-residents portraying themselves as Alaskans that basically make us all look like a bunch of frickin’ morons.”Įmily Fehrenbacher knows not all Alaskans like the series. “I mean, look what the show is,” he said. The deal dropped the cases against the other family members but they still had to pay back the dividends. They were also banned from applying for PFDs in the future. Patriarch Billy Brown, who died last year, and one of his sons pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 30 days in jail, fined and ordered to do community service.

In 2014, six family members were charged with 60 counts of PFD fraud for receiving nearly $21,000 in payments when they didn’t qualify. The show follows the Brown family through 13 seasons as they attempt to live off the land in Alaska.īut they haven’t always been residents. Hofstad is clearly not a fan of the series. “I looked at him, ‘I aint’ shaking your hand.’ He just looked at me and walked away.” “That one kid, I think they call him Gabe, introduced himself and stuck out his hand,” Hofstad said.

On one of Hofstad’s visits to the harbor office, a Brown family member also showed up. “Just cause I don’t want to look at ‘em,” Hofstad said. Hofstad said when he saw staff from the “Alaskan Bush People” walking around, he started bugging the harbor master to move them someplace else.

The harbor is home to many large commercial fishing boats, including Hofstad’s boat called the Norseman. Hofstad said he first noticed a boat belonging to the “Alaskan Bush People” at Petersburg’s South Harbor in early July. But locals, including Mark Hofstad, did not welcome them as neighbors. The famous Brown family tried to buy land after living in Washington the last three years. Reality TV stars from the long-running Discovery series, “Alaskan Bush People,” made a brief stop in the Southeast community of Petersburg earlier this month. (Photo courtesy of Mark Hofstad, cropped by CoastAlaska) Mark Hofstad sits on his boat, F/V Norsemen, in the Petersburg harbor.