Conditions during the open season for drawing permit hunts DG471, DG472 and DG479 created optimal hunting conditions resulting in high hunter success. Consequently, the harvest objective within these hunt areas was met during the drawing hunt and registration hunt RG471 (Wild...
"The Donlin Gold project poses existential threats to the Kuskokwim River and communities sustained by its waters for thousands of years. In addition to raising utility rates for residents by up to $265 per year, the project would generate massive amounts...
Afognak Island elk are managed using established harvest guidelines for individual herds and a 10 percent harvest objective for the overall elk population. A harvest objective of 44 elk was established for the closed portion of the hunt area in this...
. The meetings are open to the public and will be held in Section C of the Tikahtnu Ballroom on the 3rd floor. Change in location is due to the Egan Center being used as an emergency shelter for western Alaskans who...
This hunt is intended to support communities impacted by Typhoon Halong’s devastating storm surges in October 2025. The typhoon destroyed homes, displaced over 1,000 residents, and ruined critical subsistence food stores in Yukon- Kuskokwim Delta villages, threatening winter food security....
As a conservation measure, the RC867 hunt in Zones 1 and 4 will only open if caribou numbers near the Steese highway decrease enough to avoid overharvest of the herd. If zones 1 and 4 of the RC867 hunt have not...
“This action by the Trump administration is a direct attack on the Gwich’in, who have for decades been a voice for the caribou and stood against the destruction of the Arctic Refuge. A leasing program that would open the entire Coastal...
