Forest Service conducted a survey in September 2016 and observed 19 total goats, and August of 2019 observed 46 goats. On September 23, 2025, the Yakutat Tlingit Tribe conducted an aerial survey using an A-Star helicopter and counted 75 goats (66...
The trapping season has no bag limit while the hunting season has a bag limit of two (2) lynx. Observations and sealing records indicate lynx populations on the Kenai Peninsula remain at a level that justifies continued opening of lynx trapping...
All stranded muskoxen on the island have been successfully harvested under the emergency order issued pursuant to 5 AAC 92.046. The Department opened the limited resident permit hunt on July 22, 2026, after determining the animals faced little chance of survival...
The following is courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game: Baranof Island Mt. Goat Hunting (Sitka) – The 2026 mountain goat season begins Friday, August 1st. Registration permits are now available. Managers were unable to conduct an island-wide survey in...
“Climate change is already making the geese and other birds more and more scarce. With a road through Izembek, that could get worse,” said Chief Edgar Tall Sr. of the Native Village of Hooper Bay. “My community depends on subsistence hunting...
To maintain hunting opportunities while minimizing the risk of further population decline, the annual harvest
quota for the herd will remain similar to last year. The annual quota for the 2026-2027 hunting seasons is 550
caribou, and the bag limit is bulls only...
“This investigation reflects the strength of long-standing partnerships dedicated to protecting wildlife and upholding the law,” said Deb Flowers, National Park Service Investigative Services Branch Chief. “I commend the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve team, as well as the ISB...
"Our hunters still bring caribou home, but they increasingly do so by driving farther, hunting in new places, changing when and how they travel, and working around the roads and rigs. That we have adapted does not mean the development has...
