“We monitor this hunt and the harvest very closely, and hunters have been very successful. Hunters selecting to harvest male bears rather than female bears has allowed the season to remain open as long as it has. Closing the season at...
"The public requested that the board and Division of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) work to rebuild the herd and restore this food source. Some of the support for the program is through resolutions from Orutsararmiut Native Council, Alaska Federation of Natives, Bristol...
“Wildlife depend on connected habitats and pathways for seasonal migration but in recent years, hunters have seen first-hand how these migration corridors have become fragmented by development and impacts from climate change,” said Jeremy Romero, wildlife connectivity manager at the National Wildlife...
The Board stated that conservation concerns warrant a closure to caribou hunting on Federal public lands in Units 11, 12 remainder, and 13 by all users. The Nelchina Caribou Herd population has declined precipitously to only 6,983 caribou in October 2023,...
"Staff spent 4 days in April searching for wolves in the removal area and 21 days between May 10 and June 5 following caribou and searching for evidence of predation (i.e., caribou fleeing, predators actively chasing or eating caribou). All bears...
On April 30, 2023, there were still 34 inches of snow on the ground. Of 15 calves collared in March 2023 none survived the remainder of the winter. Prior to documenting this decline moose were at much higher densities and...
