Alexander Archipelago Wolves Threatened by Trapping, Forest Clearcutting SITKA, Alaska— The Center for Biological Diversity, Alaska Rainforest Defenders and Defenders of Wildlife petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to give Endangered Species Act protections to the Alexander Archipelago wolf in Southeast Alaska. This rare gray wolf subspecies, which inhabits the coastal rainforests of Southeast Alaska […]
(Petersburg) — The Alaska Board of Game will meet in Petersburg on January 10–15, 2019 at the Sons of Norway Hall located at 23 Sing Lee Alley. The board will hold a one-day work session January 10 followed by a five-day public meeting to address proposed changes to hunting and trapping regulations for the Southeast […]
Alaska’s support for the National Park Service’s recently proposed amendments to hunting and trapping practices on national preserves in Alaska is not about trophies. It does not concern sport or recreation. It has nothing to do with predator control. Alaska’s scale and geography are incomprehensible to most Americans. The state is enormous, largely without roads, […]
(Anchorage) – Alaska Wildlife Troopers have determined that 10 wolves pictured in a pair of photographs currently being distributed to news media and on social media were harvested legally. The investigation has determined the animals were taken in Game Management Unit 13B and not in the Healy area as alleged. The Alaska Department of Fish […]