Following reports from a trapper near mile 60 of the Steese Highway alerting troopers that someone had intentionally set off his traps on multiple occasions in mid-February, troopers investigated the incident and subsequently made one arrest, troopers report. Following an investigation of the incident reported on February 19th, the trooper investigation resulted in the arrest […]
Juneau – Today, the Alaska House of Representatives approved legislation to prohibit wolf hunting and trapping in two areas adjacent to Denali National Park and Preserve. House Bill 105, sponsored by Representative Andy Josephson (D-Anchorage), seeks to ensure healthy wolf populations so that park visitors can see wolves in the wild. “Denali National Park managers […]
On Thursday, AST released details on the death of Manokotak teen, Kylen Moore, who perished in a snow machine accident earlier this month. According to the trooper dispatch, at 7:35 pm on February 6th, they were informed of a snow machine crash that occurred when the 15-year-old teen and another were returning from a trapping trip. […]
Visitors to national parks are half as likely to see wolves in their natural habitat when wolf hunting is permitted just outside park boundaries. That’s the main finding of a paper co-authored by the University of Washington appearing April 28 in the journal PLOS ONE. Its authors examined wolf harvest and sightings data from two […]