In October 2019, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game canceled the state Fortymile-White Mountains Caribou Winter Registration Hunt in Zones 1-4, after record participation in the fall hunt wiped ...
Why the size of Mulchatna caribou herd has dramatically declined may not be known, but some things are known about how people can help conserve the herd, which has dropped to half the size it was ...
A restricted caribou hunt on the Nushagak Peninsula means that Manokotak is anticipating fewer subsistence opportunities this season. Melvin Andrew is the Tribal administrator for the Manokotak ...
Alaska’s remote Western Arctic caribou herd has been a heated topic of discussion in recent years. The herd’s declining population has been the catalyst for massive closures of public lands to non – ...
The Western Arctic Caribou Herd as seen from the sky in 2011. (Jim Dau / Alaska Department of Fish and Game) One of the largest caribou herds in Alaska is shrinking, prompting hunters and ...