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Last month, amid the decline and the pending decision, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game allowed subsistence wolf hunting to go forward at its customary September start, setting a quota of ...
Extended wolf hunting seasons have depleted some packs, but now, a new federal rule permanently bans hunting practices meant to manipulate predator populations in national parks and preserves.
Conservation groups say there's a connection, but the Alaska Board of Game chairman argues the drop in wolf numbers appears to be related to a drop in prey in the park -- moose, caribou and sheep ...
NPR's Anne Sutton reports from McGrath, Alaska, on the dispute over how to deal with the thriving wolf population in the state. Wolves compete with Native Alaskans and other hunters for moose and ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An animal rights group is taking aim again at the state’s aerial wolf control plan and tourism dollars with an ad slamming the program.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska conservationists are urging state and federal officials not to reopen wolf hunting season around Prince of Wales Island. They are imploring officials to do so in ...
The drop in sightings led wolf advocates to petition the state for an emergency ban on hunting and trapping nearby.
Firsthand observations of a wolf hunting and killing a harbor seal and a group of wolves hunting and consuming a sea otter on Alaska’s Katmai coast have led scientists to reconsider assumptions ...
Petersburg wolf trapper David Benitz (right) guides "MeatEater" host Clay Newcomb (left) on a hunt in Southeast Alaska. (Courtesy "MeatEater" YouTube channel) Petersburg was the backdrop of ...
I ran wolf traplines in Canada for 25 years. Here's what I've learned about wolves, which I don't like, but don't fear, either.
Firsthand observations of a wolf hunting and killing a harbor seal and a group of wolves hunting and consuming a sea otter on Alaska's Katmai coast have led scientists to reconsider assumptions ...