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Western Arctic caribou herd, long Alaska’s biggest, continues its population decline

A population decline is continuing in one of North America’s biggest caribou herds, threatening hunting opportunities for rural residents who depend on the animals for food ...
Alaska Public Media

Advocates push for stronger measures to stop the Western Arctic Caribou Herd's decline

The latest estimate for the Western Arctic Caribou Herd is 121,000, a steep drop from 2023. The last time the herd's numbers ...
Billings Gazette

Judith Gap man, 91, takes first caribou hunt in Alaska

At the age of 91, when most people are just happy to get out of bed in the morning, Roy Brewington went caribou hunting in Alaska. "It was the best hunt I ever had," he says. while relaxing at the ...
AOL

Alaska sued over hunting of bears from the air to protect caribou

Juneau, Alaska — Conservation groups sued Monday over a state program in Alaska that authorizes killing brown and black bears as a way to increase the size of a once-significant caribou herd in the ...
The Canadian Press on MSN

In Alaska’s warming Arctic, photos show an Indigenous elder passing down hunting traditions

The low autumn light turned the tundra gold as James Schaeffer, 7, and his cousin Charles Gallahorn, 10, raced down a dirt ...

Climate change is straining Alaska’s Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past the brink

The Trump-approved Ambler Access Road would unlock copper deposits and other minerals that could be used for green energies. But the road also threatens the fish and caribou that Indigenous ...
AOL

Alaska sued over aerial hunting of bears to protect caribou

(Reuters) -Environmental groups sued Alaska's wildlife authorities on Monday seeking to halt a predator control plan that lets game wardens hunt down unlimited numbers of bears from helicopters over a ...