Conservation groups sued Monday over a state program in Alaska that authorizes killing brown bears and black bears as a way to increase the size of a once-significant caribou herd in the southwest ...

The Western Arctic Caribou Herd, once the biggest in Alaska, is faltering, having fallen from a high of 490,000 animals in 2003 to only 152,000 as of 2023. But to the east, the Porcupine Caribou Herd ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska wildlife agents can resume shooting and killing black and brown bears — including from helicopters — as part of a plan to help recover a caribou herd that was once an ...

The state program employs helicopters and small planes to shoot black and brown bears of any age in a large area of southwestern Alaska. Two conservation groups have sued to stop it. By John S.W.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A caribou skull is seen on Feb. 21, 2012, on the frozen tundra in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. (Photo provided by ...

(Alaska Beacon) — 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. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Animals in the Porcupine Caribou herd Caribou forage in 2019 on vegetation at the ledge of a hill adjacent to the Hulahula River ...

Forest Services will take public comment Oct. 6 as herd count sits at 62 ...

Several caribou herds in Alaska's Arctic are on the decline. That now includes the Porcupine herd, which is the largest. Biologists say the reasons for the downward trends are hard to pin down. Alaska ...

What should be done to ensure caribou are healthy and plentiful for future generations? Alaska’s caribou are a vital source of food for many rural communities. But as climate change and other ...

Alaska subsistence hunters struggling with caribou declines and lost hunting opportunities got a message at a gathering in Anchorage last week: They are not alone. That puts into perspective declines ...

(Alaska Beacon) — The caribou herd that is at the center of the debate over oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has declined by about a third over the past eight years, according to ...