Alaska constitutional authority requires the state to manage ALL wildlife using long-term sustained yield principles. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has shown time and again that this policy is reserved for ungulate species. This sort of mismanagement, killing high numbers of predator species to boost ungulate populations, can be seen in virtually … Continue reading On the Threshold of Extinction. Alexander Archipelago Wolves 2021-2022 Update
Category: Wolf Poaching
Quiet Extinction — Alexander Archipelago Wolf Tweetstorm
Speak out for Alexander Archipelago wolves on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.
Alexander Archipelago Wolves on Prince of Wales 2020-2021 Season Update
October 29, 2020, updated November 9, 2020, and again January 21, 2021: Alaska wildlife officials have reported that 68 wolves were taken by trappers during the recent shortened 21 day season, that opened on November 15 2020, on or near Prince of Wales Island. A reported kill of 68 wolves from an already decimated population … Continue reading Alexander Archipelago Wolves on Prince of Wales 2020-2021 Season Update
Alexander Archipelago Wolf – Fall 2020 Update
If in fact there are enough wolves left to kill, and the season does open, state and federal GMU 2 wolf hunting/trapping seasons will close on Jan. 15, 2020.
Update: Alexander Archipelago Wolves on Prince of Wales—Response from Board of Game
Our pressure on Alaskan officials is working!
Gone. Finished. Annihilated.
Take action. You can probably count how many wolves are left on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, on less than two hands.
PETERSON, BISHOP INTRODUCE BILL TO DELIST GRAY WOLVES IN LOWER 48 STATES
February 28, 2020 Press Release WASHINGTON– Representatives Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn. and Rob Bishop, R-Utah, today introduced H.R.6035 - to require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a final rule relating to the delisting of the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The American Wild Game and Livestock Protection Act, would … Continue reading PETERSON, BISHOP INTRODUCE BILL TO DELIST GRAY WOLVES IN LOWER 48 STATES
Tweetsheet: Save the Roadless Rule—Alaska
Once again, the Forest Service has disregarded the evidence of the probable impacts of its timber program on wolves, other wildlife populations, salmon, and critical habitat necessary for their survival.
As we have seen on Prince of Wales, logging and roads initiate many harmful effects, including the “overharvest” and illegal take of not only wolves, but also their primary prey and sustenance, Sitka black-tailed deer.
The Plight of the Alexander Archipelago Wolf
There is no mention of a "harvest" quota, and there will be no emergency closures. But no worries, “hunters and trappers are reminded that the goal of the new GMU 2 wolf harvest management strategy is to maintain the fall wolf population within the range of 150-200 wolves.
A Much Needed Safety Net
History has demonstrated that societal values ultimately determine the survival of a species as controversial as the wolf.
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