In an advisory announcement from the State Division of Wildlife Conservation, managers reported that between November 15 - January 15, hunters and trappers killed almost as many wolves as had been estimated to live on and around Prince of Wales Island (Unit 2). 165 wolves were hunted or trapped in Unit 2 — the most recent Unit 2 wolf abundance estimate from fall 2018 is 170 wolves, with a possible range of 147-202 wolves.
Read Alaska Wildlife Alliance’s blog on the issue here.
For over thirty years, AWA member and Anchorage-based writer Bill Sherwonit has written extensively about wilderness, the natural history of animals and plants, wildlife management, connection to place, conservation issues, and notions of wildness. He's contributed stories and photos to a wide variety of national publications and is the author of over a dozen books about Alaska, including To the Top of Denali and Animal Stories. Bill weighed in on the Prince of Wales overharvest, which was recently published in the Anchorage Daily News, below.
