Alaska Department of Fish and Game

AWA in the news: State wildlife officials trying to revive Southwest Alaska caribou killed almost 100 brown bears in less than a month

AWA in the news: State wildlife officials trying to revive Southwest Alaska caribou killed almost 100 brown bears in less than a month

‘The surprisingly high number of bears killed in the Mulchatna program is “especially egregious” given those findings, said Carol Damberg, board president of the Alaska Wildlife Alliance. "They’re ignoring their own biology ... they’re not following the science,” Damberg said Thursday. “If they were, they wouldn’t be doing this.”’

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of the Southcentral Board of Game meeting

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of the Southcentral Board of Game meeting

Over 200 regulatory proposals were considered - here are the results.

What happened at the Special Board of Game meeting, March 2021

What happened at the Special Board of Game meeting, March 2021

Everything you need to know about the March 2021 special Board of Game meeting, including changes to wolf hunting and trapping on Prince of Wales island.

Publication: Integrating Distance Sampling and Minimum Count Data

Publication: Integrating Distance Sampling and Minimum Count Data

In the article, Becker and Herreman (2021) critique the approach of Schmidt et al. (2019), which integrates local minimum counts with landscape‐scale conventional distance sampling (CDS) surveys.

VIDEO: Wildlife Wednesday- What's Going on with East Cook Inlet Razor Clams? An Update on the Stock Since the 2015 Closure

VIDEO: Wildlife Wednesday- What's Going on with East Cook Inlet Razor Clams? An Update on the Stock Since the 2015 Closure

Holly and Mike show how ADF&G conducts surveys on the beaches each year to gather data on the abundance, growth, and survival of these razor clams.

VIDEO: Wildlife of Bristol Bay

VIDEO: Wildlife of Bristol Bay

Join us in celebration of Bristol Bay's wildlife! You’ll hear from three speakers to learn about wildlife in Bristol Bay and how you can help protect them.

VICTORY! Court upholds prohibition of brown bear baiting in the Kenai Refuge

VICTORY! Court upholds prohibition of brown bear baiting in the Kenai Refuge

“We believe that the Fish and Wildlife Service is obligated to protect Kenai brown bears on the refuge and this opinion recognizes the agency’s authority to do just that,” said Nicole Schmitt, executive director of the Alaska Wildlife Alliance. “At a time when so many of Alaska’s wildlife protections are being rolled back, this ruling comes as a sigh of relief for all those who enjoy the Refuge and its wildlife.”