Public Comment, Voices for Wildlife
Chelsey Cook
Statewide Board of Game Meeting Results

Alaska Wildlife Alliance attended the Statewide Board of Game Meeting as a voice for Alaska’s wildlife, giving testimony, mobilizing public comment on proposals, and watching deliberations. Overall, AWA submitted comments on 16 proposals. Read on for the results.

Statewide Board of Game Meeting Results
Voices for Wildlife
Chelsey Cook
URGENT ACTION ALERT FOR MULCHATNA BEARS

This morning at the Board of Game meeting, the ADFG requested an emergency regulation to reinstate Mulchatna bear control, which was recently found to violate due process and the sustained yield principle.

URGENT ACTION ALERT FOR MULCHATNA BEARS
Lawsuits, Achievements, Voices for Wildlife
Chelsey Cook
Justice for Mulchatna Bears!

Today is a historic day for Alaska’s bears! Judge Guidi of the Superior Court of Alaska ruled in favor of the Alaska Wildlife Alliance, finding that the Mulchatna Bear Control program—in which the State has aerially gunned nearly 200 brown bears —was unlawfully adopted.

Justice for Mulchatna Bears!
Public Comment, Voices for Wildlife
Chelsey Cook
Action Alert: Give Public Testimony at the ...

Between January 10 and 17, 2025, the Central and Southwest Board of Game Meeting will be held in Wasilla at the Best Western on Lake Lucille. While the main public comment period for proposals has already passed, there is a public comment period in the first few days of the meeting, where oral testimonies and written comments may be given.

Action Alert: Give Public Testimony at the Statewide BOG Meetings in Anchorage
Public Comment, Voices for Wildlife
Chelsey Cook
Action Alert: Submit Your Comments on Statewide ...

The Board of Game Proposals for the Statewide Meeting have been released and AWA is carefully combing through them so that we can best represent the needs of Alaska’s wildlife at the Statewide BOG meeting in March. The public comment period is open until March 7, and we could use your voice to help safeguard Alaskan wildlife.

Action Alert: Submit Your Comments on Statewide Board of Game Proposals
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In the News: Wolves in Southeast Alaska Face Pressures From All Sides

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In the News: Wolves in Southeast Alaska Face Pressures From All Sides

“Wolves are a charismatic top predator that have become a symbol of wildness for the conservation movement. Aldo Leopold famously wrote about the conflict between humans and wolves in his 1948 essay, ‘Thinking Like a Mountain,’ where he reflected upon shooting a wolf. Many historians credit this essay as a milestone in the modern-day environmental movement. To this day, wolves elicit an emotional response from so many of us. Love them or hate them, wolves attract a disproportionate amount of attention.”

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Publication: A RADical approach to conservation in Alaska

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Publication: A RADical approach to conservation in Alaska

Our board vice president, Dr. John Morton, and our executive director, Nicole Schmitt, have both been recently published! Read more about the RAD Framework and AWA’s outlook on climate adaptation for wildlife in Alaska.

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In the News: Homer’s First Marine Mammal Forum

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In the News: Homer’s First Marine Mammal Forum

“Brought together by the Alaska Wildlife Alliance, with the support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Kenai Peninsula College, the three-day forum held April 18-21, the culmination of a long-term conversation about educating boaters on how to ethically enjoy seeing the marine life of Kachemak Bay.”

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

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

Alaska Wildlife Alliance and our coalition partners celebrated a U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision today that upheld a 2016 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service rule that enshrines the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s long-standing prohibition on brown bear baiting, along with its decades-long approach of managing the Skilak Wildlife Recreation Area for wildlife viewing and education.

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