Legislators spoke with the public at a community forum Thursday. The idea for the event started with Kodiak Rep. Louise Stutes, and she also participated in the panel.
"Fish and Game"
Tularemia reported around Fairbanks, Palmer; vets urge quick diagnosis, treatment for pets
The state Department of Fish and Game is warning pet owners in the Interior and Southcentral Alaska about a recent spike in reports of tularemia – sometimes called “rabbit fever.”
After 20 years of work, bison team win award for conservation efforts
After over 20 years of hard work, a dogged crew of wildlife managers has successfully reintroduced wood bison to the tundra of Southwest Alaska. Now, they’ve received an award for it.
Caribou hunting limited in eastern Interior
The state will limit caribou hunting in the eastern Interior, along the Taylor and Top of the World Highways. An Alaska Department of Fish and Game announcement says the no-hunt corridor prohibits harvest of caribou within a hundred feet along both sides of the road during a state hunt for Forty Mile caribou, which opens August 29.
Fish and Game to shut down Southeast commercial and sport king fishing
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is shutting down all commercial and sport fishing for king salmon in Southeast Alaska.
Summer tips: Save your chickens, stop feeding bears
Trash, chicken coops, pet food and bird seed are all powerful bear attractants. Fish and Game is reminding residents to keep them away from bears.
ADF&G maps out new zones for mountain goat hunting on Baranof
Baranof Island will now be divided into 34 small hunt zones. ADF&G says this will allow them to manage at the subpopulation level and reduce the risk of overharvesting.
Afognak Island elk study looks at balancing logging with game management
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game and its partners, including Kodiak area Native corporations, are at the beginning of a two-and-a-half year, $1.8 million study of elk and bears on on Afognak Island to help balance game management and logging.
Bans on game harvest techniques currently under review
The Trump administration has directed the National Park Service in Alaska and the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge to reconsider bans on certain state allowed game harvest techniques.
Deep-release puts the pressure on rockfish survival
For sport anglers in Southeast Alaska having a slow day trying for salmon or halibut this August there will be no “plan B” for bottom-dwelling rockfish. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is closing all sportfishing for nonpelagic rockfish in outside waters from Yakutat to Ketchikan for three weeks beginning Aug. 1, to conserve…