Environmental groups on Thursday asked three state and federal agencies to take decisive action to save what they say are the rapidly dwindling population of Alexander Archipelago wolves in the Prince of Wales Island area in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. Photo courtesy ADF&G The six organizations that submitted the letters to agencies are Cascadia Wildlands, the Center for Biological …
Groups seek halt to POW wolf hunting, logging | Alaska Public Media
Groups seek halt to POW wolf hunting, logging Specifically, the six organizations want the state to cancel the upcoming wolf trapping and hunting season on POW, the federal Office of Subsistence Management to cancel the subsistence wolf harvest, and the Forest Service to halt logging activity on the Big Thorne Timber Sale. Gabriel Scott is the legal director with the …
As Denali wolf hunt looms, state rejects calls for emergency ban | Alaska Dispatch News
As wolf hunt near Denali looms, state rejects calls for another emergency ban Zaz Hollander July 21, 2015 +A Bob Hallinen WASILLA — With a disputed wolf hunt on state lands outside Denali National Park set to resume next month, wildlife groups are ramping up calls for state officials to again make use of an emergency ban to block the hunt …
Groups want hunting season suspended for rare Alaska wolves
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — Six conservation organizations are asking state and federal authorities to stop hunting and trapping seasons for Alexander Archipelago wolves, a southeast Alaska species that den in the root systems of large trees. Greenpeace and the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned to list the wolves as endangered in August 2011. The groups say large-scale logging fragments forests and reduces …