On Dec. 22 I received a message from a local Fairbanks trapper whom I’ve known for years. It included a photo of an enormous black wolf he and his trapping partner had just caught, as well as the ...

Once more the Alaska Board of Game has refused to reinstate a wolf buffer zone around Denali National Park and Preserve, wherein trapping is banned. Moose that inhabit the area, which generally ...

On Prince of Wales Island in Alaska, wildlife managers are trying new techniques to count local wolves so they can determine how many can be hunted. Limiting the quota is controversial in the ...

Wedged in a float plane buzzing low above of Prince of Wales Island, scientists sometimes spot the wolves after a good, long rain. "If it's a nice sunny day they will be out in the muskegs sunning ...

WASHINGTON — In its zeal to repeal, the U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to overturn a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule forbidding the baiting, trapping and “denning” of bears and ...

There's a common problem in wildlife management - to know how many animals you can hunt, you need to know how many animals you have. You'd think that problem might be easier to solve in an enclosed ...