The U.S. Navy is proposing to add a 246,000-square-mile zone that would extend westward as far as Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians in 2023. It would be for transiting ships, the military says, and not involve live firing or active sonar which have been controversial in the past.
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Resident hunters maintain the island’s wolf population is healthy. And they blame the wolf packs for preying on the island’s black-tailed deer which are an affordable source of fresh meat.
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A federal judge has rejected the Dunleavy administration’s legal challenge to an out-of-season hunt authorized by the feds during the early months of the COVID pandemic. The Organized Village of Kake had requested the deer and moose harvest out of concerns about food security.
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Wildlife managers say they are being extra cautious after conservationists threatened to sue for federal protections. A relatively short 31-day harvest from November 15 is being opened to give resident hunters opportunity to control the predator population.
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A 31-day wolf harvest is being proposed in Game Unit 2 around Prince of Wales Island. The debate over the species pits environmentalists concerned about the wolf population and resident hunters who say the predators are taking a toll on the island’s deer population.
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