National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Wolves, Bears, and Their Prey in Alaska: Biological and Social Challenges in Wildlife Management

The primary goal of predator management in Alaska is to increase prey populations for human harvest. Governor Tony Knowles suspended Alaska's wolf control program in late 1994 and stated 3 criteria ...
Yahoo

I Spent 40 Years Living with Wolves. They Still Manage to Surprise Me

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A color illustration of a wolf attacking a grizzly over a caribou carcass. It was a cold clear March day at Savage River on the ...
Yahoo

Alaska Wolf Found With Record Amount of Mercury, a Sign of Growing Contamination

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wolf on Pleasant Island, Alaska, with a sea otter head in its mouth. Gretchen Roffler When Alaska's wolves began eating sea ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Wolves, Bears, and Their Prey in Alaska: Biological and Social Challenges in Wildlife Management

If wolves in Alaska act in this manner, even though the removal of wolves might yield more prey over the short run, substantial reductions in wolves could increase rather than decrease fluctuations in ...