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• 5-15-2013: State Closes Next Muskox Tier II Hunt TX107 in Unit 23 Due to Illegal Harvest (PDF 458 kB)
• 5-15-2013: Be Alert! Protective Mothers Watch Over Cute, “Orphaned” Wildlife Babies
• 5-2-2013: Aggressive Kasilof Brown Bear Tests Negative for Rabies
• 5-2-2013: Second Wolf from Chandalar Lake Tests Positive for Rabies
• 4-23-2013: Rabies Detected in New Area of State
• 4-17-2013: Deadline Approaching, Alaska Board of Game Proposals for 2013/2014 Meeting Cycle
• 4-16-2013: Young Alaskan Archers Compete in Virtual Tournament with Eyes on National Contest
• 4-12-2013: Tier II Hunt Scheduled for Southern Alaska Peninsula Caribou: A Predator Control Success Story
• 4-11-2013: It’s Bear Awareness Month: Make Your Neighborhood Safer for People and Bears
• 4-8-2013: Department Teams with Kenai Natives to Enhance Kenai Moose Habitat
• 4-4-2013: ADF&G Announces 2013 Southeast Alaska Chinook Salmon Harvest Quota
• 3-11-2013: Alaska Board of Fisheries to Meet in Anchorage, March 19-24, 2013
• 3-5-2013: Board of Game Meeting to be Held in Kenai, March 15 - 19, 2013
• 2-22-2013: Registration Caribou Hunt Scheduled to Open in GMU 9C on February 25
• 2-11-2013: Changes to Drawing Hunt Notification for 2013
• 2-5-2013: Alaska Board of Fisheries to Meet in Anchorage, February 26-March 4, 2013
• 2-4-2013: Board of Game Meeting to be Held in Wasilla, February 8-15, 2013
• 1-31-2013: Hot Spot Hunt Aims to Reduce Moose-Automobile Collisions in Mat-Su
• 1-25-2013: Volunteers Gather for Palmer Hay Flats Waterfowl Habitat Enhancement Work
• 1-15-2013: Applications for McNeil River Bear Viewing Permits Due On March 1
• 1-09-2013: Anchorage Girl Scouts Adopt Potter Marsh
• 1-04-2013: Sport Fish Guide and Business Applications and Logbooks Available
• 1-03-2013: Board of Game Meetings to be Held in Sitka, January 10-15, 2013
• 1-03-2013: Alaska Board of Fisheries to Meet in Anchorage, January 15-20, 2013
• 11-19-2012: Alaska Board of Fisheries to Meet in Naknek, December 4-12, 2012
• 10-31-2012: Application Process for Alaska’s Big Game Drawing Hunts Changes This Year
• 10-29-2012: Remember Wildlife Safety on Halloween
• 10-17-2012: Alaska Chinook Salmon Symposium
• 10-15-2012: ADF&G Plans to Cull Wood Bison from Captive Herd
• 9-20-2012: ADF&G Announces Chinook Salmon Symposium
• 9-17-2012: Vandalism at Reflections Lake
• 9-17-2012: Registration Hunt for Kenai Brown Bears Set to Open October 1 (PDF 132 kB)
• 8-20-2012: Cottonwood Creek Bridge Closure, Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge (PDF 307 kB)
• 7-31-2012: ADF&G Issuing More Permits to Harvest Caribou in Unit 13
• 7-03-2012: Western Arctic Caribou Herd Numbers 325,000 Animals in Recent Survey
• 5-25-2012: Moose Calving Season is upon Us
• 5-23-2012: State Conducting Study of the Economic Importance of Wildlife
• 5-16-2012: Department Invites Public to Presentations on 2012 King Salmon Outlook, Management in Susitna and Kenai Rivers
• 5-15-2012: Upper Cook Inlet 2012 Outlook for Commercial Salmon Fishing (PDF 403 kB)
• 4-25-2012: Seward Peninsula Muskox Hunt Changed to Tier II
• 4-13-2012: Deadline Approaching: Alaska Board of Game Proposals Due May 1st for 2012/2013 Meeting Cycle
• 4-09-2012: Be Bear Aware for Spring
• 4-09-2012: Cottonwood Creek Bridge Closure and Replacement, Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge
• 3-29-12: ADF&G Announces 2012 Southeast Alaska Chinook Salmon Harvest Quota
• 3-27-12: 2012 King Salmon Sport and Commercial Fishing Restrictions Planned for Northern Cook Inlet Streams
• 3-19-12: Alaska Board of Fisheries Accepting Proposals for the 2012/2013 Meeting Cycle
• 3-12-12: Research aimed at understanding moose productivity initiated on the Kenai Peninsula
• 3-8-12: Public Scoping Meetings Examine Alternatives for Invasive Northern Pike Control in the Soldotna Creek Drainage
• 3-07-12: Alaska Board of Fisheries to Meet in Anchorage March 20-24, 2012
• 3-05-12: Bear Control Program Approved on Middle Kuskokwim River
• 3-02-12: Aggressive Moose in Urban Areas
• 2-28-12: Alaska Moose Federation Winter Moose Relocation Project
• 2-24-12: Sport Anglers Prohibited from Using Felt Soles in Fresh Waters of Alaska
• 2-24-12: Board of Game to Meet in Fairbanks, March 2-11
• 2-17-12: Antlerless Moose Hunts for GMU 14A for Fall 2012 Cancelled
• 2-10-12: State & Federal Boundaries for Fisheries Management in 2012
• 2-06-12: ADF&G Permits Efforts to Lure Moose from Roadways
• 2-06-12: Alaska Board of Fisheries to Meet in Ketchikan February 24-March 4, 2012
• 1-17-12: Celebrating 75 Years of Cooperation for Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration
• 1-09-12: Bear Collar Camera Video Clips Available for Viewing
• 1-05-12: Alaska Board of Fisheries to Meet in Petersburg, January 15-21, 2012
• 12-20-11: ADF&G Releases Intensive Management Protocol
• 12-06-11: ADF&G Report Confirms 2010 Wolf Attack Fatality
• 11-07-11: Alaska 2011 Salmon Harvest Estimated at $603 Million
• 11-03-11: Board of Game to Meet in Barrow, November 11-14
• 10-21-11: ADF&G Monitoring Reported Evidence of Disease Exposure in B.C. Sockeye Salmon
• 8-29-11: Department Aims to Help Anglers Conserve Rockfish Through Avoidance, Proper Deepwater Release
• 7-25-11: Illegally Discarded Fish Waste May Draw Bears, Fines for Violators
• 6-14-11: Register Now for the Summer Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Workshop
• The Alaska Department of Fish & Game Announces Photo Contest for 2012 Sport Fishing Regulations Summary Cover
• 6-5-11: ADF&G Youth Camp Fosters Outdoor Skills
• 6-2-11: ADF&G Seeks Comment on Draft Management Plan for Dude Creek Critical Habitat Area
• 6-1-11: ADF&G Seeks Comment on Draft Management Plan for Bristol Bay Critical Habitat Areas
• 5-26-11: Muskox Calves Rescued
• 5-26-11: Old Shooting Area in Palmer Hay Flats Sees New Life
• 5-25-11: ADF&G Provides New System for Commercial, Subsistence, and Personal Use Fishery News Releases
• 5-18-11: Scientific Panel to Review Biological Opinion on Steller Sea Lions
• 5-12-11: ADF&G Announces New Subsistence Director and Board of Fisheries Executive Director
• 4-8-11: Moose, Tasers, Deer Among Issues Addressed at Anchorage Board of Game Meeting
• 4-6-11: Permits Available for Interior Alaska Hunts
• 4-4-11: ADF&G Releases 2011 Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Processing Capacity Survey Results
• 3-31-11: ADF&G Announces 2011 Southeast Alaska Chinook Salmon Harvest Quota
• 3-25-11: Military Base Wolf Removal Effort Successful
• 3-24-11: Western Arctic Caribou Herd Count Revised
• 3-23-11: Attention Black Bear Baiters
• 3-22-11: Board of Game to Meet in Anchorage March 26 - 30, 2011
• 3-17-11: Board of Game Meeting Extension in Anchorage, March 25, 2011
• 3-11-11: Brown Bear Control Program Approved in Unit 16B
• 3-8-11: State Wildlife Officials Appalled at USFWS Decision
• 3-4-11: Unit 26B Grizzly Bear Registration Hunt Opens
• 3-3-11: Statewide Commercial Salmon Harvest Forecast for 2011
• 3-2-11: Porcupine Caribou Herd Shows Growth
• 3-1-11: Agreement Reached to Maintain Longstanding State & Federal Boundaries for Fisheries Management in 2011
• 2-24-11: Board of Game to Meet in Wasilla, March 4-10, 2011
• 2-24-11: Hunting Permits to be Announced February 25
• 2-17-11: Jeff Regnart Appointed Commercial Fisheries Director
• 2-15-11: Moose Die from Chokecherry Poisoning
• 2-14-11: Alaska State Refuges See Record Visitor Numbers for Golden Anniversary
• 2-10-11: Alaska Board of Fisheries to Meet in Anchorage, February 20 – March 5
• 2-9-11: State Disagrees with Finding that Listing of Pacific Walrus is Warranted
• 2-1-11: States Will Review Federal Opinion of Fisheries’ Impact on Steller Sea Lions
• 1-26-11: McNeil River and Walrus Island Wildlife Viewing Permits Available Now
• 1-19-11: Porcupine Caribou Herd Numbers Higher Than Last Census

• 1-14-11: Wolf Taken on Military Land Due to Public Safety Concerns

• 1-4-11: Alexander Creek Pike Removal Project Funded

• 12-8-10: State Works to Remove Aggressive Wolves Near Port Heiden
• 12-1-10: Campbell Announces Key Leadership Appointments
• 11-30-10: ADF&G Releases Climate Change Strategy
• 11-19-10: ADF&G Extends Deadline for Mail-in Permit Applications
• 11-15-10: ADF&G Releases Annual Estimates of Sport Halibut Harvest
• 11-9-10: Board Establishes Drawing Permit Hunt for Some Nonresident Black Bear Hunters