Intensive Management in Alaska
Alaska's Programs — Units 9B, 17B, 17C, 18, 19A, 19B
Intensive management (IM) programs are authorized under a specific procedure where the Alaska Board of Game determines a particular ungulate population important for providing high levels of human consumptive use and sets population and harvest objectives for deer, caribou, or moose in those specific areas. Those programs are listed under Active IM Programs or Inactive IM Programs on these pages. For other prey species harvested by hunters or in other areas, the Commissioner of ADF&G may authorize predation control to recover depleted prey populations under Alaska Statute 16.05.020(2), and the Board may adopt regulations for similar purpose under AS 16.05.255(a)(6). Programs authorized under either of these authorities are listed under Other Programs.
Predation control programs, authorized under intensive management regulations, are currently active in four specific areas in Alaska, covering approximately 5% of the state's land area. These programs are designed to reduce predation by wolves or bears and increase moose, caribou, or deer populations that are a needed food source for Alaskans.
Each predation control program employs specific methods to increase sustainable ungulate harvest. In these areas, predators will be reduced but not eliminated. The goal is to reduce predation rates, allowing humans to take more ungulates while also maintaining sustainable populations of predators.
Before any predation control program begins, the Alaska Board of Game reviews the program's feasibility and proposed operation plan and then adopts a regulation to authorize the predation control if the program is approved. Those regulations, formally adopted in the Alaska Administrative Code in Title 5, Chapter 92, contain detailed information about each predation control area. You will find links to the regulation and implementation plan for each program listed here. View the entire Intensive Management and Predator Control section (5 AAC 92.106 – 5 AAC 92.127).
Click the links below to view more information about each program. You may also view the Unit Map.
Units 9B, 17B, 17C, 18, 19A, 19B (Mulchatna caribou)
The authorizing regulation for Units 9B, 17B, 17C, 18, 19A and 19B, 5 AAC 92.111. Intensive Management Plans I., contains detailed information about the predator control area established in GMUs 9B, 17B, 17C, 18, 19A and 19B, including delineation of the geographic area covered, background, status of the wildlife populations in question, objectives, and a management plan.
Reports to the Alaska Board of Game
- Operational Plan for Intensive Management of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in Game Management Units 9b, 17, 18, 19a, and 19b During Regulatory Years 2022–2028 (PDF 2,444 kB)
- February 2023 — Annual Report to the Board of Game (PDF 377 kB)
- February 2022 — Annual Report to the Board of Game (PDF 421 kB)
- Operational Plan for Intensive Management of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in Game Management Units 9b, 17, 18, And 19b During Regulatory Years 2018–2024 (PDF 705 kB)
- February 2021 — Annual Report to the Board of Game (PDF 876 kB)
- February 2020 — Annual Report to the Board of Game (PDF 518 kB)
- February 2019 — Annual Report to the Board of Game (PDF 464 kB)
- February 2018 — Annual Report to the Board of Game (PDF 507 kB)
- February 2017 — Annual Report to the Board of Game (PDF 652 kB)
- February 2016 — Annual Report to the Board of Game (PDF 405 kB)
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February 2015 — Annual Report to the Board of Game (PDF 526 kB)
- August 2015 Update (PDF 234 kB)
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February 2014 — Annual Report to the Board of Game (PDF 517 kB)
- August 2014 Update (PDF 228 kB)
- February 2013 — Annual Report to the Board of Game (PDF 390 kB)
- August 2013 Update (PDF 116 kB)
- August 2012 — Interim Report to the Board of Game (PDF 333 kB)