Black Bear Species Management Report and Plans
Report Period: 1 July 2018–30 June 2023
Plan Period: 1 July 2023–30 June 2028

Species management report and plan documents provide information about species that are hunted or trapped, as well as management actions, goals, and recommendations for those species. Detailed information is prepared for each species every five years by the area management biologists for game management units in their areas. Reports are not produced for species that are not managed for hunting or trapping, or for areas where there is no current or anticipated activity. Unit reports are reviewed and approved for publication by regional management coordinators. Any information taken from these reports should be cited with credit given to the authors and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Suggested citations are included in each of the reports.

These reports provide a record of survey and inventory management activities for black bear during the five regulatory years 2018-2022, along with plans for the five regulatory years 2023-2027. A regulatory year (RY) begins on 1 July and ends on 30 June (e.g., RY18 = 1 July 2018-30 June 2019). These reports are primarily produced to provide agency staff with data and analysis to help guide and record agency efforts, but they are also made available to the public to inform them about wildlife management activities. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Division of Wildlife Conservation publishes these reports on a five-year cycle to document trends and describe potential changes in data collection activities for black bear.

These unit reports are published individually, so although the period covered remains the same for all reports, the year published may differ.

Supplementary Matter

• Black bear Range Map
• Game Management Units Map

Reports

• Unit 1A — Unit 1 south of Lemesurier Point, including drainages into Behm Canal and excluding drainages into Ernest Sound (PDF 823 kB)
• Unit 1B — Southeast Alaska mainland from Cape Fanshaw to Lemesurier Point
• Unit 1C — Southeast Alaska mainland between Cape Fanshaw and the latitude of Eldred Rock, including Berners Bay and Sullivan Island, excluding drainages into Faragut Bay
• Unit 1D — Southeast Alaska mainland north of Eldred Rock, excluding Sullivan Island and the drainages of Berners Bay
• Unit 2 — Prince of Wales Island and adjacent islands south of Sumner Strait and west of Kashevarof Passage (PDF 1,096 kB)
• Unit 3 — Islands of the Petersburg, Kake, and Wrangell area
• Unit 5 — Cape Fairweather to Icy Bay, eastern Gulf of Alaska Coast
• Unit 6 — Prince William Sound and the northern Gulf of Alaska Coast (PDF 1,107 kB)
• Units 7 and 15 — Kenai Peninsula (PDF 1,309 kB)
• Units 11 and 13 — Wrangell Mountains and Nelchina Basin
• Units 12 and 20E — Upper Tanana, White, Fortymile, Charley, and Ladue river drainages, including the Tanana Uplands and all drainages into the south bank of the Yukon River upstream from and including the Charley River drainage, and the Mentasta, Nutzotin, and northern Wrangell mountains
• Unit 14A&B — Upper Cook Inlet
• Unit 14C — Municipality of Anchorage (PDF 1,534 kB)
• Unit 16 — West side of Cook Inlet
• Unit 17 — Northern Bristol Bay
• Unit 19, 21A, and 21E — All drainages of the Kuskokwim River upstream from the village of Lower Kalskag; Yukon River drainage from Paimiut upstream to, but not including, the Blackburn Creek drainage; the entire Innoko River drainage; and the Nowitna River drainage upstream from the confluence of the Little Mud and Nowitna Rivers
• Units 20A, 20B, 20C, and 20F — Central–Lower Tanana and middle Yukon River drainages
• Unit 20D — Central Tanana Valley near Delta Junction