Caribou Species Management Reports and Plans
Report Period: 1 July 2017–30 June 2022
Plan Period: 1 July 2022–30 June 2027

Species management report and plan documents provide information about species that are hunted or trapped and 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 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 caribou for the five regulatory years 2017–2021 and plans for the five regulatory years 2022–2026. A regulatory year (RY) runs from 1 July through 30 June (e.g., RY17 = 1 July 2017–30 June 2018). These reports are produced primarily to provide agency staff with data and analysis to help guide and record the agency's own efforts, but are also provided to the public to inform it of wildlife management activities. In 2016 the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Division of Wildlife Conservation launched this new type of five-year report to report more efficiently on trends and describe potential changes in data collection activities over the next five years.

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

Supplementary Matter

Reports

  • Kenai Mountains, Kenai Lowlands, Killey River, and Fox River Herds — Units 7 and 15
  • Kodiak and Adjacent Islands — Unit 8
  • Mulchatna Caribou Herds — Units 9B, 17, 18 south, 19A and 19B (Drainages into northern Bristol Bay and Kuskokwim River)
  • Northern Alaska Peninsula Caribou Herd — Units 9C and 9E
  • Southern Alaska Peninsula Caribou Herd — Unit 9D
  • Unimak Caribou Herd — Unit 10 (Unimak Island)
  • Mentasta Caribou Herd — Unit 11
  • Chisana Caribou Herd — Unit 12 and adjacent Yukon, Canada (Upper Chisana and White River drainages in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in southeastern Unit 12 and adjacent Yukon, Canada
  • Macomb Caribou Herd — portions of Units 12 and 20D (Eastern Alaska Range between Delta River and Yerrick Creek south of the Alaska Highway)
  • Nelchina Caribou Herd — Units 13 and 14B (Nelchina Basin)
  • Western Talkeetna herd — Unit 14B and the northeast corner of Unit 14A (Talkeetna Mountain Range)
  • Beaver Mountains, Big River-Farewell, Rainy Pass, Sunshine Mountains, and Tonzona Caribou Herds — Units 19, 21A and 21E (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 Innoko River drainage)
  • Delta Caribou Herd (including Yanert) — Unit 20A (Central Alaska Range and Tanana Flats)
  • Fortymile Caribou Herd — Units 20B, 20C, 20D, 20E, 25C and adjacent Yukon Territory (Charley, Fortymile, Salcha, Goodpaster, and Ladue Rivers, and Birch and Shaw Creek drainages between the Tanana River and the south bank of the Yukon River; and up to 130 miles into the Yukon, Canada)
  • Galena Mountain, Ray Mountains, Wolf Mountain, and Hodzana Hills Caribou Herds — Units 20F, 21B, 21C, 21D, 24A, 24B, and 25D (Galena Mountain, Kokrines Hills, Hodzana Hills, and Ray Mountains)
  • Western Arctic Caribou Herd — Units 21D, 22A, 22B, 23, 24, and 26A (Northwest Alaska)
  • Porcupine Caribou Herd — Units 25A, 25B, 25D, and 26C (Eastern portions of the Arctic Slope, Brooks Range, and northeastern Interior Alaska)
  • White Mountains Caribou Herd — portions of Units 25C, 20B, and 20F (White Mountains area north of Fairbanks)
  • Teshekpuk Lake Caribou Herd — Unit 26A (Western North Slope)
  • Central Arctic Caribou Herd — Units 26B and 26C (Central Arctic Slope and Brooks Range)