Troopers issued 26 citations in Sitka for deer hunting violations, seizing rifles and equipment. Hunters face fines, license ...

Alaska’s vast wilderness has long been a haven for hunters seeking adventure and the chance to pursue big game in one of the most rugged landscapes in the world. For the 2025-2026 hunting season, the ...

Alaska’s bear hunting season is a long-standing tradition thanks to the state’s rugged wilderness and complex ecosystem management. With two native bear species—the brown (or grizzly) bear and the ...

With the fall hunting season underway in Alaska, the Alaska Zoo has issued a request that could benefit its meat-eating residents. “Calling all hunters! We will gratefully accept carcasses for zoo ...

Alaska wildlife officials, normally so careful with grizzly bear numbers and hunting mortality, have done something that seems harsh and unwise. In an effort to revive the famed Mulchatna caribou herd ...

Alaska’s remote Western Arctic caribou herd has been a heated topic of discussion in recent years. The herd’s declining population has been the catalyst for massive closures of public lands to non – ...

The Newhalen River flows into Lake Iliamna in Newhalen, Alaska, a native fishing village, on July 23, 2019. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) JUNEAU, Alaska — A bill before the Alaska House Resources ...

Rep. Rebecca Himschoot, I-Sitka, right, testifies to the House Resources Committee alongside Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang, second from right, on Jan. 24, 2024.

A moose is seen in an Anchorage neighborhood near Kincaid Park on April 27, 2022. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) A federal judge in Anchorage has ruled that U.S. government officials did not ...

Two deer stuck in the freezing waters of Alaska's Clarence Strait got a lift back to shore from wildlife troopers who spotted the desperate animals on their way back from patrol. Alaska Wildlife ...