Aerial wolf control on the Kenai Peninsula: a controversial solution to low moose populations is just one of the proposals that has state biologists and environmental and animal conservation groups on opposite ends.

ï» John Toppenberg from the Peninsula Clarion reveals details about plans to use aerial wolf-hunting on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska

 SITKA, Alaska (Greenpeace) — The Center for Biological Diversity and Greenpeace petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to give Endangered Species Act protection to the Alexander Archipelago wolf, a rare subspecies of gray wolf found only in the old-growth forests of Southeast Alaska.

 According to a story posted on the Alaska Public Radio Network web site, a citizen group has asked Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game not to kill a pack of wolves which call a popular local state park home.

Recalling a fascinating wolf story from 2007:
Brooks River Falls in Katmai National Park & Preserve - An amateur wildlife photographer captures stunning shots of a wolf using bear fishing techniques to efficiently snag herself more than a dozen salmon from an Alaskan river.
When a lone, female wolf appeared at the Brooks River Falls in Katmai National Park [...]

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Members of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Wildlife Conservation team are asking base residents to increase their personal safety measures and responsibilities regarding safety from wolf.

According to the Anchorage Daily News the NTSB has released their report regarding the plane crash which killed well-known wolf advocate, Gordon Haber. 

The Alaska Supreme Court has upheld the state’s predator control programs, ruling they mesh with the state constitution’s mandate to manage wildlife for sustained yield.

A federal judge refused to issue Alaska a temporary restraining order on Thursday, June 3 and instead scheduled a hearing for Monday, June 7.

After the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service warned Alaska not to trespass, which would have been the ultimate result of the proposed wolf cull on Unimak Island, the state has responded by filing a lawsuit against the Federal government.