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.

 Alaska State Troopers cited three Southcentral residents this week for illegal possession of wolf hybrids. The charges came before and after authorities searched a Palmer-area business for evidence the owner is illegally raising and selling wolves or hybrid, wolf-dog mixes.

 PALMER, Alaska – Alaska Wildlife Troopers served a search warrant Thursday on Wolf Country USA, testing the DNA of dozens of suspected wolves or wolf hybrids.

 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.

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 on Monday denied the state of Alaska’s request for a preliminary injunction to kill wolves.