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 – ...

Several people spoke up last week about a proposal to reduce the bag limit for Western Arctic Caribou on federal lands. The Federal Subsistence Board held a public listening session last week about ...

The quota for August’s Macomb Caribou hunt has been cut from 60 to 30 due to declining population, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The Macomb herd’s population is on the lower end ...

State game managers reduced bag limits for subsistence and nonresident hunters this week to preserve the declining Western Arctic Caribou Herd. The Alaska Board of Game concluded its meeting in ...

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 ...

A group of Western Arctic Herd caribou pause in front of mountains in Kobuk Valley National Park during fall migration in 2016. The Western Arctic herd, one of the largest in the world, has been in ...

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 ...

At the age of 91, when most people are just happy to get out of bed in the morning, Roy Brewington went caribou hunting in Alaska. "It was the best hunt I ever had," he says. while relaxing at the ...