Alaska wildlife officials cleared to resume hunting bears from helicopters

The predator-control program was put into place to help rebuild the Mulchatna caribou herd in Alaska ...
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Alaska’s Bear Hunting Season 2025: Here’s What You Need to Know

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 ...

Wildlife agents can kill bears from helicopters to protect caribou in Alaska, judge rules

The Mulchatna caribou herd is expected to begin calving soon, and the babies are particularly susceptible to being eaten by bears or wolves.
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Trump administration undoes rules that restrict bear hunting in Alaska

WASHINGTON — Baiting grizzly bears with doughnuts soaked in bacon grease. Using spotlights to blind and shoot hibernating black bear mothers and their cubs in their dens. Gunning down swimming caribou ...
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A flight from Boston to Alaska, Part 2: Hunting for bears, and the return

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

Fat Bear Week champion Chunk spotted taking a stroll in Alaska

Maintenance workers at Katmai National Park in Alaska spotted 2025 Fat Bear Week champion Chunk. In a video shared by Katmai Conservancy, National Park Service (NPS) maintenance crews spotted the ...
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Alaska wildlife agents can kill bears from helicopters in an effort to protect caribou, judge says

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Two brown bears look for salmon at Brooks Falls in ...