On one point I agree with Doug Vincent-Lang’s recent defense of the state’s predator control programs (“Predator control is a tool, not a war”), particularly its recent bear-kill efforts to rebuild ...

Caribou cross the Kanektok River in the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge on Aug. 25, 2009. The Mulchatna caribou herd, which ranges in the refuge, has declined sharply since the 1990s. (Photo by Allen ...

A proposal to revive Oregon’s “predator control districts” has gained more traction than a previous attempt did several years ago, having survived this year’s legislative deadlines. In 2015, lawmakers ...

Native animals, such as mountain lions and coyotes, will get a reprieve from predator control efforts on Nevada public lands thanks to a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals order requiring the U.S.

The USDA isn’t prohibited from controlling predators in federal wilderness areas, contrary to arguments by environmental groups, according to a federal appeals court ruling. Environmental advocates ...

The Alaska Board of Game on Thursday approved state officials’ request to continue a controversial predator control program in Western Alaska, even though a judge ruled two weeks ago that the ...

A state judge has blocked the Alaska Department of Fish and Game from conducting a controversial predator control program, ruling that the department acted “in bad faith” when it launched this ...

I am a Koyukon Athabascan wildlife biologist and a member of the Caribou Clan. I carry two ways of knowing: the Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), passed down through generations of my ancestors, ...

I've long been interested in ways in which humans can peacefully coexist with so-called "problem" animals, including predators. In most cases, conservation protocols that call for killing these ...

Recently published opinion pieces paint a dire picture of Alaska’s predator control efforts, portraying them as reckless and unjustified assaults on brown bears and wolves. This narrative is not only ...