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2024 Volunteer of the Year: Bill Sherwonit

2024 Volunteer of the Year: Bill Sherwonit

Wolves can’t hold a pen, bears can’t submit an op-ed, and birds can’t publish books or essays. When Alaska’s wildlife need to share their stories, Bill Sherwonit is there.

Action Alert: Strengthen Protections for National Wildlife Refuges

Action Alert: Strengthen Protections for National Wildlife Refuges

Comment by May 6th to secure enhanced protections for wildlife!

Opinion: Lamenting the state’s kill of Wood-Tikchik Park bears

Opinion: Lamenting the state’s kill of Wood-Tikchik Park bears

Read Bill Sherwonit’s latest opinion piece on the 2023 shooting of Wood Tikchik bears

Our 2023 Annual Report!

Our 2023 Annual Report!

Learn more about our work in 2023!

AWA in the news: One of the Largest Caribou Herds in Alaska is Careening Towards Extinction

AWA in the news: One of the Largest Caribou Herds in Alaska is Careening Towards Extinction

“In the past three decades, the Mulchatna caribou herd of southwestern Alaska has gone from nearly 200,000 to 12,000. Last year, the state wildlife agency’s Board of Game started to explore ways to help the struggling population. It landed on a controversial solution called "intensive management," also called predator control, which directs wildlife officials to indiscriminately kill predators. It was the first time the state included bears in the hunt, a decision that had no public process and was conducted without bear population estimates.”

AWA in the news: State wildlife officials trying to revive Southwest Alaska caribou killed almost 100 brown bears in less than a month

AWA in the news: State wildlife officials trying to revive Southwest Alaska caribou killed almost 100 brown bears in less than a month

‘The surprisingly high number of bears killed in the Mulchatna program is “especially egregious” given those findings, said Carol Damberg, board president of the Alaska Wildlife Alliance. "They’re ignoring their own biology ... they’re not following the science,” Damberg said Thursday. “If they were, they wouldn’t be doing this.”’

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of the Southcentral Board of Game meeting

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of the Southcentral Board of Game meeting

Over 200 regulatory proposals were considered - here are the results.

Breaking News: Victory for Brown bears and other wildlife on the Kenai!

Breaking News: Victory for Brown bears and other wildlife on the Kenai!

We celebrate long-lasting protections for brown bears, lynx, fox, beavers and more!

Victory! After years of effort, Bristol Bay celebrates EPA’s historic action to stop Pebble Mine

Victory! After years of effort, Bristol Bay celebrates EPA’s historic action to stop Pebble Mine

Victory for the wildlife of Bristol Bay!

Action Alert! Comment to support a new National Park Service Rule that protects bears, wolves and people

Action Alert! Comment to support a new National Park Service Rule that protects bears, wolves and people

Submit your comment by March 10th to protect wildlife and people in Alaska’s National Preserves!

Southeast Board of Game meeting summary

Southeast Board of Game meeting summary

Bears, wolves, public trails: Summary of 2023 Southeast Board of Game meeting

StoryMap! Wildlife and the new Sterling Highway underpasses

StoryMap! Wildlife and the new Sterling Highway underpasses

Why do moose cross the road? To get to the other side, of course — as do other wildlife like lynx, caribou, bears and wolves. The nature of the beast is that dens and calving areas and salmon and hardwood browse and berries don’t all occur in the same place. View a new storymap that demonstrates new wildlife crossings on the Sterling Highway!