Board of Game says no to feral cats
GovernmentHunting November 17, 2017
Friday morning as the Alaska Board of Game wrapped up its week of deliberations in Anchorage, it rejected a proposal to authorize the capture, nurturing and release of feral cats. While the proposers advocated that it’s humane to release cats into the wild, the board voted unamimously to reject... Read more
UPDATE: BOG chooses no action on sheep ban
GovernmentHuntingUncategorized November 16, 2017
Updated at 10:10 a.m. Alaska’s Board of Game chose to take no action on a proposal to remove domestic sheep and goats from the clean list, and provide additional safeguards to ensure the M. ovi virus carried by domestic sheep does not infect Alaska wild sheep, goats and muskox.... Read more
Board of Game upholds traditional, rejects new tech hunting including cell phones
GovernmentHunting November 15, 2017
BOG upholds bear denning, same-day flight regs, bans wireless devices The Alaska Board of Game on Tuesday debated the challenging conflux of ancient traditions and new technology in hunting and wildlife management in Alaska. Wednesday morning The Alaska Board of Game passed an amended Proposal 13, which will make it... Read more
BOG begins deliberations, okays antler change; sheep, kinship, plane, cat proposals on tap
GovernmentHunting November 14, 2017
Alaska’s Board of Game started deliberations Monday afternoon on the first of 69 proposals to change statewide hunting and wildlife-related regulations. The board acted on the first five proposals Monday: Rejected Proposal 1 to change the definition of “take” of a game animal, to clarify that “take” means kill... Read more
Board of Game hearing passionate sheep, cat testimony
GovernmentHunting November 13, 2017
The Alaska Board of Game meeting in Anchorage this week is drawing surprising testimony on sheep and cats. That’s domestic sheep, and the risk of disease from a domestic animal reaching and ultimately wiping out Alaska’s Dall sheep and mountain goat populations. And feral cats, which despite long being... Read more
Board of Game meeting live online now
Government November 10, 2017
The Alaska Board of Game is meeting now on a wide range of hunting topics and potential regulation changes. Meetings continue daily through Nov. 17 and are streamed live online at: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=gameboard.main It is a important and rare opportunity to look behind the scenes of hunting and wildlife management... Read more
Anchorage area hunters and fishermen will have a rare opportunity Saturday to hear from many of the conservation organizations defending sportsmen’s rights in Alaska. The Sportsmen’s Rendezvous, themed “Preserving Our Heritage,” is a joint effort of seven organizations that share common vision, but have seldom met with the public... Read more
No bait or multiple hooks on Kenai until Aug. 15
Fishing Jul 29, 2020
