Defenders' Experts
Alaska Wolves Publications and Facts
Video
Watch our new videos to find out what aerial hunting of wolves is really like.
- Short Version (2 minutes)
- Long Version (10 minutes)
Petitions
Defenders
Petitions Interior Department to Initiate Rulemaking to Protect Wolves Under the
Federal Airborne Hunting Act
In
February 2004, Defenders of Wildlife submitted a petition to Secretary of
Interior Gale Norton requesting that she issue regulations clarifying that the
Federal Airborne Hunting Act does not allow the use of aircraft to kill wolves
for the purpose of boosting game populations.
The petition was generated in response to the recent issuance of permits by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to private hunters and trappers that would allow them to assist the Department in killing all of the wolves in a 1,700 square mile area of central interior Alaska by shooting them from airplanes in order to reduce predation on moose and 100 wolves in a second, larger area east of Anchorage through land and shoot hunting.
Defenders of Wildlife Petition to the Secretary of
the Interior
On July 30, 2004, Defenders
filed an administrative petition asking Interior Secretary Gale Norton to
implement and enforce the Federal Airborne Hunting Act in
Alaska to stop the state's
practice of using airplanes to chase down and kill wolves. The request comes
after Secretary Norton refused, in March, to issue clarifying regulations
and insisted that the wolf killing program was permitted by the
FAHA.
July 2004 Petition and Accompanying DocumentsPetition re: Enforcement of Airborne Hunting Act - July 2004 Exhibit A1 Exhibit A2 Exhibit B Exhibit C Exhibit D Exhibit E Exhibit F Exhibit G Exhibit H Exhibit I_1 Exhibit I_2 Exhibit J Exhibit K |
Watch a video of the footage that helped pass the Airborne Hunting Act of 1972
The Wolves of Denali National Park
If you’re planning on visiting Denali National Park please read The Denali Wolf Tracker and view our slide show that gives helpful hints about hiking in wolf country. These materials were developed jointly with the National Park Service.
Alaska's Predator Control Program Maps
See maps of the 5 predator control programs in Alaska.
- Game Management Unit 12 and 20
- Game Managemnt Unit 13
- Game Management Unit 16
- Game Management Unit 19
- State map showing all predator control areas
Links
Alaskans for Wildlife
Alaska Department
of Fish and Game
Alaska
Board of Game
