Barren Ground Caribou Hunts Are Disappearing — or Getting Outrageously Expensive

The author made the most of what was probably his last chance to hunt caribou. Here's why caribou hunting opportunities have declined.
Alaska Public Media

Western Arctic Caribou Herd population decline continues, with hunting expected to be affected

A group of Western Arctic Herd caribou pause in front of mountains in Kobuk Valley National Park during fall migration in 2016. The Western Arctic herd, one of the largest in the world, has been in ...
Alaska Dispatch News

State adopts reduced subsistence hunting limit for Western Arctic caribou of 15 animals a year

State game managers reduced bag limits for subsistence and nonresident hunters this week to preserve the declining Western Arctic Caribou Herd. The Alaska Board of Game concluded its meeting in ...
AOL

Shrinking Western Arctic Caribou Herd prompts discussion about future hunting restrictions

Dec. 19—One of the largest caribou herds in Alaska is shrinking, prompting hunters and conservationists to consider recommending hunting restrictions. The Western Arctic Caribou Herd population is ...
Outdoor Life

Tales of Spring Subsistence Hunting in the Arctic: Bot Fly Larva, Caribou Fetus, and Boiled Eiders

Springtime in Alaska’s high Arctic reveals itself in unique ways. Migrating bowhead whales swim past tiny coastal villages. White-fronted geese paint the skies across the still-white tundra, and waves ...
insider.si.edu

Hunting caribou : subsistence hunting along the northern edge of the boreal forest / Henry S. Sharp & Karyn Sharp

Hunt 1. Caribou -- Text 1. Hunting and Predation -- Small Game. Native Mammals. Scale, Guns, and Freedom. Denésuliné Conceptualization of Hunting. Biology of Women as Hunters. Trust. Hunting Is the ...
Alaska Dispatch News

State regulators limit hunting of Western Arctic caribou to 15 animals a year

State game managers reduced bag limits for subsistence and nonresident hunters this week to preserve the declining Western Arctic Caribou Herd. The Alaska Board of Game concluded its meeting in ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Western Arctic Caribou Herd population decline continues with hunting expected to be affected

The caribou herd that used to be the largest in Alaska and, at times, the largest in North America has continued to shrink, fitting an Arctic-wide pattern that scientists have linked at least in part ...