Juneau, Alaska — Conservation groups sued Monday over a state program in Alaska that authorizes killing brown and black bears as a way to increase the size of a once-significant caribou herd in the ...

Alaska wildlife agents can resume shooting and killing black and brown bears — including from helicopters — as part of a plan to help recover a caribou herd that was once an important source of food ...

The state program employs helicopters and small planes to shoot black and brown bears of any age in a large area of southwestern Alaska. Two conservation groups have sued to stop it. By John S.W.

Alaska’s caribou are having a moment. Last year, for the first time since 2003, the Western Arctic caribou herd—the state’s largest herd—grew, and by over 50,000 individuals. Meanwhile the Porcupine ...

Alaska Sued Over Aerial Hunting of Bears to Protect Caribou By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Environmental groups sued Alaska's wildlife authorities on Monday seeking to halt a predator control plan that ...