Cody Johnson fires back at critics, calls Alaska grizzly bear hunt a 'conservationist effort'

Cody Johnson defends his Alaska grizzly bear hunt, saying it was a conservationist effort helping control predator populations impacting moose.
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Alaska wildlife officials cleared to resume hunting bears from helicopters

The predator-control program was put into place to help rebuild the Mulchatna caribou herd in Alaska Alaska wildlife officials can resume hunting bears from helicopters to protect the struggling ...
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Alaska sued over aerial hunting of bears to protect caribou

(Reuters) -Environmental groups sued Alaska's wildlife authorities on Monday seeking to halt a predator control plan that lets game wardens hunt down unlimited numbers of bears from helicopters over a ...
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A flight from Boston to Alaska, Part 2: Hunting for bears, and the return

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...
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Alaska wildlife agents can kill bears from helicopters in an effort to protect caribou, judge says

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — 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 ...
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Opinion: Bears, humans and the meaning of coexistence

The Anchorage Bowl’s bear encounters show why predator policy remains one of Alaska’s toughest balancing acts.
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Alaska sued over hunting of bears from the air to protect caribou

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 ...