Wrangell St. Elias National Park and Preserve

Scientists Take Exception To Interior Secretary's Push To Liberalize Hunting Regulations

More than 100 scientists have written to oppose Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's push to liberalize hunting regulations on National Park Service lands in Alaska so as to reduce wolves and bears while boosting moose and caribou populations for hunting.

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By NPT Staff - August 31st, 2018 11:16am

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A Daring Journey Into The Big Unknown Of America’s Largest National Park

With a trekking pole in one hand and an ice ax in the other, I am naked except for the rigid mountaineering boots on my feet. With all my clothes in my backpack, I cross three braids of the glacier-fed Chitina River in Alaska, stopping to partially recover from the cold on the gravel bars in between. But I know the last ford is going to be the trickiest.

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By NPT Staff - August 1st, 2024 1:24am

Park Service To Reverse Ban On ‘Barbaric’ Hunting Practices In Alaska National Preserves

Bowing to pressure from the Interior Department, the National Park Service plans to reverse a 3-year-old ban on hunting and trapping practices in Alaska national preserves that conservation groups deem “barbaric” and “cruel.”

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By NPT Staff - May 23rd, 2018 1:45am

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