Under a proposal by the Department of Fish and Game, rural residents eligible for federal subsistence will be able to hunt wolves from Oct. 31 until the end of November. The state’s hunt for non-rural residents wouldn’t open.
Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska
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State withholds Prince of Wales wolf population estimate from subsistence council
The state has shared the estimate in the past — but this year they say they won’t until after announcing the length of the wolf season.
Alaska Supreme Court hears challenge to fish landing tax
A Washington-based seafood company says the state’s fisheries resource landing tax violates a pair of provisions of the U.S. Constitution.
Alaska Marine Highway accepting bids for fleet’s fast ferries
The agency told lawmakers earlier this year that it’s paying $566,016 a year to moor both fast ferries in Ketchikan’s private Ward Cove facility.
‘Another broken promise’: Tribes say feds ignored their input on Roadless Rule exemption for Tongass
Last month the Forest Service started a 30-day clock to completely exempt Tongass National Forest from the 2001 Roadless Rule.
Feds will invest $46.5M to boost high-speed internet in coastal Alaska
More than half of the federal money is going to GCI to build an 800-mile long undersea fiber cable stretching from Kodiak Island, along the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Chain.