To preserve the Western Arctic Caribou Herd, hunters might drastically reduce their harvest starting in summer 2024, after a working group proposed limiting resident subsistence hunters to four animals per year.
the caribou population’s decline and changes to their migration pattern. Many have not been able to harvest any animals in the past few years with caribou either not reaching their villages or coming in too late in the season.
Reducing the harvest can be effective to protect the population, said Alex Hansen with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Cow survival is a huge factor in whether the herd is going to decline, Hansen said. The survival of Western Arctic Caribou Herd cows is now 71% — or 10% lower than the average.
To be fair to all residents who depend on the herd for subsistence, the group proposed to change regulations throughout the area of the herd’s range — in Game Management Units
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