This month, Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials ... That 94% population loss led state officials to prohibit hunting of the caribou herd since 2021. But hunting predators to preserve ...

No crowds, unless you count the half-million caribou sharing 1.8-million ... Little Kobuk Sand Dunes, and the Hunt River Dunes. The park lies in Northwest Alaska — just 75 miles to the east ...

The Western Arctic Caribou Herd, once the biggest in Alaska, is faltering, having fallen from a high of 490,000 animals in 2003 to only 152,000 as of 2023. But to the east, the Porcupine Caribou ...