Alaska Retired Wildlife Biologist Offers Aerial Wolf Management Feedback

Today, Dave Kelleyhouse, a retired wildlife biologist and a former director of the Division of Wildlife Conservation of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, offers his input on Ballot Measure 2. BM2 is an attempt by anti-hunting groups to stop the Alaska Department of Fish and Game from using the necessary tools to manage predators.

You can read Kellyhouse’s editorial at The Voice of the Times.

Tom Remington

Alaskans Will Once Again Vote On Aerial Wolf Management

This will be the third time Alaskans get to vote on whether to stop the Alaska Board of Game from utilizing aerial shooting of wolves in specified areas in order to protect and/or bolster herds of caribou and moose. Alaska Center for the Environment has teamed up with Alaskans for Wildlife, according to KTUU.com, to put a stop to this practice.

“We believe in a balanced approach to wildlife management so we are encouraging our members to vote yes on ballot measure 2,”

ACE also says this kind of “hunting” isn’t fair chase but the Alaska Board of Game counters that they don’t view it as hunting, only as a necessary part of predator control. Read more