Tributaries

Tidbits from the Headwaters

Golden Eagles Fly Over Nabesna
Copper Basin, Wildlife Michelle McAfee Copper Basin, Wildlife Michelle McAfee

Golden Eagles Fly Over Nabesna

WISE annually provides science lectures for the public in the late winter in the Copper Basin. On April 8, WISE and the Wrangell Mountains Wilderness Lodge at 28-mile Nabesna Road hosted an in-person group of about 30 people interested in learning more about raptor migration.

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Reversal of Regulation Proposed for Bear Baiting and More
National Park Service, Wildlife Michelle McAfee National Park Service, Wildlife Michelle McAfee

Reversal of Regulation Proposed for Bear Baiting and More

On January 5, the National Park service announced a proposal to amend regulations for hunting and trapping on national preserves in Alaska. The proposed regulations would only apply to hunting and trapping on Alaska national preserves. Federal Subsistence harvest in national parks and preserves in Alaska would not be affected by the proposed changes.

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Bear Medicine
Nature, Wildlife Michelle McAfee Nature, Wildlife Michelle McAfee

Bear Medicine

A little bear wandered around Chistochina for several days last month. He was malnourished and alone. A neighbor guessed that he was a runt, already small, and couldn’t keep up with Mama when she crossed Sinona Creek, which ran high this year. The bear was the talk of the town as he let himself into people’s houses, peeked through windows, and went from place to place looking for food and family.

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