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Parts of Northwest Alaska will be closed to nonlocal caribou and moose hunters the next 2 summers

Kotzebue, Alaska, United States

“While many factors, such as weather, climate change and changes to the historical extent and timing of caribou migration may be contributing to lower harvests by federally qualified subsistence users, the board should act to help ensure that rural residents are able to meet their subsistence need, and to provide for a subsistence priority,” said Thomas Heinlein, acting Alaska director for the Bureau of Land Management, during the board meeting.


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