(Photo by Kyle Joly/National Park Service) 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.

Nearly everyone agrees that Alaska’s declining caribou population is a serious problem - but there’s plenty of disagreement on how to solve it. This month, Alaska Department of Fish and Game ...

The animals, dozens of them, were dead. The pilot reported what he saw to officials at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The caribou, 48 adults and five calves, were lying in a group.

That's how it is in Alaska's most remote national parks, and Kobuk Valley is no exception. The upside? No crowds, unless you count the half-million caribou sharing 1.8-million acres of untamed ...

We went for caribou up north but missed the herd. In Minto Flats, we saw nothing. I’d pretty much given up on getting any game meat until next hunting season.