State to kill wolves on Kenai Peninsula game unit

By Associated Press
Posted on August 8, 2013

Grey wolves. (Flickr creative commons image by Caninest)

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will kill wolves from aircraft on part of the Kenai Peninsula this winter but an assistant area biologist says it will not boost moose populations.

The Peninsula Clarion reports state “intensive management” will take place on 83 square miles of Unit 15A between November and March.

Unit 15A covers land from the Sterling Highway north to the edge of the peninsula.
The department hopes to increase moose numbers but assistant area biologist Jason Herreman says predator control won’t do it.

He says Unit 15A supplies moose with few winter food sources. He says stands of birch are too mature and moose can’t reach their shoots.

Most of the unit is managed by federal authorities where “intensive management” is not allowed.

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