Rex Trail Administrative Decision by DNR
Read AK BHA comments in support of the DNR decision to temporarily restrict access on the Rex Trail during summer 2008 to only allow vehicles less that 1500 lbs in weight.

Knik River Public Use Area Draft Management Plan
Read AK BHA comments on the final phase of the Knik River Public Use Area draft management plan.

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge Land Exchange
Read AK BHA comments opposing the proposed land swap between Doyon and the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge.

Governor Palin's Active Management - Airborne Shooting Bill
Read the AK BHA opinion piece from the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer concerning the Governor's Active Management - Airborne Shooting Bill. (Update: SB 176/HB 256 did not make it to a floor vote, so did not pass)

Fairbanks Area Antlerless Hunt Editorial
Read the AK BHA editorial published in the January 23rd, 2008 Fairbanks Daily Newsminer about how Intensive Management objectives can backfire by creating excessive populations of game that overbrowse and damage habitat, along with other subsequent problems stemming from access abuse by excessive numbers of hunters trying to harvest all those moose.

New Pebble Mine page
AK BHA opposes the giant Pebble Mine project in the Bristol Bay region. Read our position statement and more at the above link.

Wood Bison Restoration in Alaska!
Read our comments supporting wood-bison restoration efforts in interior Alaska (97kb pdf file).

Black Bear Predator Control Program near Anchorage
The Alaska Board of Game recently approved a controversial black bear predation control program in Unit 16B, near Anchorage. Hunters who apply for free "control" permit will be allowed to kill any bear, including sows with cubs, and cubs, with no limit on the amount of bears a permittee can take. Same-day-airborne "hunting" and as many as four bait stations will also be allowed. Read more at the above link about why AK BHA strongly opposes this bear control program.

House Bill 41 - Returning Habitat Division to the Department of Fish and Game
In 2003 at the behest of the mining and timber industries, Governor Frank Murkowski used an executive order to remove habitat permitting authority and protections for our fisheries from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. This authority was transferred to the Department of Natural Resources despite the opposition and recommendations of every former Fish & Game commissioner. Read more at the above link on why hunters and anglers need to return the Habitat Division and protections to Fish & Game.

Senate Bill 67 - Establishing the Jay Hammond State Game Refuge in Bristol Bay
SB 67 seeks to provide adequate protections for our land and waters and Fish & Game resources of the Bristol Bay region. The prospect of large-scale projects like Pebble Mine, along with decreased habitat protections inherited from the Murkowski administration, are why we should consider Refuge status for the Bristol Bay region. Read more at the above link.