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A caribou from the Western Arctic Herd, (Photo by Jim Dau, courtesy of Alaska Department of Fish and Game)
A regional subsistence advisory board seeks to limit caribou and moose hunting in Northwest Alaska to hunters from the region this summer. That’s at odds with the Dunleavy administration, which seeks to keep the hunt open to all.
In Northwest Alaska, subsistence hunting has been a tradition in the local Iñupiaq communities for more than 10,000 years. And due to the high cost of groceries and other goods, Kotzebue hunter Thomas Baker says that hasn’t changed.