...unit 15C, south of Tustumena Lake, found brown bears killed 40 percent of moose calves this spring, Fish and Game research biologist Thomas McDonough said. The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is also conducting a study to determine the exact brown...

...moose - about 40 percent less than census findings in the '90s, said Thomas McDonough, a Homer-based Fish and Game research biologist. The two factors culling moose population in 15A, McDonough said, are habitat and predators. In 1969 a forest...

...in line with long-term averages, there's no promise that the run will come in as projected, said Fish and Game research biologist Mark Willette. Last year's forecast was similar to 2002, but the actual return was about 1 million fish lower...

...return of sockeye to the Kenai River, which is the largest-producing system in the inlet. According to Fish and Game research biologist Mark Willette, the forecast reflects a poor expected return of 5-year-old fish to the Kenai. ?The forecast...

...cranes. In the Arctic, eagles are common predators of young caribou calves. Ken Whitten, a retired Fish and Game research biologist, studied calf mortality in the Porcupine Caribou Herd on the North Slope and Coastal Plain in the 1980s. Tens...