...for poor moose habitat, however the conducive conditions do not currently exist, said Andy Loranger, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge manager. Those at the meeting the Board of Game will discuss other options - including intensive management strategies...

...biologist, told Castle to not make it unique. "Make it the norm," he said. Said Andy Loranger, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge manager, "Let us be an example." Mohorcich said that while the River Center has had success in permitting...

...perimeters. "It should be soon that we have useable data, but we don't have it yet," Andy Loranger, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge manager, said. Fish and Game opens and closes its general season based on population projections. Last year's...

...concern should be whether or not the offered methods provide a food source for the bears, Andy Loranger, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge manager, said. "We would like to consider options recognizing the importance of MDNs and the benefits that...

...the intent for this is to solidify the regulation and put it in permanent language." Robin West, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge manager, said the Board of Game proposed to open the Skilak Loop area to a broader hunt using firearms for small...

The Board of Game addressed several issues affecting the Kenai Peninsula during its meeting in Anchorage, including the fall brown bear hunt, a youth hunt in the Skilak Wildlife Recreation Area, and reauthorizations of antlerless moose hunts.

...resource management team to evaluate and look at other strategies of dealing with the fire." Robin West, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge manager, said rather than spend the $1 million to $2 million and risk injury to fight this fire, the refuge...

...half an hour." Another excellent winter read for bear lovers is "Into Brown Bear Country" by former Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Manager, wildlife biologist and Cooper Landing resident Will Troyer. Will shares over 50 years of his professional...