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Wildlife management of Units 14A, 14B, 16A, and 16B

High development in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley

High public service, front office, and sealing demand

Conducting habitat evaluation and modification plans

Vehicle collisions with moose on road and railroad represent a public safety concern.

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Game Managem1ent Units 14A&B

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• All of the Units are at or above the population objective

• Bull to cow ratios are very good in all units except 14A.

• Harvest within objective in all units except 14A, it is above objective

• Moose mortality from vehicle & train collisions averages 343 annually

Proposals: 77, 78, 83, 84 & 85 6

Unit 14A Chugach – Increasing • Draw hunt (Any Ram)

Units 14A & 14B Talkeetna – Increasing • General Season (Full Curl)

Unit 16 Alaska Range population low – Stable? • General Season (Full Curl)

Proposal: 79 7

K. White

Unit 14A and 14B Talkeetna Population: (≤ 50) • No hunting season

Chugach Population: Increasing

• Draw and registration hunts

Proposal: 80 8

16B Rainy Pass Herd • General Season (1 Bull)

No Proposals 9

14B Western Talkeetna Population

• DC590 Draw Permit (1 caribou)

O. Albertson

Stable in Units 14A & 14B

Stable at 3,600 to 4,300 in Unit 16

Unit 16 Black Bear Control 2007—2016

Proposals: 86 & 89 10

Stable in Units 14A and 14B

Stable at 625 to 1,250 in Unit 16B

Increased harvest opportunities in Unit 16B

Few nuisance bear complaints near communities

D. Hill

Proposals: 81, 87, 88 & 89 11

Unit 14A & 14B harvest indicates stable population

SDA Wolf Control in Unit 16B 2004 – 2016

SDA Wolf Control Area expanded to include portions of Unit 16A in Spring 2006 (suspended 2017)

No Proposals 12

Unit 14 Cumulative Reported Wolf Harvest Distribution by Month, Regulatory Years 2011-2016

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Unit 16 Cumulative Reported Wolf Harvest Distribution by Month, Regulatory Years 2011-2016

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Total Reported harvest RY2011-RY2016 = 46 wolves, incl. 13 pred. control wolves. Proportion of harvest by month indicated by %

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Hunting Season: Aug 10 – Apr 30 Trapping Season: Oct 15 – Apr 30 14

Species Abundance Change Beaver Common None Coyote Common None Ermine Common None Lynx common Increasing

Marten Scarce Stable Mink Scarce None

Muskrat Scarce None Red Fox Common None

River Otter Common None Wolf Scarce Increasing

Wolverine Scarce None

Proposal 90 15

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Proposal 89 16

Predator Control Areas

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Reduce the spring wolf population to 35 – 55 wolves

2003 estimate: 175–180 wolves

2017 preliminary estimate > 35

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General Harvest Predator Control

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Reduce the population to 700 bears

16B: 3,200 – 3,800

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Reduce the population by 60% to 375 bears

16B: 625 – 1,250

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No closed season in 16A & 16B

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Estimate: 7,400

Calf/100 Cows: 25

Bull/100 Cows: 50

Harvest Objective: 310-600

2016 Harvest: 343

Sustainable Harvest: 600-700

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Survey Unit

IM Population Objective

proportional to area (midpoint)

2014 Moose Population

Estimate

Percent Recovery to Objective Midpoint

16B-North 1,820–2,100 (1,960) 1,587 81%

16B-Middle 3,120–3,600 (3,360) 3,458 103%

16B-South 1,560–1,800 (1,680) 2,372 141%

Unit 16B 6,500–7,500 (7,000) 7,418 106%

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