{ "title": { "media": { "url": "/objects/jw_denali_panorama_2018.jpg", "caption": null, "credit": "Alaska TWS Digital Archive" }, "text": { "headline": "Alaska TWS Digital Archive Timeline", "text": "Correspondence, newsletters, and other historical materials from the Alaska Chapter of the Wildlife Society. 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"13", "year": "2006" }, "text": { "headline": "Restore Funding for State Wildlife Grants", "text": "A letter from the Alaska Chapter of the Wildlife Society urging Senator Lisa Murkowski to restore funding for the State Wildlife Grants Program, which is critical for wildlife conservation in Alaska." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2007_correspondence_fnsb_tanana_lakes_sm.jpg", "caption": "Scoping comments on Master Plan for the Tanana Lakes Recreation Area", "link": "/items/aktws0010.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "01", "day": "10", "year": "2007" }, "text": { "headline": "Scoping comments on Master Plan for the Tanana Lakes Recreation Area", "text": "A scoping comment letter from the Alaska Chapter of the Wildlife Society addressing the Master Plan for the Tanana Lakes Recreation Area, emphasizing wildlife conservation and management recommendations." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2009_correspondence_tws_member_info_sm.jpg", "caption": "Action 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to increased snowmachine access along the Dalton Highway corridor." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2010_correspondence_ak_leg_uaf_sm.jpg", "caption": "AK Legislature, UAF Life Sciences Building", "link": "/items/aktws0013.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "03", "day": "22", "year": "2010" }, "text": { "headline": "AK Legislature, UAF Life Sciences Building", "text": "A letter from the Alaska Chapter of the Wildlife Society urging Senator Lyman Hoffman to fully fund the proposed Life Sciences Building at the University of Alaska Fairbanks to enhance wildlife biology education." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2010_correspondence_usfws_arctic_nwr_sm.jpg", "caption": "Comments to USFWS on ANWR CCP revisions", "link": "/items/aktws0014.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "04", "day": "29", "year": "2010" }, "text": { "headline": "Comments to USFWS on ANWR CCP revisions", "text": "A letter from Kris Hundertmark, President of the Alaska Chapter of the Wildlife 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"2012" }, "text": { "headline": "Letter to AK Governor on moose feeding program", "text": "A letter from the Alaska Chapter of the Wildlife Society, expressing concerns about a state-funded moose diversionary feeding and relocation program due to potential negative impacts on wildlife." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2013_correspondence_adfg_sheep_disease_risk_sm.jpg", "caption": "Letter to ADFG on domestic pack animal disease transmission risk", "link": "/items/aktws0017.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "05", "day": "10", "year": "2013" }, "text": { "headline": "Letter to ADFG on domestic pack animal disease transmission risk", "text": "A position statement from the Alaska Chapter of the Wildlife Society addressing the risks of disease transmission from domestic livestock to Alaska's Dall's sheep and mountain goat populations, along with recommendations for mitigating these risks." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2013_correspondence_bof_lead_sm.jpg", "caption": "Letter to BOF on lead tackle ban", "link": "/items/aktws0018.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "03", "day": "04", "year": "2013" }, "text": { "headline": "Letter to BOF on lead tackle ban", "text": "A letter from the Alaska Chapter of the Wildlife Society supporting a proposal to ban the use of lead fishing tackle to protect wildlife from lead poisoning." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2013_correspondence_epa_bristol_bay_sm.jpg", "caption": "Letter to EPA on Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment", "link": "/items/aktws0019.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "06", "day": "28", "year": "2013" }, "text": { "headline": "Letter to EPA on Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment", "text": "A comment letter from the Alaska Chapter of the Wildlife Society to the EPA regarding the draft Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment, emphasizing the importance of assessing the impacts of mineral development on wildlife and ecosystems in the region." } },{ "media": { "url": 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"month": "12", "day": "19", "year": "2014" }, "text": { "headline": "Response from Governor Walker's office regarding ADFG appointments", "text": "A letter from Governor Walker's office in response to the Alaska Chapter of the Wildlife Society's comments on ADFG appointments. 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"year": "2004" }, "text": { "headline": "National TWS Concerns Over Proposed Oil and Gas Leasing in Northeast NPR-A ​", "text": "A letter from the Wildlife Society expressing concerns and recommendations regarding the Bureau of Land Management's draft amendment to the Northeast Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, particularly focusing on the potential negative impacts of oil development on wildlife, especially geese and caribou." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/tws_2005_correspondence_blm_ne_npra_sm.jpg", "caption": "National TWS Continued Concerns Over Proposed Oil and Gas Leasing in Northeast NPR-A ​", "link": "/items/aktws0034.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "02", "day": "25", "year": "2005" }, "text": { "headline": "National TWS Continued Concerns Over Proposed Oil and Gas Leasing in Northeast NPR-A ​", "text": "A letter from the Wildlife Society expressing continued concerns and recommendations regarding the 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"2010" }, "text": { "headline": "Coalition of Natural Resource Societies Letter to AK Governor ", "text": "A letter from the Coalition of Natural Resource Societyies to the Alaska Governor emphasizing the importance of natural resource professionals in managing Alaska's natural resources and their economic contributions." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/tws_2010_correspondence_usfws_izembek_nwr_sm.jpg", "caption": "Scoping comments: Land exchange and road corridor through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge", "link": "/items/aktws0038.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "04", "day": "29", "year": "2010" }, "text": { "headline": "Scoping comments: Land exchange and road corridor through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge", "text": "A letter from the Wildlife Society expressing concerns about the environmental impact of a proposed road corridor through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/jw_denali_panorama_2018_sm.jpg", "caption": 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Weeden, TWS Region 6 Representative, to Dr. Fred G. Evenden of The Wildlife Society, commenting on Darrell Farmen's request for action on native land claims and the effect of the administration's claims bill on Alaska national wildlife refuges." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/d_2_weeden_evenden_1971b_sm.jpg", "caption": "Letter from Robert Weeden to Fred Evenden on Native Land Claims and Alaska Refuges, 10 June 1971 (page 2)", "link": "/items/aktws0045.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "06", "day": "10", "year": "1971" }, "text": { "headline": "Letter from Robert Weeden to Fred Evenden on Native Land Claims and Alaska Refuges, 10 June 1971 (page 2)", "text": "Page two of Robert Weeden's 10 June 1971 letter to Fred Evenden, discussing Senator Mike Gravel's proposed State-Federal Alaska Land Planning Commission and options for protecting refuge lands under native claims legislation." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/weeden_evenden_arctic_june_1971_sm.jpg", "caption": "Letter from Fred Evenden to Robert Weeden on Canadian Arctic Resources Council Materials, 11 June 1971", "link": "/items/aktws0046.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "06", "day": "11", "year": "1971" }, "text": { "headline": "Letter from Fred Evenden to Robert Weeden on Canadian Arctic Resources Council Materials, 11 June 1971", "text": "A letter from Fred G. 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Kirchhoff filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska in the Kelp Bay case brought by the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society, The Wilderness Society, and the Sierra Club against the Regional Forester and the U.S. Forest Service." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_1993_policy_wolf_management_sm.jpg", "caption": "Policy on Wolf Management in Alaska", "link": "/items/aktws0103.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1993" }, "text": { "headline": "Policy on Wolf Management in Alaska", "text": "A joint policy of The Wildlife Society and its Alaska Chapter on wolf management in Alaska, prepared in response to Governor Hickel's invitation to the Alaska wolf summit and setting out a professional perspective on predator control." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_1993_position_statement_arctic_refuge_sm.jpg", "caption": "Position Statement: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge", "link": "/items/aktws0104.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1993" }, "text": { "headline": "Position Statement: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge", "text": "The Alaska Chapter position statement on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reviewing the Refuge's establishment in 1960, its 1980 expansion under ANILCA, and the assessment of petroleum and wildlife values on the coastal plain." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/exxon_valdez_1993_sm.jpg", "caption": "Resolution Urging the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Council to Endow Academic Chairs (source document)", "link": "/items/aktws0105.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1993" }, "text": { "headline": "Resolution Urging the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Council to Endow Academic Chairs (source document)", "text": "The word processing source document of the Alaska Chapter resolution urging the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Council to work with the University of Alaska on a plan to endow up to 20 academic chairs in the biological sciences." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_1993_resolution_exxon_valdez_ua_sm.jpg", "caption": "Resolution Urging the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Council to Endow Academic Chairs at the University of Alaska", "link": "/items/aktws0106.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1993" }, "text": { "headline": "Resolution Urging the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Council to Endow Academic Chairs at the University of Alaska", "text": "An Alaska Chapter resolution urging the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Council to work with the University of Alaska on a plan to endow up to 20 academic chairs in the biological sciences to fulfill the long-term goals of the settlement." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/kirchhoff_et_al_1995_wsb_science_based_conservation_advocacy_for_tongass_sm.jpg", "caption": "A Model for Science-Based Conservation Advocacy: Tongass National Forest Case History", "link": "/items/aktws0107.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1995" }, "text": { "headline": "A Model for Science-Based Conservation Advocacy: Tongass National Forest Case History", "text": "A Wildlife Society Bulletin 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"start_date": { "year": "1996" }, "text": { "headline": "Resolution on Legislating Wildlife Management in Alaska", "text": "An Alaska Chapter resolution adopted for the 1996 legislative session addressing the legislature's role in wildlife management decisions that the Chapter argues belong with professional wildlife managers." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_1998_position_statement_spruce_bark_beetle_sm.jpg", "caption": "Position Statement: Effects of Spruce Bark Beetle Infestations and Subsequent Management", "link": "/items/aktws0110.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1998" }, "text": { "headline": "Position Statement: Effects of Spruce Bark Beetle Infestations and Subsequent Management", "text": "The Alaska Chapter position statement on the effects of spruce bark beetle infestations and subsequent management actions on wildlife habitats and populations." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_1998_position_statement_game_ranching_sm.jpg", "caption": "Position 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President Gino Del Frate reflects on change in the wildlife profession, including dual management, co-management, state management, and subsistence management, and on emerging endangered species concerns in Alaska." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2001_newsletter_feb_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, February 2001", "link": "/items/aktws0115.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "02", "day": "01", "year": "2001" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, February 2001", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Gino Del Frate announces the annual meeting in Anchorage on March 30 and explains the Chapter's delayed newsletter schedule." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2001_newsletter_may_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, May 2001", "link": "/items/aktws0116.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "05", "day": "01", "year": "2001" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, May 2001", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Includes a member ballot on a new position statement covering oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a new Chapter strategic plan, and regional representative elections." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2001_newsletter_oct_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, October 2001", "link": "/items/aktws0117.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "10", "day": "01", "year": "2001" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, October 2001", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Gino Del Frate reports on the 2001 TWS annual conference in Reno and the Chapter's bid to host the 2004 national conference in Anchorage." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2002_newsletter_jan_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, January 2002", "link": "/items/aktws0118.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "01", "day": "01", "year": "2002" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, January 2002", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Announces the annual meeting co-hosted with the Alaska Society of American Foresters in Fairbanks on the theme of coordinating forestry and wildlife management at the landscape level." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2002_newsletter_apr_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, April 2002", "link": "/items/aktws0119.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "04", "day": "01", "year": "2002" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, April 2002", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Gino Del Frate's final message as president, reflecting on the Chapter's growth and its influence on wildlife management decisions, and welcoming incoming president Doug Larsen." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/joint_meeting_ak_saf_tws_2002_forestry_wildlife_management_landscape_sm.jpg", "caption": "Program: Joint Meeting of the Alaska Society of American Foresters and the Alaska Chapter of TWS, 2002", "link": "/items/aktws0120.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "05", "day": "02", "year": "2002" }, "text": { "headline": "Program: Joint Meeting of the Alaska Society of American Foresters and the Alaska Chapter of TWS, 2002", "text": "The program for the joint May 2-4, 2002 meeting of the Alaska Society of American Foresters and the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, themed \"Coordinating Forestry and Wildlife Management at the Landscape Level.\"" } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2002_newsletter_july_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, July 2002", "link": "/items/aktws0121.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "07", "day": "01", "year": "2002" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, July 2002", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Doug Larsen's first message as president, outlining his goals for member participation and the conservation of Alaska's wildlife resources." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/roadlesssdeiscomments_tongass_2002_sm.jpg", "caption": "Comments on the Tongass Roadless Area Evaluation Draft Supplemental EIS, 2002", "link": "/items/aktws0122.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "08", "day": "22", "year": "2002" }, "text": { "headline": "Comments on the Tongass Roadless Area Evaluation Draft Supplemental EIS, 2002", "text": "A letter from the Alaska Chapter to the USDA Forest Service Tongass National Forest Content Analysis Team commenting on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement on roadless area evaluation for wilderness recommendations in the Tongass Land Management Plan revision." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2002_newsletter_nov_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, November 2002", "link": "/items/aktws0123.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "11", "day": "01", "year": "2002" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, November 2002", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Doug Larsen calls for increased statewide attendance at the annual meeting in Juneau and for stronger technical sessions." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2003_resolution_ak_leg_wildlife_conservation_pass_sm.jpg", "caption": "Resolution Supporting H.B. 163 and S.B. 122 for a Wildlife Conservation Pass", "link": "/items/aktws0124.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "05", "day": "01", "year": "2003" }, "text": { "headline": "Resolution Supporting H.B. 163 and S.B. 122 for a Wildlife Conservation Pass", "text": "An Alaska Chapter resolution supporting Governor Murkowski's legislation to raise revenue for fish and wildlife management by requiring nonresidents using commercial wildlife viewing providers to purchase an annual Wildlife Conservation Pass." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2003_newsletter_may_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, May 2003", "link": "/items/aktws0125.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "05", "day": "01", "year": "2003" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, May 2003", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Doug Larsen reports on the April Chapter conference, attended by over 70 participants from state, federal, and academic institutions." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/tongass_chugach_roadless_rule_comments_2003_sm.jpg", "caption": "Comments Opposing Exemption of the Tongass and Chugach National Forests from the Roadless Rule, 2003", "link": "/items/aktws0126.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "08", "day": "08", "year": "2003" }, "text": { "headline": "Comments Opposing Exemption of the Tongass and Chugach National Forests from the Roadless Rule, 2003", "text": "A letter from the Alaska Chapter to USDA Forest Service Chief Dale N. 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Announces the 2004 Northwest Section Conference in Alaska alongside the 10th North American Caribou Conference on the theme of caribou and climate." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ne_npra_comments_2003_sm.jpg", "caption": "Scoping Comments on the Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Plan Amendment, 2003", "link": "/items/aktws0128.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "10", "day": "30", "year": "2003" }, "text": { "headline": "Scoping Comments on the Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Plan Amendment, 2003", "text": "A letter from the Alaska Chapter to the BLM Northeast NPR-A Amendment Planning Team providing scoping comments on the proposed amended Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Plan and Environmental Impact Statement." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/joint_session_ak_afs_tws_2003_suburban_development_riparian_zone_sm.jpg", "caption": "Program: Joint Session of the Alaska Chapters of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society, 2003", "link": "/items/aktws0129.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "11", "day": "03", "year": "2003" }, "text": { "headline": "Program: Joint Session of the Alaska Chapters of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society, 2003", "text": "The program for the November 2003 joint session of the Alaska Chapters of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society, including a session on suburban development in the riparian zone." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2004_newsletter_apr_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, April 2004", "link": "/items/aktws0130.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "04", "day": "01", "year": "2004" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, April 2004", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Doug Larsen encourages attendance at the upcoming Girdwood conference and previews the technical program." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2004_newsletter_sep_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, September 2004", "link": "/items/aktws0131.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "09", "day": "01", "year": "2004" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, September 2004", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Eric J. 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Reports 68 member responses to the draft bear position statement, the BLM decision on the northeast section of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, and approved criteria for submitting position statements." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2005_newsletter_dec_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, December 2005", "link": "/items/aktws0133.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "12", "day": "01", "year": "2005" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, December 2005", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Covers the Chapter's revision of the national old-growth forest position statement, comments on the Colville River bridge permit, the UAF student chapter, and wildlife-related Alaska legislation." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/comments_2005_to_acoe_on_nigliq_channel_colville_sm.jpg", "caption": "Comments to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Nigliq Channel Bridge, Colville River, 2005", "link": "/items/aktws0134.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "12", "day": "24", "year": "2005" }, "text": { "headline": "Comments to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Nigliq Channel Bridge, Colville River, 2005", "text": "A letter from the Alaska Chapter to Colonel Timothy J. 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Eric J. Taylor's final message as president summarizing the Chapter's accomplishments, plus Executive Board candidate statements and the 2006 electronic ballot." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/taylor_reply_to_rep_kelly_sb85_2006_sm.jpg", "caption": "Eric Taylor's Reply to Representative Mike Kelly on Senate Bill 85, 2006", "link": "/items/aktws0139.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "03", "day": "21", "year": "2006" }, "text": { "headline": "Eric Taylor's Reply to Representative Mike Kelly on Senate Bill 85, 2006", "text": "An email from Alaska Chapter President Eric J. 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Tom Paragi's first message as president; includes predator control and bear management updates, a vote on bylaw revisions, and member contributions on the Division of Fish and Wildlife Protection and the ethics of applied science." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2006_technical_review_sale_bear_parts_sm.jpg", "caption": "Technical Review: Issues Related to the Sale of Black and Brown Bear Parts in Alaska", "link": "/items/aktws0143.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "08", "day": "18", "year": "2006" }, "text": { "headline": "Technical Review: Issues Related to the Sale of Black and Brown Bear Parts in Alaska", "text": "An Alaska Chapter technical review examining the biological, management, and enforcement issues surrounding the sale of black and brown bear parts in Alaska, prepared by a four-member review committee chaired by Gail H. 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Discusses the line between outreach and advocacy, preparations for the 13th TWS Conference in Anchorage, and a joint session on marine-derived nutrients." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/alaska_chapter_welcome_national_meeting_anchorage_24sept06_paragi_sm.jpg", "caption": "Presentation: The Alaska Chapter Welcomes TWS Members to Anchorage, 2006", "link": "/items/aktws0148.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "09", "day": "24", "year": "2006" }, "text": { "headline": "Presentation: The Alaska Chapter Welcomes TWS Members to Anchorage, 2006", "text": "A slide presentation given by Tom Paragi welcoming members to the 13th Annual TWS Conference in Anchorage, summarizing the Chapter's founding in 1971, its 213 members, and its activity at Section and national levels." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2006_opinion_huettmann_sm.jpg", "caption": "Take-home messages from the 13th Annual TWS Conference", "link": "/items/aktws0149.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "11", "day": "01", "year": "2006" }, "text": { "headline": "Take-home messages from the 13th Annual TWS Conference", "text": "A member contribution reporting on the 13th Annual TWS Conference in Anchorage, covering science-based wildlife management, global change, international connectivity, integrative research, and leadership." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2006_newsletter_nov_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, November 2006", "link": "/items/aktws0150.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "11", "day": "01", "year": "2006" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, November 2006", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Reflects on the Chapter's hosting of the 13th Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society in Anchorage and reports record membership levels." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2006_opinion_person_nov_sm.jpg", "caption": "Thinking Like a Mountain-Troll", "link": "/items/aktws0151.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "11", "day": "01", "year": "2006" }, "text": { "headline": "Thinking Like a Mountain-Troll", "text": "A member contribution invoking Aldo Leopold's \"Thinking Like a Mountain\" to examine the narrow self-interest that shapes decisions about managing nature." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/joint_session_ak_afs_tws_2006_marine_derived_nutrients_sm.jpg", "caption": "Program: Joint Session of the Alaska Chapters of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society on Marine-Derived Nutrients, 2006", "link": "/items/aktws0152.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "11", "day": "13", "year": "2006" }, "text": { "headline": "Program: Joint Session of the Alaska Chapters of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society on Marine-Derived Nutrients, 2006", "text": "The program for the November 13-16, 2006 joint meeting at the Wedgewood Resort in Fairbanks, including a joint session of the Alaska Chapters of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society on marine-derived nutrients." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/comment_summary_recommendation_bear_predation_management_nov2006_sm.jpg", "caption": "Summary of Comments and Recommendations on the Bear Predation Management Technical Review, 2006", "link": "/items/aktws0153.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "11", "day": "28", "year": "2006" }, "text": { "headline": "Summary of Comments and Recommendations on the Bear Predation Management Technical Review, 2006", "text": "Tom Paragi's summary of member comments and recommendations on the revised draft of the Boertje et al. technical review of bear predation management to increase the harvestable surplus of moose in Interior and Southcentral Alaska." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/aktws_legislative_open_house_2007_sm.jpg", "caption": "Invitation to The Wildlife Society Legislative Open House, 2007", "link": "/items/aktws0154.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "12", "day": "01", "year": "2006" }, "text": { "headline": "Invitation to The Wildlife Society Legislative Open House, 2007", "text": "A template invitation from the Alaska Chapter inviting Alaska legislators, senators, and commissioners to The Wildlife Society Open House at the Westmark Baranof Hotel in Juneau on February 6, 2007." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/2007_blm_npra_scoping_comments_michael_hutchins_sm.jpg", "caption": "TWS Comments on the Supplemental Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Amended Integrated Activity Plan, 2007", "link": "/items/aktws0155.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "01", "day": "08", "year": "2007" }, "text": { "headline": "TWS Comments on the Supplemental Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Amended Integrated Activity Plan, 2007", "text": "A letter from The Wildlife Society to BLM Northeast NPR-A Team Leader Jim Ducker providing comments to assist in preparing the supplemental amended Integrated Activity Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, following the 2006 federal court decision vacating the earlier plan." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2007_opinion_person_feb_sm.jpg", "caption": "Powerpointlessness", "link": "/items/aktws0156.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "02", "day": "01", "year": "2007" }, "text": { "headline": "Powerpointlessness", "text": "A humorous member contribution on the pitfalls of PowerPoint-driven presentations at professional wildlife conferences and meetings." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2007_newsletter_feb_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, February 2007", "link": "/items/aktws0157.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "02", "day": "01", "year": "2007" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, February 2007", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Reports the Chapter's first legislative open house in Juneau, its status as the largest chapter in TWS, and the outcome of the bear technical reviews." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2007_opinion_paragi_may_sm.jpg", "caption": "Roles of research scientists in natural resource decision-making", "link": "/items/aktws0158.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "05", "day": "01", "year": "2007" }, "text": { "headline": "Roles of research scientists in natural resource decision-making", "text": "A member contribution reviewing Mills and Clark's 2001 Forest Ecology and Management article on the pitfalls facing scientists who engage in natural resource policy decisions." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2007_newsletter_may_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, May 2007", "link": "/items/aktws0159.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "05", "day": "01", "year": "2007" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, May 2007", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Covers the annual Chapter meeting and Northern Furbearer Conference in Juneau, wildlife disease monitoring, and the start of a TWS technical review of predator control in Alaska." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2007_opinion_paragi_aug_sm.jpg", "caption": "Examining the \"Illusion of Preservation\" in Alaska", "link": "/items/aktws0160.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "08", "day": "01", "year": "2007" }, "text": { "headline": "Examining the \"Illusion of Preservation\" in Alaska", "text": "A member contribution examining Berlik, Kittredge, and Foster's argument that domestic conservation policies in affluent nations shift environmental degradation to developing countries, and its relevance to Alaska." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2007_newsletter_aug_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, August 2007", "link": "/items/aktws0161.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "08", "day": "01", "year": "2007" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, August 2007", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Announces Alaska as the 2007 Chapter of the Year and the start of a position statement on the use of pack goats near wild sheep and goats." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/alaska_chapter_of_the_year_2007_tucson_az_paragi_sm.jpg", "caption": "Presentation: Alaska Chapter of the Year, Tucson 2007", "link": "/items/aktws0162.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "09", "day": "01", "year": "2007" }, "text": { "headline": "Presentation: Alaska Chapter of the Year, Tucson 2007", "text": "A slide presentation given by Tom Paragi at the 2007 TWS annual conference in Tucson, Arizona accepting the Chapter of the Year award and summarizing Alaska Chapter membership, bylaw changes, and activity at Section and national levels." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2007_opinion_person_nov_sm.jpg", "caption": "Are We Goblins or Gurus?", "link": "/items/aktws0163.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "11", "day": "01", "year": "2007" }, "text": { "headline": "Are We Goblins or Gurus?", "text": "A member contribution on the role of wildlife scientists in natural resource policy, questioning whether biologists should simply supply information to decision makers or advocate for their findings." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2007_newsletter_nov_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, November 2007", "link": "/items/aktws0164.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "11", "day": "01", "year": "2007" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, November 2007", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Covers Chapter comments on the Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, changes in tundra fire regimes, and Governor Palin's consideration of returning the Habitat Division to ADF&G." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2008_opinion_huettmann_sm.jpg", "caption": "Our progress in wildlife GIS studies is over 10 years behind its potential", "link": "/items/aktws0165.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "2008" }, "text": { "headline": "Our progress in wildlife GIS studies is over 10 years behind its potential", "text": "A member contribution critiquing an ESRI \"GIS Best Practices\" publication on wildlife conservation and calling for improved management of land, water rights, and global wealth in wildlife GIS work. Year of publication is 2008; the specific month is not stated in the document." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/position_criteria_questionnaire_2008_sm.jpg", "caption": "Questionnaire for Alaska Chapter Position Statement Requests", "link": "/items/aktws0166.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "2008" }, "text": { "headline": "Questionnaire for Alaska Chapter Position Statement Requests", "text": "The questionnaire adopted by the Alaska Chapter Executive Board in January 2005 to standardize requests for position statements under Article VII, Section 5 of the Chapter bylaws." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/gov_hammond_detailed_plan_for_ecosystem_management_2008_sm.jpg", "caption": "Governor Jay Hammond's Detailed Plan for Ecosystem Management, 2008", "link": "/items/aktws0167.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "01", "day": "11", "year": "2008" }, "text": { "headline": "Governor Jay Hammond's Detailed Plan for Ecosystem Management, 2008", "text": "The second of a two-part newspaper transcript of an interview with former Alaska Governor Jay Hammond, conducted near his Lake Clark home weeks before his death in 2005, in which he outlines a plan for ecosystem management." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2008_newsletter_feb_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, February 2008", "link": "/items/aktws0168.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "02", "day": "01", "year": "2008" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, February 2008", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Tom Paragi reflects on his two-year term as president; includes Executive Board elections and the call for papers for the 2008 annual meeting." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2008_opinion_person_feb_sm.jpg", "caption": "Uncommon Sense", "link": "/items/aktws0169.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "02", "day": "01", "year": "2008" }, "text": { "headline": "Uncommon Sense", "text": "A member contribution critiquing the use of \"common sense,\" \"balance,\" and \"consensus\" as substitutes for rigorous analysis in natural resource decision-making." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/hb256_2008_taylor_testimony_aerial_shooting_finaldraft_paragi_comments_sm.jpg", "caption": "Testimony of Eric J. Taylor on House Bill 256, Aerial Shooting of Game, 2008", "link": "/items/aktws0170.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "02", "day": "20", "year": "2008" }, "text": { "headline": "Testimony of Eric J. Taylor on House Bill 256, Aerial Shooting of Game, 2008", "text": "Testimony delivered by Eric J. Taylor on behalf of the Alaska Chapter before the Alaska State Legislature House Judiciary Committee regarding House Bill 256 on active game management and airborne or same day airborne taking of game animals, with Tom Paragi's comments." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2008_newsletter_may_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, May 2008", "link": "/items/aktws0171.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "05", "day": "01", "year": "2008" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, May 2008", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Howard Golden's first message as president, introducing the new Executive Board and a member vote on the rotation of annual meeting locations." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2008_opinion_golden_sm.jpg", "caption": "Reliable knowledge should guide wildlife management decisions and policy", "link": "/items/aktws0172.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "06", "day": "29", "year": "2008" }, "text": { "headline": "Reliable knowledge should guide wildlife management decisions and policy", "text": "An opinion piece by Howard Golden and the Alaska Chapter Executive Board, published in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, explaining the scientific process and how sound science should inform wildlife decisions and public policy." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2008_position_statement_anwr_supplement_sm.jpg", "caption": "Supporting References for the Position on Oil Development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge", "link": "/items/aktws0173.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "07", "day": "01", "year": "2008" }, "text": { "headline": "Supporting References for the Position on Oil Development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge", "text": "A committee draft bibliography of supporting references compiled for the Alaska Chapter position on oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, revised July 2008." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2008_opinion_bishop_sm.jpg", "caption": "Ballot Measure 2: \"The devil is in the details\"", "link": "/items/aktws0174.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "08", "day": "01", "year": "2008" }, "text": { "headline": "Ballot Measure 2: \"The devil is in the details\"", "text": "A member contribution analyzing Alaska Ballot Measure 2, which would limit aerial shooting of wolves and grizzly bears to a defined \"biological emergency,\" and examining the practical consequences of its wording." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2008_opinion_person_aug_sm.jpg", "caption": "Politics and \"Sound\" Science", "link": "/items/aktws0175.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "08", "day": "01", "year": "2008" }, "text": { "headline": "Politics and \"Sound\" Science", "text": "A member contribution on the political use of the phrase \"sound science\" in debates over polar bears and global warming, and what the term actually requires of scientists." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2008_newsletter_aug_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, August 2008", "link": "/items/aktws0176.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "08", "day": "01", "year": "2008" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, August 2008", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Includes a perspective on reliable knowledge guiding wildlife decisions and member contributions on Ballot Measure 2 and the politics of sound science." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2008_position_statement_anwr_sm.jpg", "caption": "Position Statement: Oil and Gas Development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge", "link": "/items/aktws0177.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "09", "day": "05", "year": "2008" }, "text": { "headline": "Position Statement: Oil and Gas Development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge", "text": "The Alaska Chapter position statement on oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reviewing the Refuge's establishment and the purposes set for it by ANILCA in 1980." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2008_newsletter_nov_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, November 2008", "link": "/items/aktws0178.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "11", "day": "01", "year": "2008" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, November 2008", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Reports member approval of the revised Arctic National Wildlife Refuge position statement and covers the implications of spent lead ammunition for wildlife and humans." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2008_tributes_sm.jpg", "caption": "Tributes to Alaskan Wildlifers and Friends, 2008", "link": "/items/aktws0179.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "12", "day": "01", "year": "2008" }, "text": { "headline": "Tributes to Alaskan Wildlifers and Friends, 2008", "text": "A compiled set of tributes published by the Alaska Chapter honoring Sigurd T. \"Sig\" Olson and Michele \"Shelly\" Szepanski, both of whom died in December 2008." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2008_tribute_szepanski_sm.jpg", "caption": "Tribute to Michele \"Shelly\" Szepanski", "link": "/items/aktws0180.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "12", "day": "04", "year": "2008" }, "text": { "headline": "Tribute to Michele \"Shelly\" Szepanski", "text": "A tribute to Fairbanks resident Michele \"Shelly\" Szepanski, who died December 4, 2008 at age 41 after a four-year battle with melanoma, recounting her contributions to the conservation of Alaska's wildlife." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2008_tribute_olson_sm.jpg", "caption": "Tribute to Sigurd T. \"Sig\" Olson", "link": "/items/aktws0181.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "12", "day": "21", "year": "2008" }, "text": { "headline": "Tribute to Sigurd T. \"Sig\" Olson", "text": "A tribute to Sigurd T. \"Sig\" Olson, longtime Douglas, Alaska resident and wildlife biologist, who died December 21, 2008 at age 85. Son of conservationist Sigurd F. Olson, he authored an important early thesis on loons." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/tws_2009_position_statement_anwr_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Wildlife Society Final Position Statement: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge", "link": "/items/aktws0182.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "2009" }, "text": { "headline": "The Wildlife Society Final Position Statement: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge", "text": "The final national position statement of The Wildlife Society on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, issued from TWS headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2009_newsletter_feb_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, February 2009", "link": "/items/aktws0183.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "02", "day": "01", "year": "2009" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, February 2009", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Previews the joint Chapter and Northwest Section meeting in Fairbanks and includes tributes to two Alaskan wildlifers." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2009_tribute_franzmann_sm.jpg", "caption": "Tribute to Albert W. \"Al\" Franzmann", "link": "/items/aktws0184.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "02", "day": "13", "year": "2009" }, "text": { "headline": "Tribute to Albert W. \"Al\" Franzmann", "text": "A tribute to Dr. Albert Franzmann, pioneering moose research biologist and director of the ADF&G Moose Research Center near Soldotna from 1972 to 1987, who died February 13, 2009." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2009_newsletter_may_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, May 2009", "link": "/items/aktws0185.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "05", "day": "01", "year": "2009" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, May 2009", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Reports on the joint Chapter and Northwest Section meeting in Fairbanks, proposed Steller's eider hunting regulations, and a tribute to Al Franzmann." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2009_tribute_hahr_sm.jpg", "caption": "Tribute to Margaret \"Meg\" Hahr", "link": "/items/aktws0186.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "06", "day": "21", "year": "2009" }, "text": { "headline": "Tribute to Margaret \"Meg\" Hahr", "text": "A tribute to Margaret \"Meg\" Hahr, former Kenai Fjords National Park wildlife ecologist and Alaska Chapter member, who died June 21, 2009 at age 41 from injuries sustained in a mountain biking accident." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2009_newsletter_aug_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, August 2009", "link": "/items/aktws0187.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "08", "day": "01", "year": "2009" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, August 2009", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Reports progress on the ballot initiative, intensive management, and pack goat disease risk position statements, the new Albert W. Franzmann and Distinguished Colleagues Memorial Award, and a tribute to Meg Hahr." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2009_newsletter_nov_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, November 2009", "link": "/items/aktws0188.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "11", "day": "01", "year": "2009" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, November 2009", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Reports ballot results on the annual meeting schedule, marine mammal conservation actions, and the development of a new federal subsistence policy." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2010_newsletter_feb_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, February 2010", "link": "/items/aktws0189.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "02", "day": "01", "year": "2010" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, February 2010", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Howard Golden's outgoing message on the Anchorage annual meeting, plus the 2010 business meeting and new Executive Board members." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/hb_267_2010_snowmachine_access_dalton_hwy_corridor_sm.jpg", "caption": "Letter on House Bill 267, Snowmachine Access in the Dalton Highway Corridor, 2010", "link": "/items/aktws0190.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "03", "day": "30", "year": "2010" }, "text": { "headline": "Letter on House Bill 267, Snowmachine Access in the Dalton Highway Corridor, 2010", "text": "A letter from Alaska Chapter President Kris Hundertmark regarding House Bill 267, which addressed snowmachine access in the Dalton Highway corridor." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2010_newsletter_may_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, May 2010", "link": "/items/aktws0191.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "05", "day": "01", "year": "2010" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, May 2010", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Kris Hundertmark's first message as president, thanking the outgoing board and covering leadership changes at ADF&G." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2010_tribute_follmann_sm.jpg", "caption": "Goodbye to a colleague and friend: Erich Follmann", "link": "/items/aktws0192.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "07", "day": "26", "year": "2010" }, "text": { "headline": "Goodbye to a colleague and friend: Erich Follmann", "text": "A tribute by Tom Paragi and Harry Reynolds to Erich H. Follmann, Professor of Zoology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, who died July 26, 2010 after supervising 20 graduate students over his UAF career." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2010_newsletter_aug_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, August 2010", "link": "/items/aktws0193.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "08", "day": "01", "year": "2010" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, August 2010", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Kris Hundertmark writes on cardiovascular disease following the death of UAF professor Erich Follmann; includes the Southeast BioBlitz and a report from the Gulf of Mexico." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2010_newsletter_nov_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, November 2010", "link": "/items/aktws0194.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "11", "day": "01", "year": "2010" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, November 2010", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Includes a tribute to John Morrison and updates on research in Southeast Alaska." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2011_intensive_management_position_statement_sm.jpg", "caption": "2011 Position Statement: Intensive Management of Big Game", "link": "/items/aktws0195.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "2011" }, "text": { "headline": "2011 Position Statement: Intensive Management of Big Game", "text": "The Alaska Chapter's 2011 position statement on intensive management of big game, setting out the Chapter's purpose in adopting positions on important wildlife management issues in the state." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_research_natural_areas_shapefiles_sm.jpg", "caption": "Alaska Research Natural Areas GIS Shapefiles", "link": "/items/aktws0196.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "02", "day": "18", "year": "2011" }, "text": { "headline": "Alaska Research Natural Areas GIS Shapefiles", "text": "A zip archive of GIS shapefiles delineating Research Natural Areas on BLM, Tanana Valley State Forest, and U.S. Forest Service lands in Alaska, together with a Juday citations document. Compiled 2010-2011." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2011_position_statement_im_timeline_sm.jpg", "caption": "Intensive Management Timeline, 1994 to Spring 2010", "link": "/items/aktws0197.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "05", "day": "01", "year": "2011" }, "text": { "headline": "Intensive Management Timeline, 1994 to Spring 2010", "text": "A year-by-year timeline compiled by the Alaska Chapter documenting the history of intensive management in Alaska from the 1994 legislation through spring 2010." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2011_newsletter_jun_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, June 2011", "link": "/items/aktws0198.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "06", "day": "01", "year": "2011" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, June 2011", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Kris Hundertmark thanks the 2011 annual meeting organizing committee and previews planning for the 2012 Anchorage conference." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2011_newsletter_aug_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, August 2011", "link": "/items/aktws0199.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "08", "day": "01", "year": "2011" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, August 2011", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President-Elect Jerry Hupp reviews the history of Alaska's intensive management law and the Chapter's developing position statement; includes an explanation of Landscape Conservation Cooperatives." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2011_newsletter_nov_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, November 2011", "link": "/items/aktws0200.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "11", "day": "01", "year": "2011" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, November 2011", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Kris Hundertmark writes on events with a chilling effect on wildlife science in Alaska, including the federal investigation of two BOEMRE polar bear researchers." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2012_newsletter_feb_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, February 2012", "link": "/items/aktws0201.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "02", "day": "01", "year": "2012" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, February 2012", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Executive Board message on the resignation of ADF&G Director of Wildlife Conservation Corey Rossi and the Chapter's letter to the Commissioner on qualifications for the next director." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2012_newsletter_may_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, May 2012", "link": "/items/aktws0202.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "05", "day": "01", "year": "2012" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, May 2012", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Jerry Hupp's first message as president, introducing the new Executive Board and thanking outgoing officers." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2012_newsletter_sep_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Fall 2012", "link": "/items/aktws0203.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "09", "day": "01", "year": "2012" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Fall 2012", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Jerry Hupp explains the role of position statements and how they are created as the Executive Board reviews three under development." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2013_disease_risk_sheep_position_statement_sm.jpg", "caption": "Position Statement: Reducing Disease Risk to Dall's Sheep and Mountain Goats from Domestic Livestock", "link": "/items/aktws0204.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "2013" }, "text": { "headline": "Position Statement: Reducing Disease Risk to Dall's Sheep and Mountain Goats from Domestic Livestock", "text": "The Alaska Chapter position statement on the risk of disease transmission from domestic sheep and goats to wild Dall's sheep and mountain goats, with recommended practices to maintain the health of wild populations." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2013_newsletter_jan_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Winter 2013", "link": "/items/aktws0205.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "01", "day": "01", "year": "2013" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Winter 2013", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Jerry Hupp writes on the wave of retirements among federal and state resource management professionals in Alaska." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2013_newsletter_mar_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Spring 2013", "link": "/items/aktws0206.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "03", "day": "01", "year": "2013" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Spring 2013", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Jerry Hupp reviews the history and controversy of predator control and intensive management of Alaska's ungulates." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_chapter_tws_ann_meeting_2013_program_joint_session_saf_fire_succession_forest_biomass_sm.jpg", "caption": "Program: 2013 Annual Meeting of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society", "link": "/items/aktws0207.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "04", "day": "03", "year": "2013" }, "text": { "headline": "Program: 2013 Annual Meeting of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society", "text": "The program for the April 3-5, 2013 annual meeting of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society at the Wood Student Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, including a joint session with the Society of American Foresters on fire, succession, and forest biomass." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2013_intensive_management_position_statement_sm.jpg", "caption": "Position Statement: Intensive Management of Big Game in Alaska (2013)", "link": "/items/aktws0208.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "06", "day": "01", "year": "2013" }, "text": { "headline": "Position Statement: Intensive Management of Big Game in Alaska (2013)", "text": "The Alaska Chapter position statement on intensive management of big game, adopted June 2013, reviewing the 1994 intensive management law at Alaska Statute 16.05.255 and the enabling predator control regulations." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2013_newsletter_aug_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Summer 2013", "link": "/items/aktws0209.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "08", "day": "01", "year": "2013" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Summer 2013", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Jerry Hupp reflects on field work and on mentoring the next generation of wildlife biologists." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/tws_ak_chapter_newsletter_winter_2014_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Winter 2014", "link": "/items/aktws0210.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "01", "day": "01", "year": "2014" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Winter 2014", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Jerry Hupp reports on Chapter activities following the federal government shutdown and shares the compiled list of member publications." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2014_newsletter_mar_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Winter 2014", "link": "/items/aktws0211.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "03", "day": "01", "year": "2014" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Winter 2014", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Jerry Hupp's final message as president, thanking members who contributed to annual meetings, position statements, and correspondence to policy makers." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2014_newsletter_sep_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Fall 2014", "link": "/items/aktws0212.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "09", "day": "01", "year": "2014" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Fall 2014", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Grant Hilderbrand reflects on student participation at the annual meeting and on a summer of field work with a Gates of the Arctic brown bear project." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2015_newsletter_feb_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Winter 2015", "link": "/items/aktws0213.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "02", "day": "01", "year": "2015" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Winter 2015", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Grant Hilderbrand reports on the Chapter's letter welcoming the new state administration and on national TWS opposition to old-growth harvest in the Tongass National Forest." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2015_newsletter_nov_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Fall 2015", "link": "/items/aktws0214.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "11", "day": "01", "year": "2015" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Fall 2015", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Grant Hilderbrand reflects on a period of transition and turnover among Alaska's wildlife professionals." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2016_newsletter_may_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Spring 2016", "link": "/items/aktws0215.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "05", "day": "01", "year": "2016" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Spring 2016", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Scott Brainerd describes how the state travel ban during the fiscal crisis nearly prevented the Anchorage annual meeting from taking place." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2016_newsletter_sep_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Fall 2016", "link": "/items/aktws0216.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "09", "day": "01", "year": "2016" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Fall 2016", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Scott Brainerd credits students with rescuing the annual meeting and compares the modern UAF Student Chapter with his own membership in the late 1970s." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2016_newsletter_dec_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Winter 2016", "link": "/items/aktws0217.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "12", "day": "01", "year": "2016" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Winter 2016", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Scott Brainerd urges members to stand up for science amid the politicization of wildlife management and anticipated federal policy changes." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/various_locations_cowch_and_memoriams_ak_tws_sm.jpg", "caption": "Index of Chapter Memoriams and Conserving Our Wildlife Conservation Heritage Links", "link": "/items/aktws0218.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "2017" }, "text": { "headline": "Index of Chapter Memoriams and Conserving Our Wildlife Conservation Heritage Links", "text": "A working index of links to Alaska Chapter memoriam PDFs, Conserving Our Wildlife Conservation Heritage (COWCH) video content, and award lists, listing the newsletter issues in which individual memoriams appeared." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2017_newsletter_may_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Spring 2017", "link": "/items/aktws0219.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "05", "day": "01", "year": "2017" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Spring 2017", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Scott Brainerd discusses the logistics and value of the annual meeting under stricter agency travel policies." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ad_hoc_committee_ak_tws_2017_membership_and_fundraising_sm.jpg", "caption": "Ad Hoc Committee Notes on Membership and Fundraising, 2017", "link": "/items/aktws0220.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "05", "day": "12", "year": "2017" }, "text": { "headline": "Ad Hoc Committee Notes on Membership and Fundraising, 2017", "text": "Notes from the May 12, 2017 phone meeting of the Alaska Chapter ad hoc committee on membership and fundraising issues raised at the 2017 annual meeting, with Kim Jochum, Tom Paragi (chair), Elise Stacy, and John Trent." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2017_newsletter_sep_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Fall 2017", "link": "/items/aktws0221.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "09", "day": "01", "year": "2017" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Fall 2017", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Scott Brainerd reviews the Chapter strategic plan and sets priorities for student activities, recruitment, diversity, and conservation engagement." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/2018_wildlife_law_and_policy_text_dedication_jack_ward_thomas_contents_barboza_chapter_sm.jpg", "caption": "Dedication to Dr. Jack Ward Thomas in a 2018 Wildlife Law and Policy Text", "link": "/items/aktws0222.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "2018" }, "text": { "headline": "Dedication to Dr. Jack Ward Thomas in a 2018 Wildlife Law and Policy Text", "text": "A Boone and Crockett Club volume dedication by Brendan J. Moynahan honoring Dr. Jack Ward Thomas, wildlife biologist and former chief of the U.S. Forest Service, together with the volume contents and a chapter by Perry Barboza." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2018_newsletter_dec_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Winter 2018", "link": "/items/aktws0223.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "02", "day": "01", "year": "2018" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Winter 2018", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Scott Brainerd previews the spring elections and the annual meeting held jointly with the Northwest Section, and explains the Chapter's elected offices and terms." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2018_congress_fy19_funding_letter_sm.jpg", "caption": "Letter to Senator Dan Sullivan on FY19 Funding for Wildlife Science", "link": "/items/aktws0224.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "05", "day": "21", "year": "2018" }, "text": { "headline": "Letter to Senator Dan Sullivan on FY19 Funding for Wildlife Science", "text": "A letter from the Alaska Chapter to Senator Dan Sullivan expressing concern over the de-prioritization of science and scientifically sound wildlife conservation in federal funding decisions." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2018_newsletter_sep_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Fall 2018", "link": "/items/aktws0225.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "09", "day": "01", "year": "2018" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Fall 2018", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Nate Svoboda's message as president reflecting on the wildlife profession and on the colleagues he has worked with since arriving in Alaska." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2018_congress_rawa_letter_sm.jpg", "caption": "Letter to Representative Don Young Supporting the Recovering America's Wildlife Act", "link": "/items/aktws0226.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "12", "day": "24", "year": "2018" }, "text": { "headline": "Letter to Representative Don Young Supporting the Recovering America's Wildlife Act", "text": "A letter from the Alaska Chapter requesting Representative Don Young's support for the Recovering America's Wildlife Act (H.R. 4647)." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2019_ambler_road_deis_comments_sm.jpg", "caption": "Comments on the Ambler Road Draft Environmental Impact Statement", "link": "/items/aktws0227.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "10", "day": "24", "year": "2019" }, "text": { "headline": "Comments on the Ambler Road Draft Environmental Impact Statement", "text": "A letter from the Alaska Chapter to Tina McMaster-Goering, Ambler Road Project Manager at the Bureau of Land Management, identifying serious flaws in the assumptions and analyses of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Ambler Road Project. Twenty pages; the PDF is a scan with no searchable text layer." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2019_anwr_deis_comments_sm.jpg", "caption": "Comments on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Environmental Impact Statement", "link": "/items/aktws0228.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "03", "day": "12", "year": "2019" }, "text": { "headline": "Comments on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Environmental Impact Statement", "text": "A letter from the Alaska Chapter to Acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt providing public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program. Six pages; the PDF is a scan with no searchable text layer." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2019_tongass_roadless_rule_comments_sm.jpg", "caption": "Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Proposed Alaska Roadless Rule", "link": "/items/aktws0229.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "12", "day": "10", "year": "2019" }, "text": { "headline": "Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Proposed Alaska Roadless Rule", "text": "A letter from the Alaska Chapter to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue commenting on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for alternatives to a proposed Alaska Roadless Rule, focusing on the preferred alternative, flaws in the scientific analysis, and the ecological values of roadless areas and old-growth forest. Twelve pages; the PDF is a scan with no searchable text layer." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2019_willow_deis_comments_sm.jpg", "caption": "Comments on the Willow Master Development Plan Draft Environmental Impact Statement", "link": "/items/aktws0230.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "10", "day": "24", "year": "2019" }, "text": { "headline": "Comments on the Willow Master Development Plan Draft Environmental Impact Statement", "text": "A letter from the Alaska Chapter to Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt commenting on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Willow Master Development Plan, focusing on the analysis of caribou and on subsistence requirements under ANILCA section 810 for Nuiqsut and Utqiagvik. Eight pages; the PDF is a scan with no searchable text layer." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2019_newsletter_apr_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Spring 2019", "link": "/items/aktws0231.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "04", "day": "01", "year": "2019" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Spring 2019", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Nate Svoboda thanks members for their commitment to Alaska's wildlife and habitats ahead of the field season." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2019_newsletter_oct_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Fall 2019", "link": "/items/aktws0232.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "10", "day": "01", "year": "2019" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Fall 2019", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Past-President Scott Brainerd's farewell message as he retires from the ADF&G Division of Wildlife Conservation and moves to Norway." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2020_npra_deis_comments_sm.jpg", "caption": "Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the New National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Integrated Activity Plan", "link": "/items/aktws0233.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "01", "day": "17", "year": "2020" }, "text": { "headline": "Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the New National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Integrated Activity Plan", "text": "A letter from the Alaska Chapter to Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, care of the BLM Alaska State Office, commenting on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the new Integrated Activity Plan for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, focusing on impacts to geese (especially brant), caribou, and shorebirds. Nine pages; the PDF is a scan with no searchable text layer." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2020_newsletter_may_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Spring 2020", "link": "/items/aktws0234.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "05", "day": "01", "year": "2020" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Spring 2020", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. President Kim Jochum writes on supporting members through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and introduces the newly elected Executive Board." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_2020_movi_disease_comments_sm.jpg", "caption": "Comments on Proposed Revisions to Animal Importation, Testing, and Disease Reporting Regulations", "link": "/items/aktws0235.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "10", "day": "29", "year": "2020" }, "text": { "headline": "Comments on Proposed Revisions to Animal Importation, Testing, and Disease Reporting Regulations", "text": "Comments from the Alaska Chapter on the State of Alaska notice of proposed revisions to animal importation, animal testing, and disease reporting regulations at 18 AAC 36, addressing disease risk to wild sheep and goats." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/tws_ak_chapter_newsletter_fall_winter_2020_final_sm.jpg", "caption": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Fall/Winter 2020", "link": "/items/aktws0236.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "12", "day": "01", "year": "2020" }, "text": { "headline": "The Alaskan Wildlifer, Fall/Winter 2020", "text": "Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society. 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"2025" }, "text": { "headline": "Concerns to the Alaska Board of Game Regarding the Timing of RC009, Mulchatna Caribou Herd Intensive Management", "text": "A letter from Chapter President Ryan Mollnow asking the Board of Game to defer its decision on RC009, a petition for intensive management of the Mulchatna Caribou Herd, on the grounds that the speed of consideration leaves insufficient time for meaningful scientific review and public comment." } },{ "media": { "url": "/objects/small/ak_tws_comments_iap_draft_ea_2025_07_01_sm.jpg", "caption": "Comments on the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Draft Integrated Activity Plan Environmental Assessment", "link": "/items/aktws0258.html" }, "start_date": { "month": "07", "day": "01", "year": "2025" }, "text": { "headline": "Comments on the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Draft Integrated Activity Plan Environmental Assessment", "text": "A letter from President-Elect Alex Lewis to Carrie Cecil of the Bureau of Land Management commenting on 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