Two federal agencies this week took steps to increase hunting and trapping on several national preserves in Alaska and in the popular Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.The moves drew alarm from conservation groups who said the new rules will support extreme measures to kill predators and their young in national preserves in Alaska. They said a proposed rule change would allow brown bear baiting in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge for the first time.Alaska leaders praised the changes, and hunting groups and a tribal consortium said the new rules will support sport and subsistence hunters in the national preserves.The National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in separate statements that their actions are designed to align federal and state law.
Source: Trump administration moves to ease rules for hunting bears and wolves on federal lands in Alaska – Anchorage Daily News
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