The Western Arctic Caribou Herd, once the biggest in Alaska, is faltering, having fallen from a high of 490,000 animals in 2003 to only 152,000 as of 2023. But to the east, the Porcupine Caribou ...

But they’re diminishing quickly. The Mulchatna caribou herd, located mostly in southwestern Alaska, reached a peak of 200,000 animals in the mid-1990s. It has since suffered catastrophic decline ...

Rick Thoman, a climate researcher at University of Alaska Fairbanks, edited the report and said the NOAA report card also documents rapid declines in caribou herds. “Particularly the large ...

The Yukon government, Kluane First Nation and White River First Nation have decided to forgo the allowable harvest of the Chisana caribou herd to prioritize conservation. The Chisana caribou herd ...