{"id":571245,"date":"2026-06-01T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T05:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=571245"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:13:09","slug":"native-america-calling-alaska-bears-are-the-targets-of-a-controversial-management-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/06\/01\/native-america-calling-alaska-bears-are-the-targets-of-a-controversial-management-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Alaska bears are the targets of a controversial management program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, June 1, 2026<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">\r\nAlaska bears are the targets of a controversial management program\r\n<\/div>\r\nThe state of Alaska is moving forward with a program to kill <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brown_bear\">brown bears<\/a> across a 40,000-square-mile swath of land in southwest Alaska. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/alaskapublic.org\/news\/environment\/2026-05-07\/after-legal-challenge-alaska-judge-approves-states-revised-bear-cull-in-southwest-alaska\">plan to shoot bears from helicopters<\/a> aims to improve declining numbers of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adfg.alaska.gov\/static\/hunting\/caribouhunting\/pdfs\/mch-newsletter-2025-fall-update.pdf\">Mulchatna Caribou Herd<\/a>. Several local tribes and the <a href=\"https:\/\/nativefederation.org\">Alaska Federation of Natives<\/a> support the plan.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n Caribou are a subsistence food source. The herd peaked at over 200,000 in the 1990s, but plummeted to 12,000 by 2022. Conservationists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fourpawsusa.org\/our-stories\/blog-news\/a-cruel-alaska-program-aims-to-kill-as-many-bears-as-possible\">oppose the bear control measures<\/a>, arguing it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akwildlife.org\/mulchatna-predator-control\">lacks scientific evidence<\/a> that it achieves what officials say it does. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune into Native America Calling to explore the complexities of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adfg.alaska.gov\/index.cfm?adfg=gameboard.meetinginfo&#038;date=07-14-2025&#038;meeting=anchorage\">predator management in Alaska<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/06\/01\/native-america-calling-alaska-bears-are-the-targets-of-a-controversial-management-program\/brownbear\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-571387\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" data-attachment-id=\"571387\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/06\/01\/native-america-calling-alaska-bears-are-the-targets-of-a-controversial-management-program\/brownbear\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01\/brownbear.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Brown Bear\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Brown Bear&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A brown bear in Lake Clark National Park in Alaska. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/eag\/9678114412\/&gt;Eric Gorski&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01\/brownbear.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01\/brownbear.jpg\" alt=\"Brown Bear\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-571387\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">A brown bear in Lake Clark National Park in Alaska. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/eag\/9678114412\/>Eric Gorski<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nJanet Bavilla (Yup\u2019ik), subsistence hunter and council member for the Platinum Traditional Village, a federally recognized tribe in Alaska\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDoug Vincent-Lang, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adfg.alaska.gov\/index.cfm?adfg=divisions.commissioner\">commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alaska Natives are supporting a brown bear management plan that calls for the state to remove the animals in order to protect caribou herds.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":571387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[139,78,79,1342,7497,7495,7496,243,133,134,483],"class_list":["post-571245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-national","tag-afn","tag-alaska","tag-alaska-native","tag-bears","tag-caribou","tag-doug-vincent-lang","tag-janet-bavilla","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-radio","tag-subsistence","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01\/brownbear.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-2oBD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571245"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":571393,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571245\/revisions\/571393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}