Biologists releasing an Alaska hare. (Alaska Department of Fish and Game photo) The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is studying Western Alaska’s dwindling population of Alaska hares, more commonly ...

An Alaska hare perches on the tundra in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge on May 21, 2010. Alaska hares, which are much bigger than snowshoe hares, appear to be declining in population and are ...

It’s mid-February, and Parks and Rec hikers are headed up from Crow Hill Road to Lawson Meadows. The skiers soon disappeared, leaving the snowshoe-ers to plod our way up. The lead hikers got lucky — a ...

Alaska, like other states around the nation, is compiling a 10-year plan to guide conservation of sometimes vulnerable wildlife populations. Alaska’s State Wildlife Action Plan, which is in draft form ...