Galena Management Area Overview

Glenn Stout – Area Biologist Nate Pamperin – Asst. Area Biologist

Stephanie Sweetsir – Off. Asst.

GMU 21C GMU 21B

GMU 21D GMU 24

51,134 mi2

ADVISORY COMMITTEES Ruby AC

Middle Yukon AC Koyukuk River AC

Western Interior RAC

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Galena Area Overview

Species Status Proposals Black Bears Declining? 0 Grizzly Bears Stable? 1 Caribou Declining 0 Moose Stable-declining 4 Sheep Stable (rebounding) 0 Furbearers Stable 0 Small Game Stable (up cycle) 0 Wolves Stable 2

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Galena Area Overview Wolf Harvest Percent by Month

Perc

ent (RY05-RY15 avg.)

30 Hunting Season: Aug 10-May 31

Trapping Season: Nov 1-April 30 25

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4Units 21BCD (avg=41 wolves/yr) Unit 24 (avg=40 wolves/yr)

• Intensive Management in 24B (UKMA)

• Moose declines in Lower Koyukuk and Lower Nowitna

• FWS and NPS rule-making

• Harvest data age-structure analysis

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Galena Area Overview Management Priorities

35,320 mi2/51,134 mi2 = 69%

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GMU 21D - Three-Day Slough Trend Count Area, Aerial Survey

Density

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GMU 21D - Koyukuk Controlled Use Area – “Core 5” Trend Count Areas

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GMU 21D - Koyukuk Controlled Use Area – “Core 5” Trend Count Areas

Bulls:100 Cows

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KCUA Check Station 1983-2016

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Hunters Moose Ovrvw. 10

Preliminary (2/8/17) Local Resident Reported Moose Harvest

2001-2016

173

166 178

188 196

213 214 238 233 242

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259 234

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Galena Nulato Koyukuk Huslia Ruby Hughes Kaltag Tanana Allakaket Total Ovrvw.

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Intensive Management - 24B UKMA

Wolf Removal Area Experimental Comparison Area

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Wolf Control • 2013 - 23 wolves • 2015 - 26 wolves • 2016 - 10 wolves

59 Total

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24B Upper Koyukuk Management Area

• Activities Completed 2011-16 • Subsistence Household Harvest Surveys

• Moose Twinning Rate/Population Estimation Surveys

• Calf and Yearling Survival Rate

• Wolf Control

RY (1) Allakaket/Alatna Household Surveysa

(2) Harvest Reportsb

(3) UKMA Calculated Harveste

“Catch-per-unit-effort” Estimated Harvestc

Allakaket /Alatna harvestc

24B Harvest

(all other hunters)

24B Total

Harvestd Miles

per Trip Cost per

Trip Hours

per Trip

2011 62 $94 13 16 4 28 31 16 2012 61 $97 15 19 13 24 33 16 2013 65 $102 18 12 3 24 27 10 2014 63 $119 16 20 12 37 49 14 2015 37 $172 19 18 7 27 34 n/a 2016* n/a n/a n/a 17 12 17 24 n/a

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24B Upper Koyukuk Management Area

Moose Population/Twinning Surveys

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se/s

q. m

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Twinning Rates (%) 2008 35 2009 60 2010 58 2011 37 2012 52 2013 43

24B Moose Density EstimatesMoosepop '89 & '93, w/o SCF in '93, GSPE in '99 through ‘15

0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1

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0.37 0.31

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0.32 0.39

0.29

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0.43

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2015 Results

62 Bulls:100 Cows

10 Yrlg bull:100 Cows

52 calv.:100 Cows Ovrvw. 15

Year Kanuti IM Area

24B Upper Koyukuk Management Area

Preliminary CALF Survival Rate Assessment

Calf Survival - With Wolf Control Calf Survival - Without Wolf Control 100% 100% 90% 90% 80% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

Cohort 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

Cohort 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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24B Upper Koyukuk Management Area

Preliminary YEARLING Survival Rate Assessment

Yearling Survival - With Wolf Control 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

Cohort 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Yearling Survival - Without Wolf Control 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

Cohort 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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Sidney Huntington 1915-2015

BOG Member 17 years

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GMU 21C GMU 21B

Galena Management Area Overview

CONCLUSION

GMU 21D GMU 24