By Logan Tuttle | Peninsula Clarion

For wolf predator control management, the wait continues.

The Alaska Board of Game tabled a decision on Proposals 35 and 36 that pertain to wolf predator control management on the Kenai Peninsula during the board’s recent meeting in Barrow at the end of last week. The decision will be tabled until the statewide meeting that takes place from Jan. 13 to 17 in Anchorage.

The Board of Game released the proposed intensive management plans earlier in October that include aerial wolf control for Game Management Units 15A and 15C, which make up the majority of the Kenai Peninsula. Although they have a plan, the details of the program have yet to be ironed out. The heart of the issue is centered around controlling wolf populations to help boost the number of moose in the area pursuant to a state law mandating the “highest use” of the animal be for human consumption, Board of Game vice chairman Ted Spraker said.

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