Decades of wildlife management research does not support Bruce Dale or the BOG on their policy of intensive wildlife management.  The killing of predators tends to have a negative effect on all wildlife populations long term.  The two main reasons for the decline of wildlife is habitat destruction & over harvesting by man.  Natural predation tends to have a beneficial impact on sustainable wildlife populations.  Using short term (less than 20 year) measurements of herd populations is not an accurate method of determining long term trends.

The State of Alaska is only doing harm to both Alaska's reputation as a good steward of the land & to our wildlife by using 'predator control (killing)' as a management tool.

It is past time to put a stop to predator control.  To do this will take a wholesale change of staff at the top of AK Fish & Game Dept.

The fairy tale of the big bad wolf is just that, a fairy tale.  Wolves like all other top predators play a crucial role in a balanced system.