Here is the rest of the story. The one the retired biologist & others that are against intensive management do not want you to know. For years F&G had been trying to get the moose to move into this area and populate this excellent habitat. Never would happen until... Around 1998 the Board of Game changed the spring open season on brown bears to allow spring snowmobile hunts. Guides operating primarily on adjacent State land, Tikchik State Park began hunting and harvesting huge moose killing brown bears, Taking 9 and 10 footers was common and the average hunt was lasting 3 days or less.  Body wise, the bears were bigger than Kodiak or the Peninsula. Harvest rates increased dramatically.  One bear taken was over 12 foot square. The guides operating on the Togiak Refuge could only help minimally because it is an exclusive area and the number of hunters restricted. Residents helped some as well.  But mostly guides on State lands. Moose populations took off and moved into the Togiak.