ADF&G completes photocensus for the Porcupine and Central Arctic Caribou Herds in summer 2025

[fatbacks]

Here is a link to the official release for fish and game. Seems like just about everything else, both herds showed declines.

https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/applications/publicnotification/2026/releases/R3-AA-26-3434.pdf

 

[medvedyt]

i already posted here:

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Thread 'Porcupine caribou herd summary'

Friday at 10:09 PM

let s hope no one will close their eyes this time.

Porcupine caribou herd summary
The 2025 PCH photocensus estimate of 143,000 caribou is lower than the previous photocensus in 2017.
The 2017 photocensus estimate was 218,000 caribou, which was the most caribou ever estimated in this
herd since monitoring began in the 1970s.
This herd has experienced periods of growth and decline since photocensus efforts began. In 1979, the
herd was around 106,000 caribou, grew to 178,000 in 1989, declined to 123,000 in 2001, and then
increased to 218,000 in 2017. This current period of decline is steeper...

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[VernAK]

Do either of you have the harvest data for the herds?

 

[medvedyt]

Do either of you have the harvest data for the herds?

hello Vern, the harvests for the PCH should be released in February/ March this year after the meeting but i doubt it will include all the harvests.