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Alaskan halibut often weigh over 100 pounds (45 kg). Specimens under 20 pounds (9.1 kg) are often thrown back when caught. With a land area of 586,412 square miles (1,518,800 km 2), not counting the Aleutian islands, Alaska is one-fifth the size of lower 48 states, and as Ken Schultz [4] notes in his chapter on Alaska [5] "Alaska is a bounty of more than 3,000 rivers, more than 3 million lakes ...
The most common resource harvesting activity among Lower Tanana Athabaskan bands, [7] Moose hunting is always a popular activity in modern Athabaskan communities because of the meat's economic value and a food preference for large game. [7] Moose hunting in the fall was either an individual pursuit or a group activity.
The Chuitna River, sometimes called the Chuit, [1] emerges from a broad expanse of forest and wetlands west of Anchorage and drains into Cook Inlet.The river and its tributaries support all five species of Pacific salmon, Dolly Varden and trout, [2] and the region is home to abundant wildlife, including moose, wolves, and bears.
The Alaskan subspecies of moose (Alces alces gigas) is the largest in the world; adult males weigh 1,200 to 1,600 pounds (542–725 kg), and adult females weigh 800 to 1,300 pounds (364–591 kg) [17] Alaska's substantial moose population is controlled by predators such as bears and wolves, which prey mainly on vulnerable calves, as well as by ...
Alaska moose are sexually dimorphic with males being 40% heavier than females. [5] Male Alaska moose can stand over 2.1 m (6.9 ft) at the shoulder, and weigh over 635 kg (1,400 lb). When Alaska moose are born, they weigh on average about 28 pounds, but by five months old they can weigh up to 280 pounds. [4]
As time is running out on the short moose hunting season Joey and his team have to camp at Fish Lake hoping to find a moose to hunt. They camp and travel around Fish Lake and around the Outer Lakes area looking for any fresh signs that moose are even in the area knowing that the moose hunting season will end soon.
This refuge was created in 1941 as the Kenai National Moose Range, but in 1980 it was changed to its present status by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. The refuge is administered from offices in Soldotna. The Kenai Wilderness protects 1,354,247 acres of the refuge as wilderness area. [2]
The river's destination is the Cook Inlet in Alaska's southwest. The McNeil is the prime habitat of numerous animals, but it is famous for its salmon and brown bears. This wealth of wildlife was one of the reasons for the Alaska State Legislature's decision to designate the McNeil River a wildlife sanctuary in 1967.