Wrangell-St. Elias Subsistence Resource Commission

March 14-15, 2024

Bureau of Land Management, Glennallen Field Office Agency Report

Caroline Ketron, Anthropologist/Subsistence Coordinator 

I. General Updates

• Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues to work collaboratively with Alaska 

Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) to monitor subsistence resource populations 

among BLM and State lands within Game Management Unit 13.

• The BLM Glennallen Field Office (BLM-GFO) continues to work with Ahtna Intertribal 

Resource Commission (AITRC)’s Community Harvest System.

Subsistence Permitting Updates

• The BLM Glennallen Field Office issued permits in-person only this year. As always, 

permittees must demonstrate Alaska residency, proof of rural residency, and an Alaska resident

hunting license. We issued permits for moose and caribou from the Glennallen Field Office and 

from Delta Junction, in July, to qualified rural residents. Caribou permits were never used since 

the hunt closed. 

Wildlife Updates

• The BLM and ADF&G continue a multi-year cooperative agreement. The objective is to 

actively cooperate and monitor subsistence resource populations among BLM and State of 

Alaska lands within GMU13.

• The federal caribou hunt in Game Management Unit 13 (FC1302) was closed for the 

2023/24 season by action of the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) on a series of Wildlife 

Special Actions which cited conservation concerns for Nelchina caribou herd. Permits 

issued prior to the season opener, and prior to the official closure, were rendered invalid:

we informed all permit holders of the closure and forwarded the FSB news releases to 

local media in the Copper Basin and in Delta Junction. 

• Thank you to federal subsistence hunters for your participation in the federal subsistence 

hunts in the Glennallen Field Office area, and for your patience with the rapidly 

changing circumstances this fall.

• Wildlife Proposal WP24-09, submitted by the BLM Glennallen Field Office, is under 

consideration by the RACs and FSB and would expand the BLM’s delegated 

authority for in-season management of the caribou hunt.
FEDERAL SUBSISTENCE MOOSE HARVEST GMU 13

Table 1. FM1301 harvest for the 2023 moose season in GMU13

Time Frame PermitsIssued Permits Attempted Bulls Harvested Hunter Success Rate

2023* 1,023 365 37 10%

5 Year Average** 1,290 591 69 11.9%

* Prepared 1 19, 2024 

**2018-2022

Figure 1. Federal Subsistence Moose Harvest Pattern (FM1301) from 2010 to 2023
FEDERAL SUBSISTENCE CARIBOU HARVEST GMU 13

Table 2. FC1302 caribou harvest in GMU13. Closed for 2023/24 season.

Permits

Issued

Permits

Attempted

Bulls

Harvested

Cows

Harvested

Total

Harvest

Success Rate

2023/24 N/A*

2022/23 2,676 1,015 115 51 166 16.4%

5 Year

Average** 2,813 1,097 154 78 233 20.5%

*some permits were issued prior to the closure but they are invalid since there was no hunt event. 

**2018-2022

Figure 2. Federal Subsistence Caribou Harvest Pattern (FC1302) from 2010 to 2022
Table 3. FC1302 caribou harvest in GMU13 2010-2023 with +/- population objective and Emergency Orders

(Federal hunt data from the Federal Subsistence database; general population estimate and E.O. history provided by ADF&G personal communication 7/31/23)

Reg Year Hunt

Permits 

Issued Hunted

Total 

Harvest Bull Cow Success %

Above/Below/

Within Population

Objective State Emergency Orders

2023 FC1302 CLOSED Below Closed all hunts

2022 FC1302 2,676 1,015 166 115 51 16.4 Below

Bull only; Closed hunts when

quotas were met; closed all 

winterseasons

2021 FC1302 2,606 945 220 149 71 23.3 Within

closed hunts when quotas were 

met; closed all winter seasons

2020 FC1302 2,915 1,194 306 194 112 25.6 Within

EO to extend fall seasons; 

closed winter seasons when

quotas met

2019 FC1302 2,785 898 102 81 21 11.4 Above EO to extend fall seasons

2018 FC1302 3,082 1,433 370 235 135 25.8 Below

Bull only; Closed hunts when

quotas were met

2017 FC1302 3,071 1,526 358 210 148 23.5 Above EO to extend fall seasons

2016 FC1302 3,151 1,530 491 299 192 32.1 Above

EO to extend fall seasons; extra 

permit issued per household for 

winter season

2015 FC1302 3,061 1,560 595 448 147 38.1 Above

2014 FC1302 2,943 1,395 237 178 59 17 no estimate

2013 FC1302 2,781 1,303 279 211 68 21.4 Within

Bull only; Winter seasons closed

by EO

2012 FC1302 2,953 1,518 537 334 203 35.4 Above

2011 FC1302 2,980 1,425 395 282 113 27.7 Above

Winter seasons closed early by

EO

2010 FC1302 2,852 1,535 451 322 129 29.4 Above

Winter season closed early by

EO