AR-News: (US-ak)Game Board leaves wolf buffer intact

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FAIRBANKS -- A controversial wolf protection area on state land near
Denali National Park and Preserve will be retained, the Alaska Board of
Game has ruled.

In a split vote, the board opted to keep in place the Denali Buffer Zone
to make killing wolves elsewhere more palatable to the public. The
130-square-mile area has been closed to the hunting and trapping of wolves
to protect two highly visible packs for viewing by Denali visitors.

"My whole being said to get rid of this, but the caveat I ended up dealing
with is that I can sacrifice that buffer zone for all the other wolf plans
we have coming up," Fairbanks board member Sharon McLeod-Everette said of
the decision late Monday. "I think kicking the buffer zone out would give
(animal-rights groups) an opportunity to scream and yell and cry and put
it in the news again and I don't want it there." 

full story:
http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/4838076p-4776057c.html

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