Board of Game asks for more protection of Tangle Lakes region

The Alaska Board of Game is asking Gov. Sarah Palin to strengthen wildlife protection measures in the Tangle Lakes region west of Paxson.In a letter to the governor, board chair Cliff Judkins wrote late last month that supporters of making the area a wildlife refuge had presented “compelling testimony” about the area’s value to wildlife at the board’s spring meeting in Fairbanks.

He noted the board lacked the authority to preemptively protect any area, and he called on Palin to catalogue the wildlife resources of the area and start discussions among state agencies about how to ensure the wildlife is protected.

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