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News Release Date: September 14, 2026
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COPPER CENTER, ALASKA – The National Park Service is sharing this announcement from Department of the Interior. The same content appears as a Federal Subsistence Board Bulletin.
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve Acting Superintendent Joshua Scott, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is opening a two-day moose hunting season in the Unit 11 federal registration permit hunt area (FM1106). The season will open at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, September 21 and close at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, unless modified by a subsequent federal special action.
The FM1106 hunt area encompasses the Unit 11 remainder and the portion of Unit 11, south and east of a line running along the north bank of the Chitina River, the north and west banks of the Nizina River, & the west bank of the West Fork of the Nizina River, continuing along the western edge of West Fork Glacier to the summit of Regal Mountain. A map is available at the park’s headquarters in Copper Center and by contacting wrst_subsistence@nps.gov.
Current FM1106 permit holders can use their existing permit for this hunt.
For additional information, contact Acting Superintendent Joshua Scott at 907-822-5234 or joshua_scott@nps.gov, or Team Lead for Resource, Stewardship, and Science Benjamin Pister at 907-822-5234 or benjamin_pister@nps.gov.
Information about the Federal Subsistence Management Program may be found on the web at www.doi.gov/subsistence or by visiting www.facebook.com/subsistencealaska.
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Last updated: September 14, 2026