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Unit 18 Overview
Unit 18 Overview – Slide 1
Unit 18 Land Status c::J Unil Boundary
Slale
LJ Nalive
Bureau of Land Management
Nalional Wildlife Refuge
0 15 30 60
Miles
~ -
Unit 18 Overview – Slide 2
Moose
3 Proposals, 21, 22,23 160
Unit 18 Overview – Slide 3
4
0 20 LOWEST YUKON
SURVEY AREA
Unit 18 Overview – Slide 5
Population Estimates
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
5597
3614
2827 2748 2382
1341 1378
674418
94 515 672
Lower Yukon Andreafsky Paimiut Kuskokwim
2002 2005 2006 2008 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Unit 18 Overview – Slide 6
0
Twinning rates
Count Area 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Kuskokwim 53% 47% 52% 40% 46%
Lowest Yukon 59% 50% 31% 49% 50% 27%
Andreafsky 50% 61% 42% 28%
Paimiut 50% 50% 31% 15%
Unit 18 Overview – Slide 7
Kuskokwim Browse Removal (April 2016)
Browse biomass removal estimate 15.7% + 1.7%
Population Estimate of 1378 (2015)
Twinning rate of 46%(2016)
56:100 calves to cow(2016) 70:100 bulls to cow(2016)
2013 Calf weights of female calves Averaged 384 pounds.
Unit 18 Overview – Slide 8
Unit 18 Moose
• C&T • IM Population Objective • Current Unit wide estimate • Harvest Objective • ANS • Harvestable Surplus • Current Harvest (5 year Average)
Positive 1000-2000
60-200
200-400
~14,000
~1400 726
Unit 18 Overview – Slide 9
Unit 18 Moose harvest- all hunts Harvest
900 837 774800
695 679 697 700 642606 600
458 465500
400 317 330 Harvest 300 223 233 226 200
100
0
Unit 18 Overview – Slide 10
Unit 18 Remainder Harvest
700
600
500
400
70
256
86
370
81
374
123
359
175
381
166
336
146
286
188
393
140
501
156
502
Winter Harvest 300 Fall Harvest
200
100
0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
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No Proposals
Unit 18 Overview – Slide 13
Nunivak Island Muskox
Unit 18 Overview – Slide 14
634 620 628 609
657 638
588 615
567
517
452
533 568
740
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Muskox counted
Population Objective = 550 muskox
Nelson Island Muskox
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
979 944
795761
541 561
374 327 318293 297 306 293
233 Lower Goal 250
Upper Goal 450
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Unit 18 Overview Slide 15
Nunivak Island Muskox Harvest
40 41 38 29 20 5 5 6 5 38
29 38 39 44 47
33 29 34 21
14
0
50
100
150
200
250
Bulls Cows
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Unit 18 Overview – Slide 16
Nelson Island Muskox Harvest 250
200
150
100
50
0 17 11 15 17 15 15 29
138 149
23 24 21 20 20 21 10
87 68
Bulls
Cows
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
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Proposals 18 and 24 Unit 18 Overview – Slide 18
Caribou
2 Proposal 25 and 156 Unit 18 Overview – Slide 19
Unit 18 Overview Slide 20
Wolf Harvest Percent by month 35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0% 0%
2%
4%
0%
2%
18%
10%
32%
29%
1% 2%
0%
Hunting Season Aug 10 –April 30
Trapping Season Nov 10 – March 31
July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar April May June
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No Proposals
Unit 18 Overview Slide 22
