text: The Mulchatna Caribou herd during VVB tenure was the worst case of mis-management of any herd bar none in recent history. As the herd declined rapidly, F&G refused to do any wolf control until all the area moose were nearly destroyed as well.  VVB continues to refuse to acknowledge the areas where more intensive management did work. And fails to admit that delaying wolf control during the Knowles administration decimated the Alaska Range and Denali caribou herds. 30 years of conservative management down the drain. He never learned or never believed in the biological term "predator pit". Listed above are 3 cases where politics delayed predator control and created decades long damage to the prey. VVB never mentions a single instance where intensive management for wolf or bear has lead to long term damage to the predators. The McGrath predator reduction included removing a lot of moose killing black bears and the moose responded quickly.  The 40 Mile herd he references use to be 400,000.