Huge herds of migrating caribou. Musk ox in their shaggy coats. Bears, wolves, wolverines. Sheep and goats high in the mountains. Millions of swirling seabirds. Nesting ducks and geese and songbirds!

Alaska, like other states around the nation, is compiling a 10-year plan to guide conservation of sometimes vulnerable wildlife populations. Alaska’s State Wildlife Action Plan, which is in draft form ...