 The issue has been a subject of intense debate and litigation. Conservation groups in 2020 sued over a Trump administration era rule that allowed certain hunting practices authorized by the state, including bear baiting, to take place on federally run national preserves. The Trump administration's plan rolled back an Obama era rule that had banned non-subsistence hunters from engaging in such things as bear baiting or using dogs to hunt black bears, killing wolves during denning season, and taking swimming caribou.