Subsistence News-6/2/95

To   Subsistence 2

From:      Larry Roberts:R10F02A

Postmark:  Jun 02,95  8:11 AM          Delivered: Jun 02,95 10:02 AM

Status:    Previously read

Subject: Subsistence News-6/2/95

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*The 1937 Federal Reindeer Act has recently been determined to only apply to Alaska Natives. A federal judge has ruled in an appeal that the law gives Alaska Natives the exclusive right to raise reindeer in the state. The judgement is the result of and appeal by Tom Williams, a non-Native, of the Seward Peninsula.

*The state of Alaska identifies two “tiers” for limiting wildlife harvests: Tier I limits all but rural residents; Tier II limits rural residents based on direct dependence on the resource, proximity to the resource or local residency; and availability of alternative resources.

*A major problem with the states Tier II harvest is that they are not easily verified. The state lacks the capability to confirm information submitted by many rural and urban applicants.

*Apparently the states Tier II process was never intended to apply to urban hunters, and was designed to serve rural residents when subsistence resources are insufficient to meet their needs.