Subsistence News-6/23/95

To   Subsistence 2

From:      Larry Roberts:R10F02A

Postmark:  Jun 19,95  6:31 AM          Delivered: Jun 23,95  9:59 AM

Status:    Previously read

Subject: Subsistence News-6/23/95

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Message:

*The Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) is scheduled to meet in Anchorage thursday, July 13th at the Captain Cook Hotel. The meeting will convene at 9:00am. Purpose of the meeting is to readdress the FSB decision of 4/14/95 to adopt revised Customary and Traditional Use determinations for the Kenai Peninsula, and the proposed Kenai subsistence moose season.

*A WO Program Review of the Alaska Subsistence program is scheduled for August 7-8, 1995. The review is intended to elevate visibility of Alaska programs, including subsistence, with the WO staff. The meeting is set for Anchorage to allow for inter-agency participation.

*The Tlingit community of SE Alaska strongly objects to the commercial exploitation of devil’s club (Oplopanax horridum). They recognize the spiritual, medicinal, and holistic importance of the plant. They believe that tradtional cultural use and respect for the plant are in direct conflict with commercial exploitation. Traditional use dictates that the plant be harvested only for personal use on as needed basis.