Subsistence News-8/18/95

To   Subsistence 2

From:      Larry Roberts

Postmark:  Aug 17,95  3:21 PM          Delivered: Aug 17,95  3:21 PM

Subject: Subsistence News-8/18/95

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Message:

*The Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) meets today to review the Request for Reconsideration by Ninilchik of the Kenai Peninsula subsistence moose hunt. The Federal District Court denied their earlier request for an “any bull”, and restriction of sport harvest.

*A WO management review of the Forest Service involvement in the Alaska Federal Subsistence Management Program (FSMP) recently took place. Comments will be incorporated into a draft WO Review Report. Additionally, a draft Subsistence Management Review Action Plan will be prepare for the WO by September 1st.

*A letter of direction is being prepared which delegates Jack Capp (R10 Director of Wildlife and Fisheries Management) as USDA representative on the FSB.

*Computer technology is bridging the gap between oral and written history. Using the latest in technology, an oral history project of the Bristol Bay Region will be stored on CD-ROM. Only 271 elders over the age of 65 live in the area. The project will result in easy access to taped interviews, much of them in Yupik (Eskimo), as well as maps and photographs.