Subsistence News-2/2/96

To   Subsistence 2

From:      Larry Roberts

Postmark:  Jan 29,96  9:08 AM          Delivered: Jan 29,96  9:08 AM

Subject: Subsistence News-2/2/96

—————————————————————————–

Message:

*In 1989, the Alaska State Supreme Court specifically made it clear that the state could no longer link its Subsistence priority to a person’s place of residence. Because of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), Alaska’s failure to maintain its long standing rural preference resulted in the Interior & Agriculture Departments taking over subsistence management on all federal public lands in 1990.

*The federal government assumed subsistence management of fish and wildlife on federal public lands, and the state continued management on state and private lands.

*”The challenge is to find common ground that all groups will support, and create a structure to permanently solve the problem.” Alaska Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer.

*The Alaska congressional delegation continues to say that it will not change ANILCA without an Alaskan consensus, no solution will work without widespread support; nor can a plan work that is not a complete package that balances competing interests and links each component to all others.