Postmark: Jul 07,94 9:45 AM Delivered: Jul 08,94 10:00 AM
Status: Previously read
Subject: Subsistence News-7/8/94
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*Requests For Reconsideration of the 1994-95 Alaska Federal Subsistence Management Regulations must be submitted to the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) by August 3, 1994.
*On August 30, the FSB issued a harvest permit for one deer (either sex) to Owen James of Kake. The deer is to be taken and prepared during the Kake Culture Camp (July 6-13). The deer must be taken only from federal public lands.
*The FSB Staff, Regional Coordinators, and various Regional Advisory Council representatives will meet in Anchorage (July 12-13) to work on the specifics of a Designated Hunter proposal acceptable for the 1995-96 season.
*For a second time, the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) has rejected Alaska Governor Walter Hickel’s proposed legislative package to end the states subsistence dilemma.
*Carol Jorgensen, southeast Alaska Regional Advisory Council Coordinator, reports that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the lead agency within the FSB) has opened recruitment for the Alaska Director’s position outside the agency.
*Wood is a major source of heat in rural Alaska. It is also used for smoking and preserving fish and meat.
Postmark: Jul 01,94 8:02 AM Delivered: Jul 01,94 10:00 AM
Status: Previously read
Subject: Subsistence News-7/1/94
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*The Southeast Native Subsistence Commission (SENSC) recently elected Officers for the coming year. Harold Martin (Juneau) was reelected as President; Matthew Kookesh (Angoon) was elected V.P.; John Feller (Wrangell) was reelected Secty./Treasurer; Andrew Ebona (Juneau) was elected to an At-Large position; and Dewey Skan (Klawock) was elected to an At-Large position.
*The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) provides a process for assessing subsistence impacts related to land use decisions.
*The ANILCA 810 process encompasses a four step regime: evaluation; finding; notice and hearing; and determination.
*Significant reductions in the opportunity to continue subsistence are generally caused by one or more of the following:
reduction in abundance or distribution of resource(s);
substantial interference with access;
major increase in non-rural competition for resource(s).
*If there is a significant restriction on subsistence a three part determination is made prior to project authorization.
*A determination includes the following:1.Necessary & Consistent; 2. Minimum area necessary; 3.Reasonable steps to minimize adverse impacts.
Postmark: Jun 23,94 1:42 PM Delivered: Jun 24,94 10:01 AM
Status: Previously read
Subject: Subsistence News-6/23/94
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Message:
*Final rules for the 1994-95 Alaska Subsistence taking of fish and wildlife can be located within the June 3, 1994, Federal Register (Vol. 59, No.106). Rules apply between July 1-June 30.
*Federal Register notice, concerning the process and schedule, for Customary and Traditional Use determinations has been signed by Willie Hensley (FSB Chairperson). The notice is co-signed by the Regional Forester.
*Characteristics of a subsistence based economy:
community-wide, seasonal, exploitation of resources;
high participation in hunting and fishing activities;
substantial harvest of fish and wildlife for local use;
family & household processing and production of resources;
extensive, non-commercial, distribution and exchange of resources;
traditional land use and residency; and
a mixed economy of subsistence and commercial interests.
*Alaska subsistence harvests vary significantly by region. Rural residents in northwest and arctic Alaska harvest the most (610 pounds per capita), and southeast Alaska residents harvest the least (212 pounds per capita).
*At least 85% of rural southeast Alaska households harvest some subsistence resources.
