Postmark: Oct 20,94 1:42 PM Delivered: Oct 21,94 10:00 AM
Status: Previously read
Subject: Subsistence News-10/21/94
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*Bruce Babbitt, Secty. of Interior, recently announced that the federal government will not take over Alaska’s commerical fisheries unless forced to do so by the courts.
*Bruce Babbitt (DOI) and Phil Janik (Alaska Regional Forester) signed the decision notice for the new and continuing appointees to the 10 subsistence Regional Advisory Councils (RAC). In southeast Alaska, Marilyn Wilson (Haines) was reappointed. New appointees include Dewey Skan (Klawock), Vicki LeCornu (Craig), and Dolly Garza (Sitka). In southcentral Alaska, Fred John (Mentasta), and Ralph Lohse (Cordova) were appointed. Each person was appointed to a three year term.
*RAC meetings are scheduled throughout the state during Oct. The southeast (Oct.5-7) and southcentral (Oct.6-7) RAC met to review proposals for the 1995-96 federal subsistence seasons & bag limits, develop proposals for regulation change, and to allow the public an opportunity to comment on the regulations.
*The Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) has denied the State of Alaska’s request for reconsideration for its ruling allowing the shooting of deer from a boat in southeast Alaska. The subsistence deer season in this region of the state began August 31 and ends January 31
Postmark: Sep 01,94 11:47 AM Delivered: Oct 14,94 10:00 AM
Status: Previously read
Subject: Subsistence News-10/14/94
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A brief reading list for those interested in Subsistence:
Berger, Thomas R. 1985. Village Journey:The Report of the Alaska Native Review Commission. Hill and Wang: New York.
Case, David S. 1984. Alaska Natives and American Laws. With chapter 8, Traditional Alaska Natives Societies, by Anne D. Shinkwin. University of Alaska Press, Anchorage.
Kruse, John A. and Robert M. Muth. 1990. Subsistence Use of Renewable Resources By Rural Residents of Southeast Alaska. Institute of Social and Economic Research. University of Alaska-Anchorage.
Morehouse, Thomas A. and Marybeth Holleman. 1994. When Values Conflict: Accomodating Alaska Native Subsistence. Occasional Paper No. 22: Institute of Social and Economic Research. University of Alaska-Anchorage.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1992. Record of Decision: Subsistence Management for Federal Public Lands in Alaska. U.S. Government Printing Office, Anchorage.
Postmark: Aug 31,94 1:59 PM Delivered: Oct 07,94 10:00 AM
Status: Previously read
Subject: Subsistence News-10/7/94
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*A community or area of 2500 or less people is deemed rural unless such a community or area “possesses significant characteristics of a non-rural nature, or is considered to be socially or economically a part of an urbanized area.”
*Communities or areas with populations between 2500 and 7000 are determined rural or non-rural based on consideration by the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB).
*A community with a population of 7000 or more is presumed to be non-rural, unless such a community or area ” possesses significant characteristics of a rural nature.”
*Characteristics may include, but not limited to: use of fish and wildlife; development and diversity of the economy; community infrastructure; transportation; and educational institutions.
