Subsistence News-7/8/94

To   Subsistence 2

From:      Larry Roberts:R10F02A

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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Message:

*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.