To   Subsistence 2

From:      Larry Roberts:R10F02A

Postmark:  Jun 10,94  7:58 AM          Delivered: Jun 10,94 10:00 AM

Status:    Previously read

Subject: Subsistence News-6/10/94

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*On June 8th, William (Willie) Hensley, an Alaska Native, was named by Secretaries Mike Espy and Bruce Babbitt as the new Chairperson of the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB).

*The FSB administers the subsistence taking and uses of fish and wildlife on Alaska’s federal public lands.

*Among the Boards responsibilities: establishes regulations, determines rural and non-rural communities, determines customary and traditional uses and users of specific fish and wildlife populations, allocates subsistence uses on federal public lands, and determines which lands should be closed to non-subsistence taking of fish and wildlife.

*The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council on April 11 approved a new project for this year. A cooperative effort is underway to develop a subsistence restoration plan, including a priority list of subsistence projects. Federal and State agencies, as well as local community residents are involved in the plan.

*Southeast Alaska subsistence harvesting is directly incorporated into household diets. Almost one in three households gets at least half the food it consumes from its own harvest activities.