Postmark: Aug 30,94 3:23 PM Delivered: Sep 02,94 10:01 AM
Status: Previously read Filed
Subject: Subsistence News-9/2/94
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Message:
*Recently the National Park Service (NPS) and Justice Department asked that all charges against Gregory Brown be dropped. Brown, a Tlingit from Hoonah, was charged in October of 1992 with killing a seal in Glacier Bay National Park. The seal was used for a traditional Tlingit memorial potlatch.
*The government has asked that all charges in the case against Brown be dropped. The defendent requests that the case proceed on its merits, as many unanswered/unresolved questions remain.
*Brown maintains that his conduct is permitted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act; he is protected under the Free Exercise Clause of the U.S. Constitution; and the NPS did not have the authority to prohibit his taking a seal in Glacier Bay. Brown argues that the NPS does not own the submerged lands and waters of the park, and lacks the authority to regulate submerged lands and waters of Glacier Bay.
Postmark: Jun 17,94 8:36 AM Delivered: Jun 17,94 10:03 AM
Status: Previously read
Subject: Subsistence News-6/17/94
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Message:
*The Southeast Native Subsistence Commission (SENSC) has called for a meeting June 22-23, in Juneau.
*Forest Subsistence Coordinators are evaluating nominations for the Southcentral and Southeast Alaska Federal Regional Advisory Council positions. Finalists will be named to three year appointments by the Secretary of Agriculture and Interior.
*In Alaska, the Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) are each drafting separate subsistence fishing contingency plans. The plans are due August 31st.
*FWS manages sea otter, polar bear, and walrus. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) manages seals, sea lions, and porpoise in Alaska. The Marine Mammal Protection Act allows Alaska Natives the opportunity to harvest marine mammals for subsistence or to create handicrafts from these animals.
*In Southeast Alaska, deer make up at least 21% of the yearly total pounds of edible food for the regions rural residents.
