Subsistence News

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Federal Subsistence Board to Hold Work Session

01/22/2024

The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) will hold a work session February 7, 2024, beginning at 9:00 a.m. until the Board has completed its work. The work session will be held in the Gordon Watson Conference Room of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office at 1011 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska.

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Federal Subsistence Board Closes Federal Public Lands to Caribou Hunting by All Users in Units 11, 12, and 13 for 2023-2024

10/20/2023

For Immediate Release:

October 20, 2023

The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) took no action on WSA23-02 and approved WSA23-04 with modification to close Federal public lands to caribou hunting by all users in Units 11, 12, and 13 for the 2023/24 regulatory due to conservation concerns. This action closes the “may be announced” seasons in Units 11 and 12 and the winter hunt in Unit 13 from Oct. 21, 2023–Mar. 31, 2024. The modification was to provide an exception for traditional religious ceremonies and cultural/educational program permit harvest. 

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Federal subsistence moose hunting season closing in a portion of Unit 5A

10/17/2023

For Immediate Release:

October 16, 2023

YAKUTAT, Alaska - Yakutat District Ranger Lee Benson, under authority delegated by the Federal
Subsistence Board, is closing the 2023 Federal subsistence moose season for that portion of Unit 5A west of the Dangerous River, except the Nunatak Bench, effective Oct. 16 2023 at 11:59 p.m. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has a closure for the State season.

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