Federal Subsistence Board News

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Wolf hunting, trapping season to close in Unit 2

12/17/2018

Craig, Alaska — The Thorne Bay and Craig Districts Ranger, Matt Anderson, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, will close the Federal public lands of Unit 2 to the harvest of wolf from 11:59 P.M., Tuesday, December 18, 2018 until 11:59 P.M., March 31, 2018. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) will close the state wolf hunting and trapping seasons in Unit 2 at 11:59 P.M. on Tuesday, December 18, 2018.  

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Subsistence Moose Harvest Opportunity in Unit 26C for Kaktovik Residents

11/20/2018

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Manager, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is authorizing Federal registration permit harvest quota of THREE bull moose within the Kongakut River drainage in Unit 26C. This harvest opportunity will be effective for the period February 15, 2019 to April 15, 2019. Under Federal subsistence regulations, only residents of Kaktovik are eligible to participate. The Native Village of Kaktovik will conduct a Federal registration permit drawing for the two Federal registration permits to be issued.

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Federal Subsistence Board to hold teleconference on Temporary Special Action WSA18-03 (Unit 22D remainder winter moose season) and results of the 2018 Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program Review

11/02/2018

The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) will hold a teleconference on November 6, 2018 beginning at 1:00 p.m. to take action on Temporary Wildlife Special Action Request WSA18-03. Temporary Special Action Request WSA18-03, submitted by the Bureau of Land Management, requests the closure of the December 1 – 31 antlerless moose season in Unit 22D remainder.

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Federal goat hunting season to close in a portion of Unit 5A

11/02/2018

YAKUTAT, Alaska – Yakutat District Ranger Lee Benson, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is closing the 2018 federal subsistence mountain goat hunting season for a portion of Unit 5A. The closed area begins on the west shore of Harlequin Lake and the western edge of Yakutat Glacier; then west of Harlequin Lake and Yakutat Glacier to Yakutat Bay and Disenchantment Bay; and south of Russell and Nunatak Fjords. The closure will be effective Saturday, November 3, 2018, at 11:59 p.m., and will remain in effect until through December 31, 2018. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has previously established a closure for the same area (Emergency Order 01-02-18).Hunters are reminded that the Nunatak Bench area remains closed to mountain goat hunting.

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Notice of Funding Opportunity for 2020 Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program

10/31/2018

The Office of Subsistence Management (OSM) is currently seeking proposals for the 2020 Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program (Partners Program). OSM is seeking proposals for the Partners Program that strengthen Alaska Native and rural involvement in Federal subsistence management. The Partners Program is a competitive grant directed at providing funding for biologists, social scientists and outreach/educator positions in Alaska Native and rural nonprofit organizations with the intent of increasing participation in Federal subsistence fisheries management. In addition, the program supports a variety of opportunities for local rural students to connect with subsistence resource monitoring and management through science camps and paid internships.

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