Meeting Materials and Board Actions - Consensus Agenda: April 2026 Regulatory Meeting

Consensus Agenda Proposals and Closure Reviews

The proposals in the first table below have been included on the consensus agenda.  These are proposals for which there is agreement among Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils, the Federal Interagency Staff Committee, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game concerning Board action.  Anyone may request that the Board remove a proposal from the consensus agenda and place it on the regular agenda.  The Board retains final authority for removal of proposals from the consensus agenda.  The Board will take final action on the consensus agenda after deliberation and decisions on all other proposals.

*Non-Consensus Agenda Proposals and Closure Reviews can be found here.

Proposal/Closure Review

Unit/Species

General Description

Recommendations

Page 

WP26-02

Units 1-5 / Big Game

Prohibit take between civil sunset and sunrise

Oppose

1

WP26-09

Unit 2 / Wolf

Shorten season to open Dec. 15

Oppose

15

WP26-11

Unit 6D / Black bear

Require a Federal registration permit; close portions to non-federally qualified users

Oppose

59

WP26-18/19/20/21/22/23

Unit 7 / Furbearers

WP26-18: Require 100-yard setback from Kenai Lake beaches
WP26-19: Require 50-yard setback around campgrounds
WP26-20: Require 100-yard setback from highway pullouts and winter trail in Summit Lake RA
WP26-21: Require "Active Trapping" signs to be posted
WP26-22: Require 100-yard setbacks along Quartz Creek road, Old Sterling Hwy, and Sterling Hwy pullouts
WP26-23: Require 100-yard setbacks along trails

 WP26-18, WP26-20-23: Take no action

WP26-19: Support as modified by OSM

73

WP26-25/26

Unit 13 / Brown bear

Increase harvest limit to two bears

Support

95

WP26-35

Unit 9D / Caribou

Mirror State Proposal 7 to extend the fall SAPCH season to Oct. 21

Support

105

WP26-36

Unit 9 / Wolverine

Mirror State Proposal 22 to shorten hunting season

Support

127

WP26-37

Units 9, 17 / Beaver

Mirror State Proposals 21 and 37 to remove 2/day limit by firearm Apr. 15 - May 31

Support as modified by OSM

135

WP26-38/39

Unit 17 / Brown bear

WP26-38: Increase harvest limit to two bears; eliminate State permit requirement
WP26-39: Mirror State proposal 32 to allow year-round take

Support

147

WP26-40

Unit 17 / Caribou

Close Nushagak caribou hunt, except by 7 communities

Oppose

161

WCR26-07

Unit 17 / Caribou

Nushagak Peninsula - closed to NFQUs unless population > 900 caribou

Retain Status Quo

205

WP26-46

Unit 18 / Ptarmigan

Increase harvest limit to 25/day; 50 in possession

Support

213

WP26-52

Unit 22 / Brown bear

Align with State regulations

Support

229

WP26-55/56

Unit 22A / Moose

Remove Federal permit requirement; extend fall season; establish winter hunt for Unit 22A Unalakleet

WP26-55: Support

WP26-56: Take no action

243

WP26-57

Unit 22A / Moose

Require Federal registration permit for Units 22A North and 22A remainder

Oppose

253

WP26-58

Unit 22B / Moose

Remove Federal permit requirement for winter season in Unit 22B West

Support

259

WP26-59

Unit 22B / Moose

Shift fall season later to Sept. 6 - 20

Oppose

275

WP26-60

Unit 22D / Moose

Change winter hunt to one antlered bull by state permit; Dec. 1 - Jan. 31 may be announced

Support

283

WP26-62a

Unit 22A / Muskox

Recognize C&T of Unit 22A residents

Support as modified by OSM

307

WP26-62b

Unit 22A / Muskox

Establish hunt (1 bull; Aug. 1 - Mar. 15)

Support as modified by OSM

325

WCR26-09a/09c

Unit 22 / Moose

09a: Unit 22A North - closed to non-federally qualified users, Sept. 21 - Aug. 31; 09c: Unit 22A remainder - seasonal closure to non-federally qualified users

Rescind

335

WCR26-16

Unit 22E / Moose

Unit 22E - closed to non-federally qualified users

Retain Status Quo

345

WP26-66

Unit 23 / Wolf

Extend season to open Aug. 1, and increase harvest limit to 20

Support as modified by OSM

351

WP26-67

Unit 23 / Muskrat

Extend trapping season to year round

Support

363

WP26-68

Unit 23 / Ptarmigan

Increase harvest limit and possession limit, and extend season to close June 15

Support

371

WP26-70

Units 20E, 25A, 25B / Black bear

Allow sale of handicrafts using any nonedible part

Support

379

WP26-71

Unit 12 / Brown bear

Increase harvest limit to two bears

Support

401

WP26-72b

Unit 20E / Brown bear

Increase harvest limit to two bears

Support

409

WP26-73

Unit 25B / Brown bear

Increase harvest limit to two bears

Oppose

417

WP26-74

Unit 12 / Sheep

Add Chitina and Kenny Lake to C&T

Oppose

425

WP26-78

Units 25C, 25D / Boundary change

Boundary change

Support

439

WCR26-22

Unit 25D / Moose

Unit 25D west - closed except by 25D west residents

Retain Status Quo

445

WCR26-25

Unit 26C / Muskox

Unit 26C - closed except by Kaktovik residents

Retain closure and modify regulatory language as recommended by OSM

469

 

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