Federal Subsistence Board

The Federal Subsistence Board is the decision-making body that oversees the Federal Subsistence Management Program. It is made up of the regional directors of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. Forest Service, six public members, representing rural subsistence users and possessing personal knowledge of and direct experience with subsistence uses in rural Alaska, and the Federal Subsistence Board Chair, all, including the Chair, appointed by the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture. The Secretaries have delegated the authority to manage fish and wildlife for subsistence uses on Federal public lands and waters in Alaska to the Federal Subsistence Board.

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