Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils to hold public meetings Public is welcome and encouraged to participate

For Immediate Release:
February 3, 2023

Previous announcement stated an incorrect meeting place for the Eastern Interior Alaska and Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Subsistence Regional Advisory Council. The changes are highlighted in yellow.

The Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils will hold public meetings between February and April 2023 to develop proposals to change Federal subsistence hunting and trapping regulations for the 2024-2026 regulatory years and discuss other issues affecting subsistence in their regions.

02/08/2023
Last edited 02/08/2023
Contact Information

Kayla McKinney
(800) 478-1456
kayla_mckinney@fws.gov

The meetings will be held in-person. The public is welcome and encouraged to participate in these meetings in-person or by teleconference. 

Please be informed that per Department of the Interior guidance for all in-person meetings, when the COVID-19 community level is HIGH as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), all in-person attendees must wear masks when indoors, regardless of vaccination status and consistent with CDC and Task Force guidance on mask-wearing.  

Before attending the meeting in-person, first, please check the COVID-19 community level at https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home for the community where the meeting you plan to attend is scheduled to be held. Masks will be provided at the door.

The meeting schedule is as follows; however, meeting dates and locations are subject to change based on weather or local circumstances:

Meeting dates

Subsistence Regional Advisory Council

Meeting location

Council Coordinator

Feb. 22-23

North Slope Subsistence Regional Advisory Council

Kaktovik

Contact:  Jessica Gill
(907) 310-6129

Feb. 28 – Mar. 2

Southeast Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council

Juneau

Contact:  DeAnna Perry
(907) 586-7918
deanna.perry@usda.gov

Mar. 1-2

Eastern Interior Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council

Fairbanks

Contact:  Brooke McDavid

(907) 891-9181
brooke_mcdavid@fws.gov

Mar. 6-7

Northwest Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council

Kotzebue

Contact:  Lisa Hutchinson-Scarbrough
(907) 310-4097
lisa_hutchinson@fws.gov

Mar. 8-9

Bristol Bay Subsistence Regional Advisory Council

Naknek

Contact:  Leigh Honig

(907) 891-9053
leigh_honig@usda.gov

Mar. 15-16

Southcentral Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council

Anchorage

Contact:  Jessica Gill

(907) 310-6129

jessica_gill@fws.gov

Mar. 22-23

Seward Peninsula Subsistence Regional Advisory Council

Nome

Contact:  Nissa Pilcher

(907) 891-9054
nissa_batespilcher@fws.gov

Mar. 29-30

Kodiak/Aleutians Subsistence Regional Advisory Council

Kodiak

Contact:  Lisa Hutchinson-Scarbrough
(907) 310-4097
lisa_hutchinson@fws.gov

Apr. 4-5

Western Interior Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council

Aniak

Contact:  Nissa Bates Pilcher

(907) 891-9054
nissa_batespilcher@fws.gov

Apr. 4-6

Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Subsistence Regional Advisory Council

Bethel

Contact:  Brooke McDavid

(907) 891-9181
brooke_mcdavid@fws.gov

Individual teleconference numbers, passcodes, and meeting times will be provided on meeting agendas when distributed as well as posted together with all meeting materials approximately two weeks prior to each meeting and may be found here: https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions. You may also request to have the documents mailed (USPS) or e-mailed to you by sending your request to subsistence@fws.gov or calling (800) 478-1456.

Reasonable Accommodations: The Federal Subsistence Board is committed to providing access to these meetings for all participants. Please make requests in advance for sign language interpreter services, assistive listening devices, or other reasonable accommodations. Please make requests to Katya Wessels, (907) 786–3888, subsistence@fws.gov, at least 7 business days prior to the meeting you would like to attend to give the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sufficient time to process your request. All reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a case-by-case basis.  

Information about the Federal Subsistence Management Program may be found on the web at www.doi.gov/subsistence or by visiting www.facebook.com/subsistencealaska.

Missing out on the latest Federal subsistence issues? If you’d like to receive emails and notifications on the Federal Subsistence Management Program you may subscribe for regular updates by emailing fws-fsb-subsistence-request@lists.fws.gov.

Corrected MA RAC Meetings Winter 2023 [pdf]

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