Secretary of the Interior Appoints Members to Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils

For Immediate Release:
January 27, 2023

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, with the concurrence of Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, has made appointments to the 10 Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils. The Councils advise the Federal Subsistence Board on subsistence management regulations and policies and serve as a forum for public involvement in Federal subsistence management in Alaska. With these appointments (shown in bold), the current membership of the Councils are:
 

01/27/2023
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Contact Information

Katerina Wessels
(907) 786-3885 or (800) 478-1456
katerina_wessels@fws.gov

 

 

Southeast Alaska 
Larry R. Bemis, Yakutat 
Frank G. Wright, Jr., Hoonah 
Calvin H. Casipit, Gustavus 
Michael A. Douville, Craig 
James C. Slater, Pelican 
Robert F. Schroeder, Juneau 
Albert H. Howard, Angoon 
Donald C. Hernandez, Point Baker  
Patricia A. Phillips, Pelican 
Louie A. Wagner, Jr., Metlakatla 
Harvey Kitka, Sitka 
John Smith III, Juneau 
Cathy A. Needham, Juneau 
Southcentral Alaska 
Edward H. Holsten, Cooper Landing 
Michael V. Opheim, Seldovia 
Richard Greg Encelewski, Ninilchik 
Diane A. Selanoff, Valdez 
Dennis M. Zadra, Cordova 
Gloria Stickwan, Tazlina 
Angela K. Totemoff, Anchorage 
Donna E. Claus, Chitina 
Andrew T. McLaughlin, Chenega Bay 
Donna M. Faust Wilson, Sutton 
Hope L. Roberts, Valdez 
Heath Q. Kocan, Cordova 
Michael G. Rego, Glennallen 
Kodiak/Aleutians 
Patrick B. Holmes, Kodiak 
Richard R. Koso, Adak  
Samuel I. Rohrer, Kodiak  
Christopher L. Price, Unalaska 
Coral A. Chernoff, Kodiak 
Rebecca L. Skinner, Kodiak 
Della Trumble, King Cove 
Natasha M. Hayden, Kodiak 
Bristol Bay 
John I. Christensen, Jr., Port Heiden 
Robert P. Hill, Naknek 
Nanci A. Morris Lyon, King Salmon 
William W. Trefon, Jr., Nondalton  
Dan O. Dunaway, Dillingham 
Lary J. Hill, Iliamna 
Norman N. Anderson, Dillingham 
Richard J. Wilson, Naknek 
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta 
Henry Parks, Nunapitchuk 
Norma T. Evan, Marshall 
John W. Andrew, Kwethluk 
Walter A. Morgan, Sr., Lower Kalskag 
Jacqueline K. Cleveland, Quinhagak 
James C. Landlord, Mountain Village 
Alissa Nadine Rogers, Bethel 
Phillip K. Peter, Sr., Akiachak 
Wassilly B. Alexie, Russian Mission 
Raymond J. Oney, Alakanuk  
Myron P. Naneng, Sr., Bethel 
Robert J. Hoffman, Bethel 
Richard B. Slats, Chevak 
Western Interior Alaska 
Pollock Simon, Sr., Allakaket 
Kevin L. Whitworth, McGrath 
Jack L. Reakoff, Wiseman 
Timothy P. Gervais, Ruby 
Darrell M. Vent, Sr., Huslia 
Jenny K. Pelkola, Galena  
Tommy Kriska, Nulato 
 
Seward Peninsula 
Mary J. Freytag, Unalakleet 
Raymond J. Hunt, Shaktoolik 
Louis H. Green Jr., Nome 
Thomas L. Gray, Nome 
Deahl D. Katchatag, Unalakleet 
Martin A. Aukongak, Golovin 
Elmer K. Seetot, Jr., Brevig Mission 
Robert F. Moses, Sr., Golovin Ronald D. Kirk, Stebbins 
Northwest Arctic 
Hannah P. Loon, Kotzebue 
Thomas C. Baker, Kotzebue 
Tristen S. Pattee, Ambler 
Michael C. Kramer, Kotzebue 
Calvin D. Moto II, Deering 
Wilbur M. Howarth, Sr., Noorvik 
Robert J. Schaeffer, Kotzebue 
Elmer Armstrong, Jr., Noorvik 
Verne J. Cleveland, Sr., Ambler 
Raymond Woods, Kotzebue 
Eastern Interior Alaska 
Susan L. Entsminger, Mentasta 
Amanda Pope, Circle 
Linda M. Evans, Rampart 
Eva D. Burk, Fairbanks 
William L. Glanz, Central 
Andrew W. Bassich, Eagle 
Robert C. Wright, Sr., Tanana 
Charlie Jagow, Porcupine River 
Donald A. Woodruff, Eagle 
North Slope 
Gordon R. Brower, Utqiagvik 
Wanda T. Kippi, Atqasuk 
Alzred Steve Oomittuk, Point Hope 
Edward J. Rexford, Sr., Kaktovik 
Martha A. R. Itta, Nuiqsut 
Esther S. Hugo, Anaktuvuk Pass 
Brower A. Frantz, Utquiagvik 
Peter E. Williams, Anaktuvuk Pass 

 

The Federal Subsistence Board is accepting applications for the 2023 Council appointment cycle until February 21, 2023. For more information, go to the Federal Subsistence Management Program website at https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions.

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

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NR 2022 Council Appointments [pdf] (158.17 KB)

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