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

For Immediate Release:
January 26, 2024

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:

SOUTHEAST ALASKA
Larry R. Bemis, Yakutat
Frank G. Wright, Jr., Hoonah
Calvin H. Casipit, Gustavus
Michael A. Douville, Craig
James C. Slater, Pelican
Theodore F. Sandhofer, Petersburg
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		 KODIAK/ALEUTIANS
Jeffrey L. Wasley, Cold Bay
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
Brett J. Richardson, Dutch Harbor
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA
Edward H. Holsten, Cooper Landing
Michael V. Opheim, Seldovia
Richard Greg Encelewski, Ninilchik
Diane A. Selanoff, Valdez
Dennis M. Zadra, Cordova
Angela K. Totemoff, Anchorage
Andrew T. McLaughlin, Chenega Bay
Hope L. Roberts, Valdez
Heath Q. Kocan, Cordova
Judith C. Caminer, Anchorage		 BRISTOL BAY
John I. Christensen, Jr., Port Heiden
Robert P. Hill, Naknek
Nanci A. Morris Lyon, King Salmon
John C. Rhyshek, King Salmon
William W. Trefon, Jr., Nondalton
Kenneth R. Nukwak, Sr., Manokotak 
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		 NORTHWEST ARCTIC
Robert J. Schaeffer, Kotzebue
Thomas C. Baker, Kotzebue
Tristen S. Pattee, Ambler
Michael C. Kramer, Kotzebue
Enoch E. Shiedt, Sr., Kotzebue
Wilbur M. Howarth, Sr., Noorvik
Clyde F. Ramoth, Sr., Selawik
Elmer Armstrong, Jr., Noorvik
Verne J. Cleveland, Sr., Ambler
Raymond Woods, Shungnak
WESTERN INTERIOR ALASKA
Donald V. Honea, Jr., Ruby
Pollock Simon, Sr., Allakaket
Kevin L. Whitworth, McGrath
Jack L. Reakoff, Wiseman
Robert A. Walker, Anvik
Timothy P. Gervais, Ruby
Darrell M. Vent, Sr., Huslia
Jenny K. Pelkola, Galena 
Tommy Kriska, Nulato		 EASTERN INTERIOR ALASKA
Susan L. Entsminger, Mentasta
Amanda Pope, Circle
Linda M. Evans, Rampart
Eva D. Burk, Fairbanks
Andrew W. Bassich, Eagle
Robert C. Wright, Sr., Tanana
Charles P. Jagow, Porcupine River
Donald A. Woodruff, Eagle
Dorothy Shockley, Fairbanks
SEWARD PENINSULA
Mary J. Freytag, Unalakleet
Raymond J. Hunt, Shaktoolik
Louis H. Green Jr., Nome
Thomas L. Gray, Nome
Patrick C. Reynolds, Savoonga
Martin A. Aukongak, Golovin
Elmer K. Seetot, Jr., Brevig Mission
Robert F. Moses, Sr., Golovin
Ronald D. Kirk, Stebbins		 NORTH SLOPE
Wanda T. Kippi, Atqasuk
Alzred Steve Oomittuk, Point Hope
John Q. Adams, Utqiaġvik
Martha A. R. Itta, Nuiqsut
Esther S. Hugo, Anaktuvuk Pass
Brower A. Frantz, Utqiaġvik
Peter E. Williams, Anaktuvuk Pass

The Federal Subsistence Board is accepting applications for the 2024 Council appointment cycle until March 15, 2024. 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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01/26/2024
Last edited 01/26/2024
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Katerina Wessels
907-786-3885 or 800-478-1456
katerina_wessels@fws.gov

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