Alaska Native tribes fighting to overturn laws criminalizing their traditional way of life
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The decisions for opening and closing hunting grounds and setting harvest limits are decided by the more than 100 Alaskans who sit on 10 regional advisory councils that inform the Federal Subsistence Board.
“They’re the ones that are on the ground and making these observations based upon a lifetime of experience,” said Jim Fall, who until recently was the state’s head of subsistence research.
He recently retired from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game after 39 years of service. And he’s been to a lot of these council meetings where a wide-ranging group from across a region have frank and full discussions about the state of wildlife populations, fish stocks and observations about what’s happening in their communities.
Protesters march to a 2019 rally opposing the Berlaimont Estates development, proposed north of Edwards. This week the hearing officer who presided over a Jan. 7 objections hearing cited eight areas where additional information must be included in the draft decision to approve a road through USFS land to the Berlaimont site.
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The U.S. Forest Service hearing officer who presided over a Jan. 7 hearing objections meeting has upheld the Berlaimont Estates access road approval.
But Tammy Angel, the Forest Service official who served as the objections hearing officer, also directed staff from the White River National Forest to flesh out its examination in eight specific areas before final action can proceed for the controversial project near Edwards.