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A public hearing is set for a request to close sheep hunting to all users in Game Management Units 20E and 25C within Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.
The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture wants to improve Alaska Native representation on the federal board that manages subsistence use on the state’s lands and waters, according to a proposal the department announced on Feb. 15. The Departments are proposing to add three additional members to the eight-member Federal Subsistence Board who will be nominated by federally recognized tribal governments in Alaska. The board currently has five members from federal agencies and three public members.
The species were introduced to Alaska’s Seward Peninsula decades ago, without local consent. Now they pose danger to life and property.
The groups hailed the naming of three Alaska Native members to the panel tasked with advising the top regional federal fisheries council.
Despite their low harvest numbers and existing federal land closures, some aim to eliminate non-resident caribou hunting in Northwest Alaska.