Oral Comment from Melanie Bahnke

Summary: Melanie Bahnke, representing herself as a subsistence user and rural Alaskan, opposes changes to the Federal Subsistence Management Program that would diminish indigenous rights or favor special interest groups like the Safari Club International. She calls for an extension of the scoping period, face-to-face consultation with all 229 federal tribes, and a rejection of changes to the Federal Subsistence Board membership and RAC criteria.