Program Review---Subsistence Management for Public Lands in Alaska

The Alaska Outdoor Council, a statewide conservation organization, opposes the current federal subsistence management structure, arguing that it creates unnecessary bureaucracy, duplicates state-level management, and discriminates against non-federally qualified users. They call for the dissolution of the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) and the Regional Advisory Councils (RACs), requesting that the federal government instead rely on state-led management and data-driven science.

Marilyn Sigman, representing the nonprofit Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges, supports the current structure of the Federal Subsistence Management Program and opposes any changes that would weaken subsistence protections for rural residents. The organization advocates for maintaining current regulation processes and requests greater transparency and Tribal consultation in future proposals.

The Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission and the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, as members of the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Tribal Consortium, support the current structure of the Federal Subsistence Management Program. They oppose proposed changes by Safari Club International that would undermine rural subsistence rights, and they advocate for maintaining the current membership of the Federal Subsistence Board and the Regional Advisory Councils.

A rural resident of Ketchikan, Alaska, argues that the Federal Subsistence Management Program is currently effective and should remain unchanged. The commenter emphasizes that subsistence is vital for food security in rural Alaska and requests that the review affirm the existing framework, board structure, and regional advisory council membership.

The Tatitlek Corporation, representing a rural Alaska Native community, supports the current structure of the Federal Subsistence Management Program and the Federal Subsistence Board. They urge the Department to maintain the rural subsistence priority and engage in direct, meaningful consultation with Alaska Native communities.

The Tanana Chiefs Conference, an Alaska Native non-profit tribal consortium, supports the current structure of the Federal Subsistence Management Program (FSMP). They argue for maintaining the five public seats on the Federal Subsistence Board, preserving the Regional Advisory Councils, rejecting state deference, retaining special action authority, and keeping the Office of Subsistence Management in its current position to protect rural subsistence rights and food security.

The commenter, identifying as a rural Alaskan and a citizen of the Craig Tribal Association, urges the federal government to preserve the current Federal Subsistence Management Program. They argue against any changes that would undermine rural subsistence priorities, tribal representation, or the current organizational structure of the Office of Subsistence Management.

The commenter, a citizen of the Craig Tribal Association and a rural Alaskan, urges the federal government to preserve the current Federal Subsistence Management Program. They argue against any changes that would undermine rural subsistence priorities, tribal seats on the Federal Subsistence Board, or the current location of the Office of Subsistence Management.

The United Tribes of Bristol Bay, representing several Alaska Native Tribes and Village Councils, supports the current structure of the Federal Subsistence Management Program. They urge the Secretaries to maintain the current location of the Office of Subsistence Management, preserve public seats on the Federal Subsistence Board, and avoid any changes that would undermine the rural subsistence priority or the Board's emergency authority.

NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., a regional Alaska Native corporation, supports the current structure of the Federal Subsistence Management Program. They specifically advocate for maintaining existing Regional Advisory Council membership criteria, preserving public seats on the Federal Subsistence Board, and retaining the Board's authority to implement special actions and rural determinations without deference to the State of Alaska.