The Federal Subsistence Board is accepting applications through February 29, 1996, for membership on ten federal subsistence regional advisory councils. The Regional Councils provide advice and recommendations to the Board, as well as to the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture, concerning subsistence hunting, trapping, and fishing issues on federal public lands. Thirty-two appointments will be made in September 1996 to fill several three-year terms on each of the Regional Councils.
"The Regional Councils are the crucial link between subsistence users and the Federal Subsistence Board," says Mitch Demientieff, Chair of the Board. "They provide the Board with unparalleled insight into the needs of subsistence users statewide, and their recommendations carry a great deal of weight in subsistence decision-making."
Regional Council members reside in their respective regions and are knowledgeable of local and regional subsistence uses and needs. The Regional Councils represent the Southeast, Southcentral, Kodiak/Aleutian Islands, Bristol Bay, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Western Interior, Seward Peninsula, Northwest Arctic, Eastern Interior, and North Slope federal subsistence resource regions.
For an application packet or for more information, contact the Office of Subsistence Management too-free at (800) 478-1456 or in Anchorage at (907)786-3888. Hearing-impaired individuals may call (907)786-3487(TTY available).
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Regional Contacts:
Southeast Region: Fred Clark, (800)586-7895 or (907)586-8890
Southcentral, Bristol Bay regions: Helga Eakon (800)478-1456 or (907)786-3888
Kodiak/Aleutian Islands Region: Moses Dirks (800)478-1456 or (907)786-3888
Yukon- Kuskokwim Delta Region: John Andrew (800)621-5804 or (907)543-3151
Eastern and Western Interior regions: Vince Matthews (800)478-1456 or (907)786-3888
Seward Peninsula, Northwest Arctic, North Slope regions: Barb Armstrong (800)4922-8848 or (907) 442-3799
