Commercial interests dominate Alaska’s Board of Game Author: Mark Richards Published May 7
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Print article It’s time for the Alaska Legislature to recognize that the makeup of, and the broad authority granted to, the Alaska Board of Game, allows the board to make decisions that are contrary to our state constitution in terms of allocations and favorability to nonresident hunters. A prime example revolves around a case making its way through the courts Cassell v. State of Alaska, Board of Game regarding the board’s regulations governing the Kodiak brown bear draw hunt system. For many Alaskans, and certainly many nonresidents as well, a Kodiak brown bear hunt is the one coveted hunt they would like to go on in their lifetime. But the board has made it extremely difficult for a resident to draw a permit, while at the same time making it exceedingly easy for a nonresident guided hunter to participate in the hunt.
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