The Alaska Board of Fisheries kicked off four days of public meetings Tuesday at Kodiak Marketplace. The board, which creates Alaska Department of Fish and Game regulations on subsistence, sport
The Kodiak/Aleutians Subsistence Regional Advisory Council meets in King Cove and by teleconference later this month to consider expanding the antlerless deer hunt and easing subsistence hunting rules on Kodiak
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âAmerica the beautifulâ: Biden administration aims to protect 30% of US lands and waters by 2030
âThis is a critical opportunity for Americans to come together to build a new, more inclusive model of conservation to save nature, and ultimately ourselves,â said one advocate.
Climate and conservation advocacy groups joined business, Indigenous, and local political leaders on Thursday in welcoming a new federal report that details the Biden administration’s vision for conserving at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030.
“It’s a big deal that the Biden administration recognizes we’re in the midst of a wildlife extinction crisis and a climate emergency. This report is an important rallying cry,” said Randi Spivak, public lands director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “There’s no time to waste. We need to translate this vision into new and enduring conservation actions on the ground across our country.”
At the end of last year, the council went into a closed door meeting and when it emerged, it had eliminated two seats on its key advisory panel: Ernie Weiss of Anchorage who had reached his cap for reappointment on the panel and, Natasha Hayden of Kodiak, a vocal advocate for smaller vessels and Alaska Natives, who had been seeking reappointment.
The blowback of Hayden s ouster was immediate, especially among stakeholders advocating for Indigenous voices in fisheries management.
At the council s February meeting, more than 20 people from conservation council representatives, to well established commercial fishermen, to policy directors at Native non-profits provided public testimony calling for Hayden s reappointment.