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WESTERN INTERIOR SUBSISTENCE RAC MEETING 3/2/2020 WESTERN INTERIOR RAC MEETING 1 WESTERN INTERIOR FEDERAL SUBSISTENCE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING PUBLIC MEETING VOLUME I Pike's Landing Fairbanks, Alaska March 2, 2020 9:00 o'clock a.m. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Jack Reakoff, Chairman Timothy Gervais Don Honea Tommy Kriska Jenny Pelkola Goodwin Semaken Pollock Simon Regional Council Coordinator, Karen Deatherage Recorded and transcribed by: Computer Matrix Court Reporters, LLC 135 Christensen Drive, Suite 2 Anchorage, AK 99501 907-243-0668/[email protected] Computer Matrix, LLC Phone: 907-243-0668 135 Christensen Dr., Ste. 2., Anch. AK 99501 Fax: 907-243-1473 WESTERN INTERIOR SUBSISTENCE RAC MEETING 3/2/2020 WESTERN INTERIOR RAC MEETING 1 Page 2 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 3 (Fairbanks, Alaska - 3/2/2020) 4 5 (On record) 6 7 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: We're going to start 8 the meeting and the first thing on the agenda is 9 invocation. The Western Interior Regional Advisory 10 Council meeting on Monday morning, March 2. So do you 11 want to say an invocation. 12 13 Jenny, would you like to? 14 15 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: So Pollock. 16 17 Okay, Jenny, go ahead. 18 19 MS. PELKOLA: Heavenly Father, we thank 20 you for this day. We ask that you be with everyone 21 here and help us Lord to go through our meetings and to 22 make decisions that we have to make. Lord, and we just 23 ask that you bring everyone home safely. 24 25 In Jesus' name we pray. 26 27 Amen. 28 29 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: So meeting is called 30 to order. And so roll call and establish quorum. And 31 it is -- so would like to -- are you set. 32 33 MS. DEATHERAGE: So I think the Vice- 34 Chair usually does the roll call. 35 36 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: Say again. 37 38 MS. DEATHERAGE: The Vice-Chair usually 39 does roll call. 40 41 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: Okay. Vice-Chair, 42 go ahead. Tim. 43 44 MR. GERVAIS: Jenny is the Vice-Chair. 45 46 47 MS. DEATHERAGE: I'm sorry. The 48 secretary..... 49 50 Computer Matrix, LLC Phone: 907-243-0668 135 Christensen Dr., Ste. 2., Anch. AK 99501 Fax: 907-243-1473 WESTERN INTERIOR SUBSISTENCE RAC MEETING 3/2/2020 WESTERN INTERIOR RAC MEETING 1 Page 3 1 MR. GERVAIS: The treasurer..... 2 3 MS. DEATHERAGE: The secretary takes 4 roll. 5 6 MR. GERVAIS: Don't let me..... 7 8 MS. DEATHERAGE: Get used to it, guys. 9 10 MR. GERVAIS: All right. 11 12 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: Yeah. 13 14 MR. GERVAIS: Pollock Simon, Senior. 15 16 Pollock Simon, Senior, are you here. 17 18 MR. SIMON: Yes. 19 20 MR. GERVAIS: Tommy Kriska. 21 22 MR. KRISKA: Here. 23 24 MR. GERVAIS: Jenny Pelkola. 25 26 MS. PELKOLA: Here. 27 28 MR. GERVAIS: Jack Reakoff. 29 30 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: Here. 31 32 MR. GERVAIS: Don Honea, Junior. 33 34 MR. HONEA: Here. 35 36 MR. GERVAIS: Goodwin Semaken. 37 38 (No response) 39 40 MR. GERVAIS: Goodwin was here. I 41 imagine he will be present. 42 43 Timothy Gervais -- here. 44 45 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: All right. So we 46 have quorum currently even without Goodwin. So we're 47 going to go to welcome and introduction. 48 49 So we're going to go through the room 50 Computer Matrix, LLC Phone: 907-243-0668 135 Christensen Dr., Ste. 2., Anch. AK 99501 Fax: 907-243-1473 WESTERN INTERIOR SUBSISTENCE RAC MEETING 3/2/2020 WESTERN INTERIOR RAC MEETING 1 Page 4 1 here and we'll have introductions of our Staff and 2 guests in the room. 3 4 So Glenn. 5 6 MR. CHEN: Aloha, Council Members. My 7 name is Glenn Chen. I'm with the Bureau of Indian 8 Affairs. 9 10 MR. KRON: Good morning. Tom Kron, 11 OSM. 12 13 MR. DOOLITTLE: Good morning, Mr. Chair 14 and Members of the Council. My name is Tom Doolittle. 15 I am the acting Assistant Regional Director for the 16 Office of Subsistence Management. 17 18 MS. MCDAVID: Good morning, Mr. Chair 19 and Council Members. My name is Brooke McDavid. I'm 20 with ADF&G Division of Subsistence. 21 22 MS. MCMILLAN: Good morning. I'm 23 Jennifer McMillan with the BLM Central Yukon field 24 office. 25 26 MR. STOUT: Glenn Stout, Galena area 27 biologist, Alaska Department of Fish and Game. 28 29 MR. MATHEWS: Vince Mathews with 30 Kanuti, Yukon Flats, and Arctic Refuges in Fairbanks. 31 32 MR. ROW: Good morning. I'm Eric Row 33 from Tanana Chiefs Conference. 34 35 MS. MONCRIEFF: Hi. This is Catherine 36 Moncrieff with the Yukon River Drainage Fisheries 37 Association. 38 39 MR. REBARCHIK: Good morning. I'm Bob 40 Rebarchik. I'm the acting Refuge manager for the 41 Koyukuk, Nowitna, and Innoko Refuges, out of Galena. 42 43 MS. JULIANUS: Good morning. Erin 44 Julianus, wildlife biologist for the BLM Central Yukon 45 Field Office. 46 47 MS. OKADA: Good morning. Marcy Okada, 48 subsistence coordinator for Gates of the Arctic 49 National Park and Preserve. 50 Computer Matrix, LLC Phone: 907-243-0668 135 Christensen Dr., Ste. 2., Anch. AK 99501 Fax: 907-243-1473 WESTERN INTERIOR SUBSISTENCE RAC MEETING 3/2/2020 WESTERN INTERIOR RAC MEETING 1 Page 5 1 MS. LONGSON: Good morning. Sara 2 Longson, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 3 assistant Galena biologist. 4 5 MR. MUSCHMANN: Gerald Muschmann, U.S. 6 Fish and Wildlife Service, here in Fairbanks. 7 8 MS. MORAN: Tina Moran, Deputy Manager, 9 Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, here in Fairbanks. 10 11 MR. MOOS: Good morning. I'm the 12 acting Refuge Manager for Togiak National Wildlife 13 Refuge. My name is Kenton Moos and I'm also the in- 14 season manager for Mulchatna caribou herd. 15 16 MS. FOX: Good morning. Joanna Fox. 17 I'm the Refuge Manager for Kanuti National Wildlife 18 Refuge. 19 20 MR. HARRIS: Good morning. Frank 21 Harris, fisheries biologist, OSM. 22 23 MR. HARWOOD: Good morning. Chris 24 Harwood, wildlife biologist, Kanuti Refuge. 25 26 MR. MOSES: Good morning. Aaron Moses, 27 Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. 28 29 MS. CONITZ: Good morning. I'm Jan 30 Conitz with Fish and Wildlife Service in Fairbanks. 31 32 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: So that's everybody 33 in the room. So now the people on the phone. 34 35 Catherine. 36 37 MS. MONCRIEFF: Yeah. Sorry about 38 that. This is Catherine Moncrieff with the Yukon River 39 Drainage Fisheries Association. And I am en route to 40 your meeting and I hope to be there right after lunch 41 in person. 42 43 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: Okay. Thank you. 44 45 Next on the phone. 46 47 MS. JALLEN: Yeah. Good morning. This 48 is Deena Jallen, with the Alaska Department of Fish and 49 Game, in Anchorage. Summer season assistant manager 50 Computer Matrix, LLC Phone: 907-243-0668 135 Christensen Dr., Ste. 2., Anch. AK 99501 Fax: 907-243-1473 WESTERN INTERIOR SUBSISTENCE RAC MEETING 3/2/2020 WESTERN INTERIOR RAC MEETING 1 Page 6 1 for the Yukon River. 2 3 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: All right, Deena. 4 5 Anybody else. 6 7 MS. MAAS: This is Lisa Maas, wildlife 8 biologist with OSM. 9 10 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: Lisa Maas. 11 12 REPORTER: Uh-huh. (Affirmative) 13 14 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: All right. 15 16 MR. ESTENSEN: Good morning, Mr. Chair. 17 My name is Jeff Estensen. I'm with the Alaska 18 Department of Fish and Game, fall season manager for 19 the Yukon, listening in. 20 21 MS. DAMBURG: Good morning. This is 22 Carol Damburg, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 23 Regional Subsistence Coordinator. 24 25 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: Your last name 26 again. 27 28 REPORTER: Damburg. 29 30 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: Damburg. Okay. 31 32 Thank you. 33 34 Next. 35 36 MR. REAM: Good morning, everyone. 37 This is Joshua Ream, Regional Subsistence Program 38 Manager for the National Park Service. 39 40 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: Good morning. 41 42 Next. 43 44 MR. PAPPAS: Good morning. George 45 Pappas, OSM State Subsistence Liaison. 46 47 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: Good morning. 48 49 MR. BURCH: Hello. This is Mark Burch, 50 Computer Matrix, LLC Phone: 907-243-0668 135 Christensen Dr., Ste. 2., Anch. AK 99501 Fax: 907-243-1473 WESTERN INTERIOR SUBSISTENCE RAC MEETING 3/2/2020 WESTERN INTERIOR RAC MEETING 1 Page 7 1 with the Department of Fish and Game, in Palmer. 2 3 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: Okay, Mark. 4 5 MR. JENKINS: Good morning, Chairman 6 Reakoff. Wayne Jenkins, Director Yukon River Drainage 7 Fisheries Association, on the phone. 8 9 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: Good morning. 10 11 And next. 12 13 (No comments) 14 15 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: Anybody else on the 16 phone. 17 18 (No comments) 19 20 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: Okay. 21 22 MS. WOODS: Good morning. This is 23 Brooke Woods with Tanana Chiefs Conference Hunting and 24 Fishing Task Force, as well as Yukon River Inter-Tribal 25 Fish Commission. Good morning. 26 27 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: Okay. Good morning. 28 29 Anybody else. 30 31 (No comments) 32 33 CHAIRMAN REAKOFF: Okay. That sounds 34 like everybody on the phone. 35 36 So welcome to the meeting. So did -- I 37 hope everybody on the phone and in the room has got the 38 agenda. And we have -- we actually have quite a big 39 meeting because of the Board of Game proposals.