NORTH SLOPE FEDERAL SUBSISTENCE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING PUBLIC MEETING VOLUME I Inupiat Heritage Center Utqiagvik
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NORTH SLOPE FEDERAL SUBSISTENCE RAC MEETING 11/15/2017 NORTH SLOPE RAC MEETING NORTH SLOPE FEDERAL SUBSISTENCE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING PUBLIC MEETING VOLUME I Inupiat Heritage Center Utqiagvik, Alaska November 15, 2017 9:11 a.m. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Gordon Brower, Chair Rosemary Ahtuangaruak Esther S. Hugo Lee Kayotuk Wanda T. Kippi Steve Oomituk Robert Shears Regional Council Coordinator, Eva Patton 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 Email: [email protected] NORTH SLOPE FEDERAL SUBSISTENCE RAC MEETING 11/15/2017 NORTH SLOPE RAC MEETING Page 2 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 3 (Utqiagvik, Alaska - 11/15/2017) 4 5 (On record) 6 7 CHAIRMAN BROWER: It's after 9:00 8 o'clock and we should get started. I'd like to see if 9 anybody wants to volunteer to do an invocation. And if 10 not, I'll do it. 11 12 (No comments) 13 14 CHAIRMAN BROWER: Very good. 15 16 Lord, we come to you today with the 17 work for the people of North Slope to look at the lands 18 and the resources that are abundant for the benefit of 19 all the residents on the North Slope, whether it be 20 fish, caribou, all the fur bearing animals, Lord. 21 Those folks that are here to listen, to provide 22 guidance. And Lord, we look to them, too, as well to 23 provide good information and to help us as we 24 deliberate the day's work and decide these things that 25 would be beneficial for the residents. And Lord, for 26 those that have lost their loved ones we pray for 27 comfort and peace of mind and healing in their hearts. 28 Those that are in jail or incarcerated, Lord, just be 29 with them and give them peace of mind and help those as 30 well. 31 32 And Lord, as the holidays come forward 33 that all these resources that are abundant on the North 34 Slope that are shared with every community member, 35 Lord, we continue to look at these things in a way that 36 is healthy for our communities, to provide community 37 needs, and Lord, to make the understanding of all of 38 these land managers to subsistence management that the 39 needs of the people under sustain yield principles be 40 understood well and to provide for our communities. 41 42 We ask all of these things in the name 43 of Jesus. 44 45 Amen. 46 47 With that, I'd like to call the meeting 48 to order at 9:11 a.m. We're a little bit late. And 49 I'd like to have the roll call and to establish a 50 Computer Matrix, LLC Phone: 907-243-0668 135 Christensen Dr., Ste. 2., Anch. AK 99501 Fax: 907-243-1473 Email: [email protected] NORTH SLOPE FEDERAL SUBSISTENCE RAC MEETING 11/15/2017 NORTH SLOPE RAC MEETING Page 3 1 quorum done by the secretary. And if we could have 2 that to get the meeting going. 3 4 Is that Lee. 5 6 MS. PATTON: It's Wanda now. 7 8 CHAIRMAN BROWER: Oh, Wanda. Oh, yeah. 9 We had elections, right. I apologize. 10 11 MS. KIPPI: Good morning, everybody. 12 Okay. For the North Slope Subsistence Regional 13 Advisory Council, Gordon Brower. 14 15 CHAIRMAN BROWER: Here. Here. 16 17 MS. KIPPI: From Barrow. Robert Shears 18 from Barrow. 19 20 MR. SHEARS: Good morning. 21 22 MS. KIPPI: Good morning. 23 24 Wanda Kippi, Atqasuk, here. 25 26 Steve Oomituk, Point Hope. 27 28 MS. PATTON: Mr. Chair and Council. 29 Steve is in Anchorage with his mother today, but he was 30 hoping to call in by teleconference this afternoon when 31 we're covering caribou proposals. 32 33 CHAIRMAN BROWER: Yeah, Eva. He did 34 tell me that he would make an effort to call in as 35 well. He was here yesterday for assembly meeting, but 36 had to take a..... 37 38 MS. PATTON: Yeah. Okay. 39 40 MS. KIPPI: Ester Hugo, Anaktuvuk Pass. 41 42 MS. PATTON: And Mr. Chair and Council. 43 Ester Hugo is going to be arriving later this morning 44 and join this afternoon. She's currently at the Gates 45 of the Arctic SRC meeting, which is overlapping. So 46 she'll be coming up from Fairbanks this morning to join 47 us this afternoon. 48 49 CHAIRMAN BROWER: I am glad she's doing 50 Computer Matrix, LLC Phone: 907-243-0668 135 Christensen Dr., Ste. 2., Anch. AK 99501 Fax: 907-243-1473 Email: [email protected] NORTH SLOPE FEDERAL SUBSISTENCE RAC MEETING 11/15/2017 NORTH SLOPE RAC MEETING Page 4 1 that part. Thank you. 2 3 MS. KIPPI: Lee Kayotuk, from Kaktovik. 4 5 MR. KAYOTUK: Good morning. I'm here. 6 7 MS. KIPPI: And Rosemary Ahtuangaruak, 8 Nuiqsut. 9 10 MS. AHTUANGARUAK: Here. 11 12 MS. KIPPI: My pen's not working. 13 Something else? 14 15 MS. PATTON: Technical difficulties 16 there. 17 18 MS. KIPPI: That's all I have to say? 19 Just..... 20 21 MS. PATTON: Yeah. That's it. 22 23 MS. KIPPI: That's it? 24 25 MS. PATTON: So we have a quorum. 26 27 MS. KIPPI: Yes. We have a quorum. 28 29 CHAIRMAN BROWER: Yeah, Madame 30 Secretary. Thank you very much. 31 32 And Eva, it looks like we can conduct 33 business. 34 35 I must advise as well I'm a director 36 for the planning and community services and yesterday 37 the election was canvassed. And we don't know exactly 38 what's going to happen today, so there's a director's 39 meeting and I -- that I would have to scurry away about 40 10:00 o'clock for a little while. I expect to return 41 soon after the director's meeting with the newly 42 elected reelection of Harry Brower. And I'm one of his 43 appointed directors, so I'm -- about 10:00 o'clock I'll 44 need to go take care of that. I expect to be about 45 11:00 o'clock, 11:30-ish. And I should be able to come 46 right back. Very important to me that I be here at 47 present, but also this important aspect of my dual 48 roles around these communities that I need to do that. 49 And I'd like to be able to be excused to accomplish 50 Computer Matrix, LLC Phone: 907-243-0668 135 Christensen Dr., Ste. 2., Anch. AK 99501 Fax: 907-243-1473 Email: [email protected] NORTH SLOPE FEDERAL SUBSISTENCE RAC MEETING 11/15/2017 NORTH SLOPE RAC MEETING Page 5 1 that. 2 3 So we have a quorum. And welcome and 4 introductions. So let's start off with Eva and then go 5 around this way. And then we'll get the folks here 6 present to introduce themselves. 7 8 I think it's real good to do that. 9 10 MS. PATTON: Good morning. Eva Patton, 11 Council Coordinator for the North Slope Subsistence 12 Regional Advisory Council. Good to see everyone. 13 14 MS. KIPPI: Good morning, everybody. 15 Wanda Kippi, with the North Slope Subsistence Regional 16 Advisory Council, from Atqasuk. 17 18 MR. KAYOTUK: Good morning. Lee 19 Kayotuk, Kaktovik, Alaska. Good morning. 20 21 CHAIRMAN BROWER: (In Inupiaq) 22 23 Good morning, everybody. Gordon 24 Brower, from Barrow. 25 26 MS. AHTUANGARUAK: Rosemary 27 Ahtuangaruak, Nuiqsut. 28 29 MR. SHEARS: Good morning, everybody. 30 Bob Shears, Barrow. 31 32 REPORTER: My name is Tina, and I'm the 33 court reporter for this RAC today. 34 35 CHAIRMAN BROWER: All right. If you 36 guys can come to the mic. Don't run up there all at 37 once though. 38 39 (Laughter) 40 41 MS. KLOSTERMAN: Good morning. This is 42 Megan Klosterman, wildlife biologist with the Office of 43 Subsistence Management. 44 45 CHAIRMAN BROWER: Welcome, Megan. 46 47 MR. MATHEWS: Vince Mathews, Refuge 48 Subsistence Coordinator for Arctic, Kanuti and Yukon 49 Flats, out of Fairbanks. 50 Computer Matrix, LLC Phone: 907-243-0668 135 Christensen Dr., Ste. 2., Anch. AK 99501 Fax: 907-243-1473 Email: [email protected] NORTH SLOPE FEDERAL SUBSISTENCE RAC MEETING 11/15/2017 NORTH SLOPE RAC MEETING Page 6 1 CHAIRMAN BROWER: Good morning, Vince. 2 3 MR. MATHEWS: Good morning. 4 5 MR. TWITCHELL: Good morning, Chair, 6 Council. Hollis Twitchell. I'm the assistant manager 7 for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. 8 9 CHAIRMAN BROWER: Good morning, Hollis. 10 11 MR. EVANS: Good morning. My name is 12 Tom Evans. I'm a wildlife biologist for the North 13 Slope, Southcentral, and the Kodiak/Aleutians 14 Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils. 15 16 Thank you. 17 18 CHAIRMAN BROWER: Thank you, Tom. 19 20 MR. KLIMSTRA: Good morning. Ryan 21 Klimstra, with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. 22 23 24 CHAIRMAN BROWER: (In Inupiaq) Ryan. 25 Good to see you again. 26 27 MR. KLIMSTRA: Good to see you, too, 28 Gordon. 29 30 MR. JOHNSON: Good morning, Mr. Chair, 31 members of the Council. Carl Johnson. I'm the council 32 coordination division chief with OSM.