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WESTERN INTERIOR ALASKA SUBSISTENCE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL November 3-5, 2015 Galena, Alaska WESTERN INTERIOR ALASKA SUBSISTENCE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL November 3-5, 2015 Galena, Alaska What’s Inside Page 1 Agenda 4 Roster 5 Draft Winter 2015 Meeting Minutes 10 Rural Determination Briefing 15 Alaska National Wildlife Refuge System Proposed Rule on Hunting 21 Wildlife Proposal WP16-37 85 Wildlife Proposal WP16-38 102 Wildlife Proposal WP16-39 124 Wildlife Proposal WP16-40 136 Wildlife Proposal WP16-41 147 Wildlife Proposal WP16-42 159 Wildlife Proposal WP16-25/26 174 Wildlife Proposal WP16-29/30 192 Wildlife Proposal WP16-31/32 203 Wildlife Proposal WP16-33 210 Wildlife Proposal WP16-34 232 Wildlife Proposal WP16-35 250 Wildlife Proposal WP16-36 Continued on next page... On the cover... A group of Dall’s sheep rams move across a ridge in the central Brooks Range within Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve. Carl Johnson What’s Inside 260 Wildlife Proposal WP16-43 278 Wildlife Proposal WP16-45 291 Wildlife Proposal WP16-49/52 306 Wildlife Proposal WP16-61/62/63/64 348 2016 Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program 427 Annual Report Briefing 429 Federal Subsistence Board FY2014 Annual Report Reply 438 Kuskokwim River Partnership Project Materials 443 Office of Subsistence Management - Fall 2015 Report 446 All-Council Meeting Overview 451 2016 Meeting Calendars 453 Council Charter Meeting Agenda WESTERN INTERIOR ALASKA SUBSISTENCE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Community Hall Galena November 3-4, 2015 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. November 5, 2015 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. TELECONFERENCE: call the toll free number: 1-877-638-8165, then when prompted enter the passcode: 9060609 PUBLIC COMMENTS: Public comments are welcome for each agenda item and for regional concerns not included on the agenda. The Council appreciates hearing your concerns and knowledge. Please fill out a comment form to be recognized by the Council chair. Time limits may be set to provide opportunity for all to testify and keep the meeting on schedule. PLEASE NOTE: These are estimated times and the agenda is subject to change. Contact staff for the current schedule. Evening sessions are at the call of the chair. AGENDA *Asterisk identifies action item. 1. Roll Call and Establish Quorum (Secretary) ..........................................................................4 2. Invocation 3. Call to Order (Chair) 4. Welcome and Introductions (Chair) 5. Review and Adopt Agenda* (Chair) ......................................................................................1 6. Review and Approve Previous Meeting Minutes* (Chair) ...................................................5 7. Reports Council Member Reports Chair’s Report 8. Public and Tribal Comment on Non-Agenda Items (available each morning) 9. Old Business (Chair) a. Rural DeterminationDRAFT Process Update (OSM) ....................................................................10 b. Refuges Proposed Rule on Hunting* (USFWS Refuges) ..................................................15 10. New Business (Chair) a. Wildlife Proposals* (OSM) Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meeting 1 Meeting Agenda Regional Proposals (1) WP16-37: Change in harvest limit and season for caribou (Units 21D, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26A, 26B) ...................................................................................................................21 (2) WP16-38: Remove half-mile corridors along Innoko and Yukon rivers for moose (Unit 21E) ...................................................................................................................85 (3) WP16-39: Change in hunt area descriptor for moose (Unit 21B) ............................102 (4) WP16-40: Change in method and means for black bear (Units 24A, 24B, 24C) ....124 (5) WP16-41: Change in harvest limits for Dall’s sheep (Units 24A, 24B) ..................136 (6) WP16-42: Change in season dates, create new hunt area descriptor for moose (Unit 24B) ................................................................................................................147 Crossover Proposals (7) WP16-25/26: Change in harvest season and limit for caribou (Units 17A, 17C) ....159 (8) WP16-29/30: Change in method and means and season date for caribou . (Units 9, 17) ..............................................................................................................174 (9) WP16-31/32: Change in method and means for caribou (Units 17A, 17C).............192 (10) WP16-33: Change customary and traditional use determination for caribou and moose (Unit 18) ........................................................................................................203 (11) WP16-34: Hunting closure for all big game to non-Federal users (Unit 18) .........210 (12) WP16-35: Change in methods and means for black and brown bear (Unit 18) .....232 (13) WP16-36: Revise Unit boundary descriptions (Units 18, 19, 21, 21E) .................250 (14) WP16-43: Change hunt area description and closure for caribou (Units 18, 22A) .........................................................................................................260 (15) WP16-45: Change hunt area description for caribou (Unit 22E) ...........................278 (16) WP16-49/52: Change harvest limits, change the bull and cow seasons for caribou (Unit 23) .................................................................................................291 (17) WP16-61/62/63/64: Change hunt area descriptor, harvest limits, and bull and cow seasons for caribou (Units 23, 24B, 26A, 26B) ........................................................306 b. 2016 Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program* (OSM Fisheries/Anthropology) ..........348 c. Identify Issues for FY2015 Annual Report* (Council Coordinator) ..............................427 d. Kuskokwim DRAFTRiver Partnership Project (Stewart Cogswell) ............................................438 11. Agency Reports (Time limit of 15 minutes unless approved in advance) Tribal Governments Louden Tribal Council 2 Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meeting Meeting Agenda Native Organizations Special Actions WSA15-11 USFWS Koyukuk/Nowitna/Innoko National Wildlife Refuge Briefing Staff( ) Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge Briefing Staff( ) Yukon Season Overview (Staff) NPS Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve (Marcy Okada) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Donlin Draft EIS Update BLM Update (Staff) ADF&G Update (Staff) OSM Fall 2015 Report (Chris McKee) ................................................................................443 13. Future Meeting Dates* Winter 2016 All-Council Meeting Update (Meeting Committee) ....................................446 Fall 2016 date and location ..............................................................................................451 14. Closing Comments 15. Adjourn (Chair) To teleconference into the meeting, call the toll free number: 1-877-638-8165, then when prompted enter the passcode: 9060609 Reasonable Accommodations The Federal Subsistence Board is committed to providing access to this meeting for all participants. Please direct all requests for sign language interpreting services, closed captioning, or other accommodationDRAFT needs to Melinda Burke, 907-786-3885, [email protected], or 800-877-8339 (TTY), by close of business on October 20, 2015. Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meeting 3 Roster REGION 6 Western Interior Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Year Apptd Seat Term Expires Member Name and Community 2001 Robert A. Walker 1 2016 Anvik 2004 Donald Victor Honea Jr. 2 2016 Ruby 2010 Pollock Simon Sr. 3 2016 Allakaket 1993 Raymond L. Collins 4 2017 McGrath 1993 Jack Reakoff Chair 5 2017 Wiseman 2014 Darrel M. Vent, Sr. 6 2017 Huslia 2008 Timothy P. Gervais 7 2017 Ruby 2007 James L. Walker 8 2015 Holy Cross 2005 Jenny K. Pelkola 9 2015 Galena 1997 Carl M. Morgan 10 2015 Aniak 4 Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meeting Draft Winter 2015 Meeting Minutes MEETING MINUTES Western Interior Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council March 3, 2015 Winter Meeting Call to Order Meeting called to order by Chair Jack Reakoff at 8:30 AM Roll Call and Establish Quorum WIRAC Council members present: Jack Reakoff, Timothy Gervais, Raymond Collins, Darrel Vent, Donald Honea, Pollock Simon Sr. James Walker, Robert Walker, Jenny Pelkola, Carl Morgan Welcome and Introductions Chair Reakoff welcomed guests and staff members. The following personnel and members of the public were in attendance: Agency Staff Melinda Burke OSM Tom Evans OSM Adrienne Fleek OSM Carl Johnson OSM Palma Ingles OSM Orville Lind OSM Eva Patton OSM Don Rivard OSM (via teleconference) Pat Petrivelli BIA Dan Sharp BLM (via teleconference) Mary McBurney NPS (via teleconference) Marcy Okada NPS Bud Rice NPS Tom Whitford USFS Fred Bue USFWS Roy Churchwell USFWS Trevor Fox USFWS Jeremy Havener USFWS Jim Hjelmgren USFWS Gerald Mashmann USFWS Vince Matthews USFWS Kenton Moos USFWS Tina Moran USFWS Mike Spindler USFWS John Chythlook ADF&G Drew Crawford ADF&G (via teleconference) Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meeting 5 Draft Winter 2015 Meeting Minutes Hazel Nelson ADF&G Bruce Seppi ADF&G Glenn Stout ADF&G Jennifer Yuhas ADF&G NGOs/Public Fred Alexie Kaltag Glenn Carlo Denakanaaga Harold David Sr. Allakaket Albert Demientieff Jr. Holy Cross Arnold Demoski Nulato Peter Demoski Nulato Philip Titus Mintow Donald Woodruff EIRAC Charlie Wright Tanana Chiefs Conference Review of Agenda & Previous Meeting Minutes Amendment to the agenda: x Addition of Kuskokwim discussion by Sky Starkey Amendments to the minutes: x Emphasize request for BLM to evaluate
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