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NORTH SLOPE SUBSISTENCE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Meeting Materials October 23-24, 2019 Point Hope NORTH SLOPE SUBSISTENCE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Meeting Materials October 23-24, 2019 Point Hope What’s Inside Page 1 Agenda 4 Roster 5 Draft Winter 2019 Council Meeting Minutes 20 Federal Wildlife Closure Review WCR20-31 (Units 26B, remainder and 26C, moose) 35 Federal Subsistence Board 805(c) Report to the Council 37 Presentation Procedure for Federal Wildlife Proposals 38 Wildlife Proposal WP20-43/44/45/46 DRAFT Staff Analysis 81 Wildlife Proposal WP20-47 DRAFT Staff Analysis 104 Wildlife Proposal WP20-49 DRAFT Staff Analysis 130 Wildlife Proposal WP20-08 DRAFT Staff Analysis 143 Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program Overview 152 Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program Northern Alaska Region Overview 167 Annual Report Briefing 169 Federal Subsistence Board FY2018 Annual Report Reply 176 List of Documents Required for Alaska Real ID 178 Winter 2020 Council Meeting Calendar 179 Fall 2020 Council Meeting Calendar 180 Federal Subsistence Board Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Correspondence Policy 182 Region 10 – North Slope Map 183 Council Charter On the cover... Caribou on NPRA BLM photo by Bob Wick This page intentionally left blank Agenda NORTH SLOPE SUBSISTENCE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Qalgi Community Center Point Hope October 23-24, 2019 9:00 am daily TELECONFERENCE: call the toll free number: 1-866-864-5314, then when prompted enter the passcode: 3091862. 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. Invocation 2. Call to Order (Chair) 3. Roll Call and Establish Quorum (Secretary) ..........................................................................4 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. Service Awards 9. Public and TribalDRAFT Comment on Non-Agenda Items (available each morning) 10. Old Business (Chair) a. Wildlife Closure Review WCR20-31 (Units 26B, remainder and 26C, moose) – information update (OSM Wildlife) ..................................................................................20 North Slope Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meeting 1 Agenda b. 805(c) Report – information update (Council Coordinator) ...........................................35 11. New Business (Chair) a. Wildlife Proposals* (OSM Wildlife/Anthropology) ..........................................................37 Note: The Council will receive wildlife updates prior to discussion on proposals Regional Proposals – no proposals submitted for Unit 26 A, B, or C Crossover Proposals WP20-43/44/45/46: Eliminate bull closure and prohibition on calf harvest for caribou in Unit 23 ........................................................................................................38 WP20-47: Eliminate cow season for moose in Unit 23 ...............................................81 WP20-49: Rescind closure to non-Federally qualified users for sheep in Unit 25A, Arctic Village Sheep Management Area ...............................................104 Statewide Proposals WP20-08: Require traps or snares to be marked with name or State identification number for all furbearers in all units ...................................................130 b. 2020 Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program (OSM Fisheries/Anthropology) ............143 c. Identify Issues for FY2019 Annual Report* (Council Coordinator) ..............................176 12. Agency Reports (Time limit of 15 minutes unless approved in advance) Tribal Governments – Native Village of Point Hope Native Organizations – Inuit Circumpolar Council (informational handouts) Alaska Department of Fish and Game – Wildlife Conservation Division Bureau of Land Management NPR-A US Fish and Wildlife Service – Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Special Action Updates (if any) Office of Subsistence Management 13. Future MeetingDRAFT Dates* Confirm winter 2020 meeting date and location ..........................................................178 Select fall 2020 meeting date and location ..................................................................179 14. Closing Comments 15. Adjourn (Chair) 2 North Slope Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meeting Agenda To teleconference into the meeting, call the toll free number: 1-866-864-5314, then when prompted enter the passcode: 3091862. 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 accommodation needs to Eva Patton, 907-786-3358, [email protected], or 800-877-8339 (TTY), by close of business on October 9, 2019. North Slope Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meeting 3 Roster REGION 10 North Slope Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Seat Year Appointed Member Name and Community Term Expires 1 1998 Gordon R. Brower Chair 2020 Utqiagvik 2 VACANT 2019 3 2016 Wanda T. Kippi Secretary 2019 Atqasuk 4 2015 Steve A. Oomittuk Vice Chair 2019 Point Hope 5 VACANT 2020 6 2018 Edward J. Rexford, Sr. 2020 Kaktovik 7 2018 Martha (Amy Ruth) Itta 2020 Nuiqsut 8 2018 Tad M. Reich 2021 Utqiagvik 9 2006 William C. Hopson 2018 Utqiagvik 10 VACANT 2021 4 North Slope Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meeting Draft Winter 2019 Council Meeting Minutes NORTH SLOPE SUBSISTENCE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Inupiat Heritage Center Utqiagvik, Alaska April 3-4, 2019 MEETING MINUTES Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 9:05 a.m. Roll Call Members present: Gordon Brower, Wanda Kippi, Steve Oomittuk, Edward Rexford, Sr., Martha Itta, Tad Reich, William Hopson. Seven of seven current Council members present. Quorum was established. Secretarial appointments left 3 of 10 seats vacant this year. Welcome and introductions Council Chair, Gordon Brower welcomed everyone to the meeting and opened with an invocation and asked for introductions from all participating in person and by teleconference. The following individuals were identified as participating: Meeting Participants Eva Patton, Council Coordinator, Office of Subsistence Management (OSM) Orville Lind, Native Liaison, OSM Tom Evans, Wildlife Biologist, OSM Joshua Ream, Anthropologist, OSM Robbin La Vine, Anthropologist, OSM Steve Berendzen, Refuge Manager, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Marcy Okada, Subsistence Coordinator, Gates of the Arctic National Park (NP) Vince Mathews, Subsistence Coordinator for Arctic, Kanuti and Yukon Flats NWRs Shelly Jones, Area Manager, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Arctic Field Office, Fairbanks Tim Vosburgh, Wildlife Biologist, BLM, Arctic Field Office, Fairbanks Roy Nageak, Community Liaison, BLM, Utqiagvik Brendan Scanlon, Area Fisheries Management Biologist, Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) April Behr, Fisheries Research Biologist, ADF&G Phillip Perry, Regional Management Coordinator, ADF&G, Bethel Carmen Daggett, Wildlife Biologist, ADF&G, Utqiagvik Ernest Nageak, US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Barrow Field Office, Utqiagvik Joe Leavitt, Wildlife Director, Native Village of Barrow, Utqiagvik Glenn Chen, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Chief of Subsistence, Interagency Staff Committee Carol Damberg, USFWS, Subsistence Coordinator, Interagency Staff Committee (ISC) Charlie Brower, Federal Subsistence Board Member, Utqiagvik North Slope Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meeting 5 Draft Winter 2019 Council Meeting Minutes Via teleconference: Beth Lenart, Wildlife Biologist, ADF&G, Fairbanks Kyle Jolly, Wildlife Research Biologist, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve Hannah Voorhees, Anthropologist, OSM Derek Hildreth, Permit Specialist, OSM Jarred Stone, Fisheries Biologist, OSM Dan Sharp, Bureau of Land Management, ISC Clarence Summers, National Park Service, ISC Jobe Chakuchin, National Park Service (NPS), Subsistence support for regional office, Anchorage Hannah Atkinson, Anthropologist, NPS, Kotzebue Mark Burch, Special Project Coordinator, ADF&G, Palmer Review and Adopt Agenda Agenda approved with some revisions to order to take care of all action items first and accommodate guest speakers timing needs for presenting. Election of Officers Gordon Brower unanimously elected Chair. Steve Oomittuk unanimously elected Vice-Chair. Wanda Kippi unanimously elected Secretary. Review and Approve Previous Meeting Minutes The Council unanimously approved the meeting minutes for the August 22-23, 2018, meeting minutes. No corrections or edits noted. Council Member Reports Gordon Brower – Utqiagvik. Gordon discussed the recent Secretarial appointments to the Council and concern for the several vacancies with representation lost from some communities. He stressed the importance of Anaktuvuk Pass representation and the ongoing need for appointments from Wainwright and Point Lay that have not had a representative
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