NORTHWEST ARCTIC SUBSISTENCE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Meeting Materials October 28-29, 2019 Kotzebue What’s Inside Page 1 Agenda 4 Roster 5 Draft Winter 2019 Council Meeting Minutes 19 Federal Wildlife Closure Review WCR20-19 (Unit 23 muskox) 30 Federal Subsistence Board 805(c) Report to the Council 32 Presentation Procedure for Federal Wildlife Proposals 33 Wildlife Proposal WP20-43/44/45/46 DRAFT Staff Analysis 76 Wildlife Proposal WP20-47 DRAFT Staff Analysis 99 Wildlife Proposal WP20-16/17 DRAFT Staff Analysis 128 Wildlife Proposal WP20-08 DRAFT Staff Analysis 141 Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program Overview 150 Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program Northern Alaska Region Overview 165 Annual Report Briefing 167 Federal Subsistence Board FY2018 Annual Report Reply 185 Alaska Board of Game 2019/2020 Cycle Tentative Meeting Dates 186 USFWS 2019 Alaska Seabird Die-off Flyer 187 List of Documents Required for Alaska Real ID 189 Winter 2020 Council Meeting Calendar 190 Fall 2020 Council Meeting Calendar On the cover... Crowberries on the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge. USFWS photo What’s Inside 191 Federal Subsistence Board Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Correspondence Policy 193 Region 8 – Northwest Arctic Map 194 Council Charter Agenda NORTHWEST ARCTIC SUBSISTENCE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Northwest Arctic Borough Assembly Room Kotzebue October 28-29, 2019 9:00 a.m. daily 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. 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. Public and Tribal Comment on Non-Agenda Items (available each morning) 9. Old Business (Chair) a. Wildlife Closure Review WCR20-19 (Unit 23 muskox) – information update (OSM Wildlife) DRAFT .....................................................................................................................19 b. 805(c) Report – information update (Council Coordinator) ...........................................30 10. New Business (Chair) a. Wildlife Proposals* (OSM Wildlife/Anthropology) ..........................................................32 Northwest Arctic Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meeting 1 Agenda Regional Proposals WP20-43/44/45/46: Eliminate bull closure and prohibition on calf harvest for caribou in Unit 23 ........................................................................................................33 WP20-47: Eliminate cow season for moose in Unit 23 ...............................................76 Statewide Proposals WP20-16/17: Extend the sealing period and eliminate the harvest quota for hunting and trapping, and liberalize the hunting harvest limit for wolf in Unit 2 .......99 WP20-08: Require traps or snares to be marked with name or State identification number for all furbearers in Unit 2 ......................................................128 b. 2020 Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program* (OSM Fisheries/Anthropology) ..........141 c. Identify Issues for FY2019 Annual Report* (Council Coordinator) ..............................165 d. Alaska Board of Game Proposals (Chair) ......................................................................185 10. Agency Reports (Time limit of 15 minutes unless approved in advance) a. Tribal Governments b. Native Organizations and Alaska Native Corporations c. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Selawik National Wildlife Refuge Update (Susan Georgette, Refuge Manager) d. National Park Service Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (Marcy Okada, Subsistence Coordinator) e. Bureau of Land Management f. Alaska Department of Fish and Game g. Office of Subsistence Management 11. Future Meeting Dates* Confirm winter 2020 meeting dates and location ..........................................................189 Select fall 2020 meeting dates and location ....................................................................190 12. Closing CommentsDRAFT 13. Adjourn (Chair) To teleconference into the meeting, call the toll free number: 1-877-638-8165, then when prompted enter the passcode: 9060609. 2 Northwest Arctic Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meeting Agenda 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 Zach Stevenson, 907-786-3674, zachary_ [email protected], or 800-877-8339 (TTY), by close of business on October 11, 2019. DRAFT Northwest Arctic Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meeting 3 Roster REGION 8 Northwest Arctic Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Seat Year Appointed Member Name and Community Term Expires 1 2018 Tristen S. Pattee 2019 Ambler 2 2016 Beverly M. Moto 2019 Deering 3 VACANT 2019 4 2010 Michael C. Kramer Chair 2019 Kotzebue 5 1995, 2017 Raymond E. Lee, Jr. 2020 Buckland 6 2018 Replogle Swan, Sr. 2020 Kivalina 7 1993, 2015 Louie A. Commack, Jr. Vice-Chair 2020 Ambler 8 VACANT 2021 9 2014 Enoch L. Mitchell 2019 Noatak 10 2003, 2018 Barbara M. Atoruk Secretary 2021 Kiana 4 Northwest Arctic Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meeting Draft Winter 2019 Council Meeting Minutes NORTHWEST ARCTIC SUBSISTENCE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Meeting Minutes April 9-10, 2019 Northwest Arctic Borough Assembly Rook Kotzebue, Alaska The meeting called to order at 9:06 a.m. Invocations Council Member Michael Kramer provided the opening invocation on April 9, 2019. Call to Order (Chair) Council Member Michael Kramer called the meeting to order. Seconded by Barbara Atoruk. The question called by Barbara Atoruk and approved unanimously by the Council. Roll Call and Establish Quorum (Zach Stevenson as requested by the Chair) Nine of town Council Members participated in the meeting including Michael Kramer; Barbara Atoruk; Louie Commack, Jr.; Hannah Loon; Enoch Mitchell; Beverly Moto; Tristen Pattee; and Silvano Viveiros, Sr. Replogle Swan was excused though participated by teleconference. Raymond Lee, Jr., did not attend. Welcome and Introductions (Chair) Council Member Michael Kramer welcomed meeting attendees and those participating by teleconference and invited participants to introduce themselves. In Attendance: The following individuals attended the meeting: Lisa Maas, Wildlife Biologist, Office of Subsistence Management (OSM) (Anchorage) Raime Fronstin, PhD, Wildlife Biologist, National Park Service (NPS), Western Artic National Parklands (WEAR) (Kotzebue) Patricia Petrivelli, Subsistence Anthropologist, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) (Anchorage) Susan Georgette, Refuge Manager, Selawik National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) (Kotzebue) Charlie Gregg, Planning Department, Northwest Arctic Borough (Kotzebue) Brendan Scanlon, Fishery Biologist III, Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) (Fairbanks) Brittany Sweeney, Outreach Specialist, Selawik NWR, USFWS (Kotzebue) Bill Carter, Fisheries Biologist, Selawik NWR, USFWS (Kotzebue) Maija Lukin, Superintendent, WEAR, NPS (Kotzebue) Hannah Atkinson, Cultural Anthropologist, WEAR, NPS (Kotzebue) Andrew Joseph Dallemolle, District Ranger, WEAR, NPS (Kotzebue) Captain Rex Leath, Department of Public Safety, Alaska Wildlife Troopers – Northern Detachment (Anchorage) Trooper Scott Bjork, Alaska Wildlife Troopers – Northern Detachment (Kotzebue) Damon Schaeffer, Sr., Senior Director Lands and Facilities, NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. (Kotzebue) Tom Sparks, Associate Field Manager, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (Nome) Daniel “Alex” Hansen, Wildlife Biologist III, ADF&G (Kotzebue) Brandon Saito, Wildlife Biologist III, ADF&G (Kotzebue) Hazel Smith, Fish & Game Regulatory Program Assistant, ADF&G (Kotzebue) Walker Gusse, Ranger/Pilot, BLM (Anchorage); Kirk Gregg, Lands Specialist, Lands Department, NANA Regional Corporation (Kotzebue); Northwest Arctic Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Meeting 5 Draft Winter 2019 Council Meeting Minutes Stacia Backensto, Wildlife Biologist and Outreach Specialist, Arctic Network Inventory and Monitoring Program, NPS (Fairbanks) Pippa Kenner, Anthropologist, OSM (Anchorage) George Pappas, State Subsistence Liaison, OSM (Anchorage) Zach Stevenson, Council Coordinator, OSM (Anchorage). Teleconference Line: The following individuals participating in some or all of the meeting via teleconference: Kyle Joly, Wildlife Biologist, Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Caribou Vital Sign Lead, NPS (Fairbanks) Derek Hildreth, Permit Specialist, OSM (Anchorage) Daniel Sharp, Wildlife Biologist, BLM (Anchorage) Mark Burch, Wildlife Biologist