Denby S. Lloyd, Commissioner
Jennifer Yuhas, Communications Director
P.O. Box115526
Juneau, Alaska 99811
Phone: (907) 465-6137 • Fax: (907) 465-2332
DIVISION OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
Doug Larsen, Director
Press Release:
No. 09-21, July 21, 2009
Contacts: Sany McIntosh (907) 267-2253
Attention Unit 13 Caribou Hunters
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is announcing the following changes to the caribou portion of the Unit 13 community harvest hunt. This announcement is based on a court order issued by the Honorable Carl Bauman, Superior Court Judge in Kenai.
First, the court ordered that:
A. The residency requirements of the Community Harvest Permit have been removed by court order for the 2009 Unit 13 caribou hunt.
Second, the court also ordered that removal of the residency requirements result in the following additional Community Harvest Permit rules:
B. At least one sharing opportunity for non-Ahtna village residents must be provided, at a location to be determined by the Community Harvest Permit administrator. The Community Harvest Permit administrator has the authority to determine how to provide public notice for interested Tier I permit applicants of the taking and sharing opportunity under the Ahtna Community Harvest Permit, in what form a RSVP from interested Tier I hunters is needed, who will receive Community Harvest Permit authorization to hunt, in which village the sharing opportunity will be provided, what sharing of cultural and subsistence values is appropriate at the sharing event, when the sharing event should be held, and how much of the harvested caribou should be shared with interested Tier I hunters at the sharing event. The Community Harvest Permit administrator can take into account year-long nutritional needs of the village residents and the interested Tier I hunters.
Finally, the Court ordered that the Ahtna Community Harvest Permit administrator must make the announcements required under part B., above, by July 31, 2009.
The community harvest hunt will be administered by Ahtna, Inc. through an appointed hunt administrator. Ahtna, Inc. and the hunt administrator are primarily responsible for implementing this hunt and the court ordered changes under Part B, above. All questions about how the community harvest hunt will be administered and how you may be able to take advantage of opportunities described in Part B, above, should be directed to Ahtna, Inc. at 907-822-3476, Mile 115 Richardson Highway, P.O. Box 649, Glennallen, AK 99588, or any other number designated by Ahtna, Inc...
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