HJR 48: Requesting that the Federal Subsistence Board not adopt the proposed subsistence moose hunting regulations for the Kenai Peninsula, not adopt any other federal regulation changes for hunting or fishing on the Kenai Peninsula, and not adopt the changes in federal regulations that make a customary and traditional use determination for certain communities on the Kenai Peninsula.
00HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 48 01 Requesting that the Federal Subsistence Board not adopt the proposed subsistence 02 moose hunting regulations for the Kenai Peninsula, not adopt any other federal 03 regulation changes for hunting or fishing on the Kenai Peninsula, and not adopt 04 the changes in federal regulations that make a customary and traditional use 05 determination for certain communities on the Kenai Peninsula. 06 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 07 WHEREAS the Federal Subsistence Board has proposed granting new subsistence 08 preferences to several communities on the Kenai Peninsula for the purposes of subsistence 09 hunting; and 10 WHEREAS the adoption of any new federal regulation changes for subsistence 11 hunting may create additional conflicts with subsistence hunting and fishing and further divide 12 residents of the Kenai Peninsula and Alaska; and 13 WHEREAS this will be the first time that communities will have been given new 14 subsistence preferences since the federal government took over the management of subsistence
01 of hunting on federal lands; and 02 WHEREAS this federal proposal does not address the adverse effects on the 44,400 03 residents of the Kenai Peninsula, most of whom do not agree with this plan; and 04 WHEREAS a petition opposing the Federal Subsistence Board's proposal was signed 05 by 1,800 residents of the Kenai Peninsula within 10 days after the petition began to be 06 circulated; and 07 WHEREAS there was not sufficient opportunity for peninsula residents to testify 08 before the Federal Subsistence Board to address their concerns about these drastic changes in 09 hunting regulations on the Kenai Peninsula; and 10 WHEREAS the public is poorly informed about the process of the regional subsistence 11 advisory councils and the degree of deference given to those regional councils by the Federal 12 Subsistence Board; and 13 WHEREAS the residents of the communities of Hope, Cooper Landing, Whittier, 14 Seldovia, and Ninilchik should not receive special preference over other residents of Kenai 15 Peninsula communities; and 16 WHEREAS Alaskans are working for a comprehensive solution for regaining state 17 management of fish and game; 18 BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully and urgently 19 requests that the Federal Subsistence Board not approve the proposed subsistence moose 20 hunting regulations; and be it 21 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the 22 Federal Subsistence Board not to adopt any future federal regulations applicable to the Kenai 23 Peninsula that would grant subsistence preferences for fish or game; and be it 24 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests that 25 the Federal Subsistence Board refrain from changing any of the customary and traditional use 26 determinations for Kenai Peninsula communities in federal regulations until January 1, 1997, 27 to allow the new administration, the legislature, and Alaska's Congressional delegation the 28 opportunity to build consensus among all Alaskans to provide a solution to the subsistence 29 dilemma that will return management of Alaska's fish and game resources to the State of 30 Alaska. 31 COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Al Gore, Jr., Vice-President
01 of the United States and President of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Strom Thurmond, 02 President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the U.S. 03 House of Representatives; the Honorable Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of Interior; the Honorable 04 Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture; and to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable 05 Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, 06 members of the Alaska delegation in Congress; and to the Federal Subsistence Board.