Legislature(2005 - 2006)CAPITOL 124
03/22/2006 01:00 PM House RESOURCES
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| Start | |
| HB415 | |
| Board of Game | |
| Big Game Services Board | |
| HB420 | |
| HB419 | |
| Board of Game | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| = | HB 415 | ||
| *+ | HB 419 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | HB 420 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED |
^Board of Game
CO-CHAIR RAMRAS announced that the next order of business would
be to consider the appointment of Richard Burley to the Alaska
Board of Game.
[Contains discussion of SB 85]
RICHARD BURLEY, Appointee, Alaska Board of Game, said he served
on the board in the 1990s and would like to continue serving.
REPRESENTATIVE GATTO noted that Mr. Burley took flying lessons
in 1961, and asked if he has flown the Dalton Highway. He said
there is legislation, [SB 85], that may be before the committee,
and he asked if there has been abuse of the highway that would
require significantly more monitoring.
MR. BURLEY asked if he was referring to abuse of fish and game
or the entire corridor system.
REPRESENTATIVE GATTO spoke of pending legislation to increase
access along the Dalton Highway, and he surmised it will be used
by hunters and recreationists. He asked if Mr. Burley has seen
people poaching or herding animals along the Dalton Highway.
MR. BURLEY said he thinks there are reasons to open up the
corridor, because the Dalton Highway is one of a few ways to
access Alaska. He said he hasn't seen major infractions.
REPRESENTATIVE GATTO said that observation is important and
asked if he has seen snow machines or other vehicles herding
animals.
MR. BURLEY said he has not observed it, but that doesn't mean it
hasn't happened.
REPRESENTATIVE KAPSNER asked how long it takes to fly the Dalton
Highway.
MR. BURLEY said from 1.5 hours to 3 hours, depending on the type
of airplane.
2:21:11 PM
CO-CHAIR RAMRAS said he has known him for a long time and he
thanked him for his contributions to the community and state.
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON moved to advance the name of Richard
Hurley, appointee to the Board of Game, to the joint session for
consideration. Hearing no objections, it was so ordered.
[The returned attention to the confirmation hearings on the
Board of Game later in the hearing.]
2:22:10 PM
^Big Game Services Board
[Contains discussion of SB 85]
ROBERT MUMFORD, Appointee, Big Game Services Board, said he
worked for fish and wildlife protection with the state troopers
for 18 years. He is retired and interested in serving on this
board.
REPRESENTATIVE GATTO asked if Mr. Mumford has seen abuse during
his patrols around the Dalton Highway.
MR. MUMFORD said he has sent emails in opposition to SB 85. He
lived and worked in that area for many years, and his major
concern is ATV use on the north side and the scaring it would
leave in the tundra. He said he hasn't seen much herding of
game, because there isn't much use of that area except by snow
machines in the winter. He has seen people running wolves down
with snow machines.
REPRESENTATIVE GATTO asked if running wolves down is illegal.
MR. MUMFORD said it can be, and he was never able to make a case
against someone, although he has seen tracks in the snow where
it happened. Because of weather, "it's hard to catch a day that
you can actually fly and track one of these guys down." There
is legal use of snow machines too, he noted.
2:25:59 PM
REPRESENTATIVE GATTO asked about ATVs south of Atigun Pass.
MR. MUMFORD said that is not as much of an environmental impact-
-if it is regulated. Otherwise the territory would be torn up
"so bad," and it is impossible to removes the scars.
REPRESENTATIVE GATTO asked if an ATV was a single individual on
a four-wheeler or a track vehicle.
MR. MUMFORD said he is talking about both. "I'd say no ATV-use,
just a single person on an ATV--that tundra is pretty fragile."
2:27:04 PM
CO-CHAIR SAMUELS said the Big Game Commercial Services Board was
created to set ethical standards for guides and to resolve the
conflicts between guides and transporters, especially in the
Northwest Arctic Borough. He asked how he would address both
the ethical standards for guides, "to make sure that some of the
local folks out in western Alaska can get and keep those jobs,
and the conflict between the guides and the transporters."
MR. MUMFORD said ethical standards need to be specific,
attainable, and definable. He said he would like to read the
tenets of the Alaska Professional Hunters Association and see if
they could be adopted. He said he believes heavily in ethical
standards and breaking them should come with a cost. Many
resident hunters use transporters, and they should have priority
over non-resident hunters, he added.
2:29:29 PM
CO-CHAIR SAMUELS moved to advance the name of Robert Mumford,
appointee to the Big Game Commercial Services Board, to the
joint session for consideration. Hearing no objection, it was so
ordered.
2:29:59 PM
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