Legislature(2019 - 2020)BARNES 124

02/05/2020 01:00 PM House RESOURCES

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*+ HB 197 EXTEND SEISMIC HAZARDS SAFETY COMMISSION TELECONFERENCED
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*+ HB 230 INTENSIVE MGMT SURCHARGE/REPEAL TERM DATE TELECONFERENCED
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        HB 230-INTENSIVE MGMT SURCHARGE/REPEAL TERM DATE                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:35:53 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  TARR announced  the  next order  of  business would  be                                                               
HOUSE BILL  NO. 230, "An  Act repealing the termination  date for                                                               
the intensive management hunting license surcharge."                                                                            
1:37:24 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ELIZABETH  FERGUSON, Staff,  Representative John  Lincoln, Alaska                                                               
State Legislature, speaking on  behalf of Representative Lincoln,                                                               
sponsor of  HB 230, informed  the committee the bill  repeals the                                                               
sunset  date  for  the  intensive  management  [hunting  license]                                                               
surcharge.  The surcharge was  implemented in 2016 by [House Bill                                                               
137,  passed in  the  Thirtieth Alaska  State Legislature]  which                                                               
authorized a collection rate of  $10 per resident hunting license                                                               
and $30  per nonresident  hunting license.   In three  years, the                                                               
surcharge  has grossed  approximately $3.1  million; HB  230 does                                                               
not increase  or change  the amount of  the surcharge,  or change                                                               
intensive management  policy, but the surcharge  funds activities                                                               
that allow the  Alaska Department of Fish and Game  (ADFG) to use                                                               
federal  matching  funds.   Ms.  Ferguson  pointed out  the  zero                                                               
fiscal  note  attached  to  the  bill,  fiscal  note  identifier:                                                               
HB230-DFG-DWC-1-31-20,  indicates that  without revenue  from the                                                               
surcharge, ADFG may  lose up to $4 million per  year, which would                                                               
hamper management, research, inventory, and surveying.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HANNAN  asked  for  the  purpose  of  the  sunset                                                               
provision  [in House  Bill  137]  and how  repeal  of the  sunset                                                               
provision may  affect the specific  use of the revenue  raised by                                                               
the surcharge.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR LINCOLN  deferred to Representative Talerico  to explain                                                               
the original purpose of the  sunset provision.  Regarding the use                                                               
of  the  revenue  from  the  surcharge, he  said  the  funds  are                                                               
deposited in  a specific  fund that  is subject  to [legislative]                                                               
appropriation.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE TALERICO explained House  Bill 137 was complicated                                                               
thus the inclusion of a  sunset date ensured that the legislation                                                               
would be  reviewed to determine  the efficacy of the  program and                                                               
whether the rates were appropriate.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE HANNAN  directed attention  to a map  [provided by                                                               
ADFG and  included in the  committee packet] noting the  areas of                                                               
intensive  management (IM)  relate to  moose, caribou,  and deer.                                                               
She surmised the funds are not  used for "a specific deer, moose,                                                               
or caribou plan ...."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:41:38 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  TALERICO acknowledged  IM  is usually  associated                                                               
strictly   with  predator   control  but   IM  includes   habitat                                                               
improvement and  gathering data  to inform  conservation measures                                                               
and ensure a continual supply  of the resource; he opined without                                                               
[wildlife  resource management]  there  would be  impacts to  all                                                               
residents,   particularly   subsistence   hunters   and   others.                                                               
Speaking from his experience,  Representative Talerico restated a                                                               
major  facet  of IM  is  gathering  data related  to  maintaining                                                               
habitat at  a level  to provide the  resources that  are mandated                                                               
for the residents of Alaska.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HANNAN observed  IM in  the next  ten years  will                                                               
focus on  habitat due  to changes  in the  typical ranges  of the                                                               
migration of  moose and caribou.   She expressed support  for the                                                               
bill.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  TARR  asked  for clarification  on  the  aforementioned                                                               
federal matching funds.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:45:38 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
EDDIE  GRASSER,  Director,  Division  of  Wildlife  Conservation,                                                               
ADFG, stated  a large part of  IM revenue is directed  to habitat                                                               
work, and survey  and inventory work, to  determine the abundance                                                               
of game populations  such as moose, caribou, and  deer.  Further,                                                               
the IM  surcharge revenue  allows ADFG to  match [Federal  Aid in                                                               
Wildlife  Restoration Act,  also known  as the  Pittman-Robertson                                                               
Wildlife Restoration  Program (PR)]  federal funds:   every state                                                               
dollar raised from IM garners three  federal dollars.  All of the                                                               
revenue is directed to a dedicated  PR fund that can only be used                                                               
for fish  and wildlife issues.   In further response  to Co-Chair                                                               
Tarr, he confirmed these measures were implemented at statehood.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SPOHNHOLZ asked for  a description of the Pittman-                                                               
Robertson  fund  and  of some  of  the  habitat-related  projects                                                               
funded by the surcharge.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MR.  GRASSER  explained  the   Pittman-Robertson  (PR)  fund  was                                                               
created in  1937 by a  national tax on  the sale of  firearms and                                                               
ammunition; the  tax was promoted  by hunters to raise  funds for                                                               
wildlife  management.    House  Bill 137  was  also  promoted  by                                                               
Alaskan hunters.  Since its inception,  the PR fund has been used                                                               
for  various activities;  in addition,  Alaska law  [AS 16.05.100                                                               
Fish and  Game Fund] requires the  fund to be used  primarily for                                                               
hunting management.   Other programs  funded by PR  funds include                                                               
[Eagle River  Nature Center] wildlife  viewing and  state refuges                                                               
and  sanctuaries.    Pittman-Robertson  is a  federal  law  which                                                               
creates  a  3:1 match;  this  year  PR  funds  to the  state  are                                                               
expected  to  be  $26  million.   Examples  of  wildlife  habitat                                                               
restoration projects funded  by the IM surcharge  are projects in                                                               
Tok and Delta,  and a prescribed burn in the  Alphabet Hills near                                                               
Glennallen.  In further response  to Representative Spohnholz, he                                                               
said natural fires are a  regeneration mechanism for successional                                                               
growth  upon which  most game  species  live; much  of Alaska  is                                                               
forested with black  spruce which does not  provide nutrition for                                                               
wildlife.  So, prescribed burns  are used to replace black spruce                                                               
with willow to create better habitat for moose and caribou.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:50:39 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HOPKINS questioned  whether  Alaska has  directed                                                               
money to options  and research such as  preserving apex predators                                                               
and allowing them  to cull herds, thereby  preserving habitat, as                                                               
has been done successfully in some Lower 48 national parks.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MR.   GRASSER  agreed   [the  reintroduction   of  wolves]   into                                                               
Yellowstone  National  Park caused  some  changes  in habitat  to                                                               
occur;  however, in  Alaska habitat  covers large  areas of  land                                                               
that  are  not  riparian  in nature,  and  available  data  shows                                                               
management  for  abundant  moose   and  caribou  results  in  the                                                               
population  of  apex predators  growing  with  the population  of                                                               
moose and caribou.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HOPKINS asked  whether there  has been  long-term                                                               
research  on the  effect on  herds in  Alaska related  to leaving                                                               
apex predators in place.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MR.  GRASSER gave  the  example of  the  Fortymile Caribou  Herd:                                                               
[due  to predation  by] apex  predators, the  herd was  in a  low                                                               
equilibrium  predator   pit  and  numbered   approximately  2,000                                                               
animals  for many  years; [from  2000-2010], ADFG  began predator                                                               
control programs and the caribou herd expanded.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE HOPKINS  inquired as to whether  there is research                                                               
from Denali National Park and Preserve.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
MR. GRASSER said yes.   Where there are management programs, most                                                               
populations, including  apex predators, are healthy;  where there                                                               
are no  management programs, ungulate  populations are  down, and                                                               
apex predators have migrated elsewhere.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE HOPKINS asked:                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     The  [Teklanika] wolf  pack  around  the Denali  buffer                                                                    
     area, ...  and looking at  the populations in  that ...                                                                    
     pack in  that area,  how has this  money been  spent on                                                                    
     researching  the impacts  of predator  control in  that                                                                    
     area and expansions of herds of moose.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MR. GRASSER  expressed his  understanding ADGF  has no  active IM                                                               
programs in that area and  offered to provide further information                                                               
in this regard.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HOPKINS inquired  as  to how  much  IM money  was                                                               
spent on predator control.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MR.  GRASSER said  in  FY  18 ADFG  spent  $180,000 for  predator                                                               
control,  out  of  approximately  $1  million  collected  by  the                                                               
surcharge.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:54:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE HOPKINS requested a breakdown  of the amount of IM                                                               
money spent  during the two  previous fiscal years  for research,                                                               
predator control,  and habitat management.   He expressed support                                                               
for  the  bill  to  further critical  science-based  research  on                                                               
habitat, predator control, and IM.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:55:32 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR TARR opened public testimony on HB 230.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:56:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
VIC VAN BALLENGBERGHE, PhD, informed  the committee he is a moose                                                               
and wolf  biologist who served three  terms on the Board  of Game                                                               
(BOG), ADFG,  during two administrations.   He said HB  230 seeks                                                               
to  repeal the  sunset of  the IM  surcharge, however,  the issue                                                               
involves  the   state's  public   policy  related   to  intensive                                                               
management.   Twenty-six  years  after Alaska  established an  IM                                                               
law, it  is known  that IM has  enabled controversial  methods of                                                               
reducing predators, such as public  aerial shooting of wolves and                                                               
bears,  gassing of  wolf pups  in dens,  and sales  of bear  body                                                               
parts.   He characterized these  practices as  controversial even                                                               
among hunters, and hunting guides,  and pointed out Alaska ballot                                                               
initiatives have restricted wolf control.   Further known is that                                                               
intensive management  is expensive, but  its exact costs  are not                                                               
readily available;  in fact, there have  been special legislative                                                               
appropriations and IM costs have been funded by ADFG's "regular"                                                                
budget for  amounts from $1  million to  $2 million per  year, in                                                               
addition to  the surcharge.  He  said, "... for every  moose that                                                               
was  produced through  IM in  recent  years the  cost was  around                                                               
$7,000 per  animal ...."   He concluded  IM is  controversial and                                                               
costly and  may not  be effective.   Dr. Van  Ballengberghe urged                                                               
the  committee  to  let  the  sunset  provision  prevail  pending                                                               
further evaluation.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR TARR  surmised decisions  on some of  the aforementioned                                                               
practices would  rest with  the Board of  Game and  asked whether                                                               
BOG addresses issues satisfactorily.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
2:01:03 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
DR.  VAN BALLENBERGHE  recalled "things  were different"  when he                                                               
served  on  BOG;  BOG  had   a  more  general  view  of  wildlife                                                               
management prior  to 2002.  He  acknowledged BOG has a  tough job                                                               
to balance  disparate views; however, recently  some are critical                                                               
of  BOG for  being  too  narrowly focused  and  willing to  adopt                                                               
controversial   predator  control   methods,  and   unwilling  to                                                               
consider  a   broader  perspective,   for  example,   using  apex                                                               
predators  to preserve  an ecosystem  rather  than producing  the                                                               
maximum number of animals for hunters.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
2:03:03 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ROD  ARNO,  Executive  Director, Alaska  Outdoor  Council  (AOC),                                                               
expressed support  for the repeal  of the surcharge  and informed                                                               
the committee AOC advocated for the  passage of House Bill 137 in                                                               
2016.  He  said the money collected for the  surcharge is paid by                                                               
the  sale of  hunting licenses,  and  well over  one-half of  the                                                               
funds  is paid  by approximately  10,000 nonresident  hunters per                                                               
year.    Mr. Arno  noted  the  original legislation  provides  an                                                               
exemption that  grants $5 licenses  to 17,000 [hunters]  and some                                                               
hunters  are not  charged.   Over one-third  of the  surcharge is                                                               
paid by  nonresidents, and he  stressed nonresident  and resident                                                               
hunters are willing to pay the  surcharge if the money is used to                                                               
increase the  abundance of harvestable  surplus of the  wild food                                                               
source for  Alaskans.   In fact, 34  million pounds  of renewable                                                               
and wild  food source is  extremely important.   He said  AOC and                                                               
its 10,000 members  are willing to continue to  pay the surcharge                                                               
to support science and ensure game is available for Alaskans.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
2:06:30 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
DOUG  LARSEN,  President,   Territorial  Sportsman,  Inc.  (TSI),                                                               
informed the  committee TSI was  founded in  1945 and one  of its                                                               
missions  is to  raise  money for  high  school students'  higher                                                               
education.  He said he worked  for ADFG for 30 years and provided                                                               
a  brief work  history which  included experience  with intensive                                                               
management;  TSI supports  HB 230.   Mr.  Larsen recalled  at one                                                               
time IM was  funded by ADFG capital  improvement projects (CIPs);                                                               
however, CIP funding  has been replaced by the IM  surcharge.  He                                                               
agreed with  previous testifiers  that although revenue  from the                                                               
IM surcharge  can be  used for predator  control, more  often the                                                               
funding supports programs  directed at habitat.   For example, in                                                               
2014, in Ketchikan, and near  Petersburg and Wrangell, there were                                                               
proposals to  reduce the wolf population;  however, ADFG invested                                                               
IM funds  to assess the  habitat in  the areas and  concluded, in                                                               
these situations,  the problem  was limited  habitat and  not the                                                               
wolf population.   He said  fisheries and wildlife  managers need                                                               
data  to make  better decisions;  he acknowledged  that sometimes                                                               
reducing predators  is appropriate, but without  revenue from the                                                               
surcharge,  data  is difficult  to  obtain.   He  restated  TSI's                                                               
support for HB 230.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  TUCK   questioned  whether  the  amount   of  the                                                               
surcharge is enough.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MR. LARSEN advised  matching the PR funds was a  challenge in the                                                               
past and deferred to Mr. Grasser.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR TARR observed specific techniques  of IM are what garner                                                               
negative attention and asked whether  certain practices should be                                                               
limited by the legislature.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
2:11:17 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. LARSEN stated  the aforementioned issue is  a "values issue."                                                               
There  are  many ways  to  reduce  predators  and ADFG  seeks  to                                                               
humanely reduce  predators without  any intent to  be cruel.   He                                                               
pointed out  wildlife in Alaska  is managed on a  sustained yield                                                               
basis, as  directed by the  Alaska State Constitution,  and needs                                                               
to be  effective and cost-effective  without regard  for personal                                                               
values.  Mr. Larsen remarked:                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     And  again,  what I  would  offer  is  as long  as  the                                                                    
     efforts  that are  being done  are  done humanely,  and                                                                    
     with  the right  approach  given  the circumstances,  I                                                                    
     think that's  where the line  should be.  And  I think,                                                                    
     honestly, the Board of Game  has done a pretty good job                                                                    
     with that  ... weighing  the pros  and cons  of various                                                                    
     aspects of that ....                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE HANNAN  asked Mr.  Larson if  intensive management                                                               
is  a  standard  wildlife  management  practice  used  to  assess                                                               
[populations]  or is  IM  targeted  at [maintaining]  harvestable                                                               
populations  for  consumption.   She  suggested  politics  affect                                                               
intensive management practices  that are really BOG  issues.  She                                                               
pointed out if  ADFG is responsible to ensure  a sustained yield,                                                               
and IM is  standard management practice, there must  be a revenue                                                               
stream to support the program.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
MR.  LARSEN advised  [Senate Bill  77, passed  in the  Eighteenth                                                               
Alaska State  Legislature amending  AS 16.05.255] was  focused on                                                               
deer, moose, and caribou, and  tasked BOG to identify populations                                                               
of moose,  caribou, and deer that  would be used for  high levels                                                               
of human consumption.   Prior to that, and  currently, survey and                                                               
inventory work  were done  on many  species; however,  IM efforts                                                               
were  specifically  focused  to  identify  populations  of  deer,                                                               
moose, and caribou.  He pointed  out not every area identified by                                                               
BOG has an active management program in place.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
2:16:22 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR.  GRASSER,  in  response   to  Representative  Tuck's  earlier                                                               
question,  indicated  the  current  surcharge  is  sufficient  to                                                               
support an effective program.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  RAUSCHER  surmised  a prescribed  burn  would  be                                                               
conducted  in   conjunction  with   the  Division   of  Forestry,                                                               
Department  of   Natural  Resources  (DNR),  and   asked  whether                                                               
surcharge revenue would be used.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MR.  GRASSER advised  prescribed burns  are conducted  by a  team                                                               
from both  divisions and costs  are borne  by both DNR  and ADFG.                                                               
In further response to Representative  Rauscher, he expressed his                                                               
belief costs are paid from general operating funds.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SPOHNHOLZ questioned  whether prescribed burns can                                                               
benefit wildlife management and fire suppression.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
MR.  GRASSER  said  yes;  for example,  ADFG,  DNR,  and  federal                                                               
agencies worked as a team during  the [2019 Swan Lake fire on the                                                               
Kenai Peninsula].                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  TUCK returned  attention to  PR federal  matching                                                               
funds and  asked whether the  state could leverage more  funds if                                                               
the state could contribute more.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MR. GRASSER said not at this  time because there is a downturn of                                                               
available PR  revenue from  the Fish  and Wildlife  Service, U.S.                                                               
Department   of   the  Interior.      In   further  response   to                                                               
Representative  Tuck,   he  said,   "The  cap  is   whatever  our                                                               
apportionment is  going to  be, so  at this  point, I  guess, ...                                                               
we've probably hit the cap."                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
2:19:52 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
RON  SOMERVILLE  informed  the  committee  he  is  a  Territorial                                                               
Sportsman  Inc.,   member  and  is  representing   himself.    He                                                               
cautioned  HB  230 does  not  address  the debate  over  predator                                                               
management  and agreed  with previous  testimony that  IM garners                                                               
controversary   related  to   wolf  or   bear  management.     As                                                               
background, Mr. Somerville said he  worked 24 years with ADFG and                                                               
while he  was serving on  the Board  of Game, BOG  reinstituted a                                                               
predator  management program  in Game  Management Unit  (GMU) 19,                                                               
under  a new  process  to evaluate  predator management  programs                                                               
which specified  four or five  criterion:  public  support, local                                                               
support, money to  evaluate the success of the  program, and some                                                               
reasonable chance of  success.  He opined BOG  mostly follows the                                                               
aforementioned criteria  in its  use of  IM, and  IM is  not used                                                               
statewide; in  fact, one-half  of Alaska  belongs to  the federal                                                               
government which leads to conflict  over the level of the state's                                                               
management authority  in certain  areas, and  predator management                                                               
is prohibited in refuges and parks.   One of the purposes of [the                                                               
surcharge] is to provide money to  ADFG that is not limited by PR                                                               
matching fund  regulations; he pointed  out if [ADFG]  decides to                                                               
harvest predators in certain areas,  PR money cannot be used, and                                                               
ADFG must use general funds or fish  and game funds.  He spoke in                                                               
favor  of  legislative oversight  over  ADFG  and encouraged  the                                                               
committee to  continue [the surcharge  for] IM because  the money                                                               
is  needed   to  provide   benefits  to   all  Alaskans   as  the                                                               
constitution requires.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
2:25:12 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
THOR  STACEY, Lobbyist,  Alaska Professional  Hunters Association                                                               
(APHA),   informed  the   committee   APHA   is  a   professional                                                               
association representing hunting guides  statewide.  He said APHA                                                               
supports [HB 203]  and further written testimony  was provided in                                                               
the  committee  packet.    He  noted  APHA  participated  in  the                                                               
coalition  of  sporting groups  that  supported  House Bill  137.                                                               
Also, APHA  supports the  current amount of  the surcharge.   Mr.                                                               
Stacey clarified intensive management  statutes are a mandate for                                                               
managing,  on state  land,  Alaska wildlife  -  moose, deer,  and                                                               
caribou  - for  high levels  of human  consumption; historically,                                                               
general fund  appropriations have been  used in this regard.   In                                                               
fact,  the  state  must  avoid  using  PR  funds  for  activities                                                               
involving  intensive   management  because  federal   policy  now                                                               
prohibits  predator  control  measures that  were  accepted  when                                                               
Alaska was  a territory.   Therefore, the surcharge is  a bright-                                                               
line  accounting  measure  to  demonstrate  there  is  a  funding                                                               
source, separate from PR funds, to  fund IM programs.  Mr. Stacey                                                               
pointed  out most  of Alaska  is Fish  and Wildlife  and National                                                               
Park Service, U.S.  Department of the Interior,  lands, which are                                                               
managed under  a program of  non-intensive management.   Further,                                                               
in  the Denali  Borough and  Denali National  Park and  Preserve,                                                               
there   is  currently   a   "hands-off"   approach  to   wildlife                                                               
management; however, on surrounding  state land, state management                                                               
practices  include IM.    Currently, moose  and  wolves are  more                                                               
abundant  on state  land because  the  low-equilibrium status  of                                                               
ungulates  has  been  avoided  and  most  are  consumed  by  wild                                                               
predators.  He remarked:                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     As  the  Board  of  Game  looks  at  an  area,  there's                                                                    
     different  tiers are  basically  the carrying  capacity                                                                    
     for the  habitat, they have a  population objective, so                                                                    
     you have a maximum carrying  capacity, then you have an                                                                    
     objective,  what the  wildlife managers  would like  to                                                                    
     see the population at.   And then if there's a positive                                                                    
     IM finding, you have the  next stage is an IM threshold                                                                    
     and   that's  where   intensive  management   would  be                                                                    
     considered ....   ...   Finally, you have ANS  which is                                                                    
     the amount necessary for subsistence,  so you have your                                                                    
     population objective,  you have your IM  threshold, and                                                                    
     then  you  have  the   minimum  amounts  necessary  for                                                                    
     subsistence.    And  then at  some  point  below  that,                                                                    
     there's  not  enough   harvestable  surplus  for  human                                                                    
     hunting to continue ....                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MR. STACEY restated APHA's reasons for supporting HB 203.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
2:31:10 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR TARR, after ascertaining no one further wished to                                                                      
testify, closed public testimony.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
[HB 230 was held over.]                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                

Document Name Date/Time Subjects
HB197 Additional Documents-2019 Alaska Seismicity Summary 2.01.20.pdf HFIN 3/5/2020 9:00:00 AM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/7/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 197
HB 230 Fiscal Note DFG-DWC 1.31.20.pdf HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/7/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 230
HB 230 Sponsor Statement 1.31.2020.pdf HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/7/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 230
HB197 Sponsor Statement 1.22.20.pdf HFIN 3/5/2020 9:00:00 AM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/7/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 197
HB197 ver A 1.22.20.pdf HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/7/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 197
HB197 Fiscal Note DNR-DGGS 2.01.20.pdf HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/7/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 197
HB197 Supporting Document-Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission Audit.pdf HFIN 3/5/2020 9:00:00 AM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/7/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 197
HB197 Supporting Document-ASHSC 2018 Annual Report.pdf HFIN 3/5/2020 9:00:00 AM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/7/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 197
HB 230 v. A 1.29.20.PDF HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/7/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 230
HB 27 Sponsor Statement.pdf HL&C 3/6/2020 3:15:00 PM
HRES 4/3/2019 1:00:00 PM
HRES 4/5/2019 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/24/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/27/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/29/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/31/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/3/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 27
HB27 Bill Version U 1.11.19.PDF HL&C 3/6/2020 3:15:00 PM
HRES 4/3/2019 1:00:00 PM
HRES 4/5/2019 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/24/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/27/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/29/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/31/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/3/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 27
HB27 Bill Version U 1.11.19Sectional Analysis.pdf HL&C 3/6/2020 3:15:00 PM
HRES 4/3/2019 1:00:00 PM
HRES 4/5/2019 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/24/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/27/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/29/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/31/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/3/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 27
HB 27 CS Version S 1.21.20.pdf HRES 1/24/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/27/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/29/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/31/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/3/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 27
HB27 Supporting Document - Flame Retardants - NIH Fact Sheet July 2016.pdf HL&C 3/6/2020 3:15:00 PM
HRES 4/3/2019 1:00:00 PM
HRES 4/5/2019 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/24/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/27/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/3/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 27
HB27 Supporting Document - Letters of Support from Firefighters 4.2.19.pdf HRES 4/3/2019 1:00:00 PM
HRES 4/5/2019 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/24/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/27/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/29/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/3/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 27
HB27 DEC Fiscal Note 01.17.20.pdf HRES 1/24/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/27/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/29/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/31/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/3/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 27
HB27 DOL Fiscal Note 01.17.20.pdf HRES 1/24/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/27/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/29/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/31/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/3/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 27
HB27 Supporting Document - Combined Letters and Emails in Support 1.21.20.pdf HL&C 3/6/2020 3:15:00 PM
HRES 1/24/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/27/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/29/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/31/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/3/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 27
HB27 Explanation of Changes Ver U to Ver S 01.21.20.pdf HL&C 3/6/2020 3:15:00 PM
HRES 1/24/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/27/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/29/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/31/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/3/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 27
HB27 Opposing Document - Letters of Opposition Combined 01.23.20.pdf HRES 1/24/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/27/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/29/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/31/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/3/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 27
HB 27 v. S Amendment HRES 1.29.2020 #1.pdf HRES 1/29/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/31/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/3/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 27
HB 27 v. S Amendment HRES 1.29.2020 #2.pdf HRES 1/29/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/31/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/3/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 27
HB 27 v. S Amendment HRES 1.29.2020 #3.pdf HRES 1/29/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/31/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/3/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 27
HB 27 v. S Amendment HRES 1.29.2020 #4.pdf HRES 1/29/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/31/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/3/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 27
HB 27 Staff Response to Member Questions 1.29.20.pdf HRES 1/27/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/29/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 1/31/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/3/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 27
HB 230 IM Species Determinations 12.17.2019.jpg HFIN 3/5/2020 9:00:00 AM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/7/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 230
HB 230 Hunting License Surcharge Revenue CY17-CY19 2.4.2020.pdf HFIN 3/5/2020 9:00:00 AM
HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 230
HB 230 Testimony - Support as of 2.5.20.pdf HRES 2/5/2020 1:00:00 PM
HRES 2/7/2020 1:00:00 PM
HB 230