If we have funding that was stable for a dedicated period of time that we knew was available to us, and we could work across regions to real...
We have to be able to manage State waters, Federal waters, holistically.
We appreciate your support for congressionally directed spending for AYK salmon populations and are grateful for your work on the Bipartisan...
In closing, Senator Murkowski, subsistence matters, our villages matter, salmon matters, and our way of life matters.
Our tribes matter. Subsistence matters. Our villages matter. Salmon matter. We cannot be ignored any longer.
It is my hope that these comments... will illuminate the crisis that has unfolded in our communities and ecosystems.
What good is the federal trust responsibility if the results in the loss of our fish, our communities, our culture, our lives?
I have a Tlingit name, Aan shaaw tk'i. I do not have a Yup'ik name.
If we don't fish, we don't eat. It is pretty basic.
Our subsistence way of life must have unconditional Federal support, and the State of Alaska must show willingness to seek a different path ...
I do not have that magic button that can put fish back in the river now.
I hope that our tribal leaders, the State and Federal Government will become a stronger advocate for recovery and wellness.
I would like to thank Senator Murkowski, members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and your staff for organizing this field hearing...
What do we do to replace wild food sources, like salmon, when they are in such states of collapse?
short of legislation, what needs to happen, because legislation will take a long time, I know that, but I think even something as simple as ...
This is something that I want to do, because I hear you.
it seems to me that the Yukon is in a humanitarian crisis.
I believe that the AYK salmon crash is a test for the Arctic Strategy for the Federal Government.
