Thank you for sharing in ways that are both informative and personal.

I am absolutely not dismissing changes to ANILCA or any other legislation here.

The record will remain open for two weeks now.

Failure to do so will be a death blow to my river, to my people, and our survival, before we go extinct.

Let's have a demonstration project on co-management. Let's fund it.

Again, it is not going to be a perfect solution, but hopefully it is a stepping stone in the right direction.

If we don't fish, we don't eat. It is pretty basic.

We need some answers. We need to be heard. We cannot accept this as a government formality for turning a deaf ear on the poor.

We have no choice but to be aware of every part and piece of the ecosystem, because everything is connected.

I do not have that magic button that can put fish back in the river now.

subsistence matters, our villages matter, salmon matters, and our way of life matters.

This is not the time or the place to develop the world's largest open pit mine on the backs of the tribal nations of this region.

The way we are going, yes, we are going to see extinction of salmon within 10 years.

We need your support for funding these, I don't know if they are private companies.

I hope that our tribal leaders, the State and Federal Government will become a stronger advocate for recovery and wellness.

Let our Tribes help the federal government, and one another, to address salmon declines, climate change, and the impacts on our communities.

We need immediate action to find solutions to this crisis. That won't happen unless the Federal Government is willing to listen to and partner with Tribes.

When you rely on salmon for your food source, it is not just because it is what is on sale. It is because it is what you have.