It is time for a new path.

Stop allowing the status quo so as to not affect industry harvest to the extent practicable in fisheries management.

The loss of our critical salmon is ripping and tearing apart the fabric of who we are as Yup'ik and Dene people.

What do we do to replace wild food sources, like salmon, when they are in such states of collapse?

It is my hope that these comments... will illuminate the crisis that has unfolded in our communities...

We appreciate your support for congressionally directed spending for AYK salmon populations and are grateful for your work on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

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

We want you to understand the importance of Tribal voices, Local & Traditional Knowledge and cooperative management in fishery management processes.

I really hope that we could move forward with a just path and that the tribes are listened to and heard, and their opposition to this project as a majority of the tribes are opposed.

What do we do to replace wild food sources, like salmon, when they are in such states of collapse?

Senator Murkowski, we applaud the work you have done to support AYK salmon populations through Congressionally directed spending in support of research, monitoring, and comanagement.

What good is the federal trust responsibility if the results in the loss of our fish, our communities, our culture, our lives?

I also want to say quyana to the Association of Village Council Presidents for encouraging and organizing this event...

I want to thank each of you for your written comments and what you have shared here for the committee and community.

We have sacrificed a lot on the Yukon, from salmon gear to fishing times, of the whole people on Yukon River.

So, one of the things that I often hear is that on Federal lands and waters, our subsistence resources and habitat are not being actively managed to ensure viable resource populations.

Thank you very much, Senator Lisa Murkowski, for being with us today on this historic day, as you said.

This is not a check the box. This is not something that I had to do. This is something that I want to do, because I hear you.

The Federal Government must act.

The record will remain open for two weeks now.

We urge you to push federal agencies to work with us to develop co-stewardship agreements for federally-managed lands and fisheries.

Senator Murkowski, you will be called on to lead Alaskans in achieving this bold new consensus.

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

Help me end suicide. Help me protect our Native rights. Help me restore our resources for future generations. And most of all, help me save Alaska.

it seems to me that the Yukon is in a humanitarian crisis.