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 populati...
Discontinue using four-inch nets. They are killing my salmon out there.
We need to be paying attention to that aspect of knowledge that you bring to the table.
Traditional ecological knowledge must inform our actions and decisions.
You have taken a huge step forward by moving the Office of Subsistence Management under the Secretary of Interior.
If you are serious about talking about co-management, you have to look at getting more funding for it.
We are practicing cultural genocide from the Federal and the State government.
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.
We are tired. No more.
Our tribes matter. Subsistence matters. Our villages matter. Salmon matter. We cannot be ignored any longer.