Thank you, Mr. Winkelman.
We have sacrificed a lot on the Yukon, from salmon gear to fishing times, of the whole people on Yukon River.
I do not have that magic button that can put fish back in the river now.
The traditional harvesting culture in Alaska Native communities remains really strong.
We especially thank you for your leadership to include language in the Fiscal Year 24 Appropriations Bill to reposition ...
We have to be able to manage State waters, Federal waters, holistically.
We just had a hearing in the Indian Affairs Committee on the fentanyl crisis among Alaska Native peoples.
Senator Murkowski, we applaud the work you have done to support AYK salmon populations through Congressionally directed ...
Let our Tribes help the federal government, and one another, to address salmon declines, climate change, and the impacts...
I do want to just note that there are no permanent protections for that co-stewardship.
Moving the Office of Subsistence Management under the Interior Secretary was, as I said, a step in the right direction.