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...
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.
We have to be able to manage State waters, Federal waters, holistically.
I hope Senator, that we have an opportunity to do something about this, either by legislation or amending that treaty to...
Our subsistence way of life must have unconditional federal support.
The record will remain open for two weeks now.
Let's have a demonstration project on co-management. Let's fund it.
I am absolutely not dismissing changes to ANILCA or any other legislation here.
The way we are going, yes, we are going to see extinction of salmon within 10 years.
Thank you very much, Senator Lisa Murkowski, for being with us today on this historic day, as you said.