"The only effective way to co-manage our resources is by fully integrating our traditional knowledge into co-management."
"Thank you, Senator Sullivan. My name is Mary Peltola. I'm the Executive Director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission."
"We need--we always need--and a marked recapture study had been funded using disaster funds that is now closed."
"It is with this Inter-Tribal Fish Commission."
"I would also ask you to seriously consider moving the Federal subsistence program out of its current location."
"I urge Congress to support and create additional legislative, administrative and funding opportunities for our tribes to fully co-manage our important resources on an equal footing with our Federal an..."
"I really feel that our communities that rely on salmon have been going through the seven stages of grief."
"Despite agreements with the U.S. Department of the Interior for a tribal role in management of traditional subsistence fisheries, the burdensome Federal administrative structure and misplaced policy p..."
"Tribal self-determination is minimized in this most vital aspect of tribal health and well being."
"I also support Mary Sattler Peltola's recommendation to restructure the FSB."
"I echo and applaud Mary Sattler Peltola's testimony and recommendation to remove the Office of Subsistence Management (OSM) from under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)."