[Federal Register: January 28, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 18)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Meetings for the National Park Service (NPS)
Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) Program Within the Alaska Region
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
SUMMARY: The NPS announces the SRC meeting schedule for the following
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areas: Aniakchak National Monument, Cape Krusenstern National Monument,
Denali National Park, Kobuk Valley National Park, Gates of the Arctic
National Park, Lake Clark National Park, and Wrangell-St. Elias
National Park. The purpose of each meeting is to develop and continue
work on NPS subsistence hunting program recommendations and other
related subsistence management issues. Each meeting is open to the
public and will have time allocated for public testimony. The public is
welcomed to present written or oral comments to the SRC. Each meeting
will be recorded and meeting minutes will be available upon request
from each Superintendent for public inspection approximately six weeks
after each meeting. The NPS SRC program is authorized under Title VIII,
Section 808 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act,
Pub. L. 96-487, to operate in accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Dates: The Lake Clark National Park SRC meeting will be held on
Tuesday, February 12, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Alaska Standard
Time.
Location: Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Visitor Center,
Port Alsworth, AK.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Adkisson, Subsistence Manager,
telephone (907) 443-2522, or Willie Goodwin, Subsistence Manager, and
George Helfrich, Superintendent, telephone: (907) 442-3890, at Western
Arctic Parklands, P.O. Box 1029, Kotzebue, AK 99752.
Date: The Kobuk Valley National Park SRC meeting will be held on
Wednesday, February 27, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Alaska Standard
Time.
Location: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office, Conference Room,
Kotzebue, AK.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Adkisson, Subsistence Manager,
telephone (907) 443-2522, or Willie Goodwin, Subsistence Manager, and
George Helfrich, Superintendent, telephone: (907) 442-3890, at Western
Arctic Parklands, P.O. Box 1029, Kotzebue, AK 99752
Date: The Gates of the Arctic National Park SRC meeting will be
held on Wednesday, February 27, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Alaska
Standard Time.
Location: Sophie Station Hotel, 1717 University Ave. Fairbanks, AK,
telephone (907) 479-3650.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Krupa, Subsistence Manager, or
Greg Dudgeon, Superintendent, telephone: (907) 457-5752, at Gates of
the Arctic National Park and Preserve, 4175 Geist Road, Fairbanks, AK
99709.
Date: The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park SRC meeting will be held
on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 and Wednesday, March 26, 2008, from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Alaska Standard Time.
Location: Mentasta Lake--Katie John School, 6 Mile Main Village
Road in Mentasta Lake, AK, telephone (907) 291-2327.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Cellarius, Subsistence
Manager, telephone: (907) 822-7236, or Meg Jensen, Superintendent,
telephone: (907) 822-5234, at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and
Preserve, P.O. Box 439, Copper Center, AK 99573.
SUPPLMENTARY INFORMATION: SRC meeting locations and dates may need to
be changed based on weather or local circumstances. If meeting dates
and locations are changed notice of each meeting will be published in
local newspapers and announced on local radio stations prior to the
meeting dates. The meetings may end early if all business is completed.
The agendas for each meeting include the following:
1. Call to order (SRC Chair).
2. SRC Roll Call and Confirmation of Quorum.
3. SRC Chair and Superintendent's Welcome and Introductions.
4. Review and Approve Agenda.
5. Status of SRC Membership.
6. Election of Chair and Vice Chair (New charter requires annual
elections).
7. SRC Member Reports.
8. Superintendent and NPS Staff Reports.
9. Federal Subsistence Board Update (Review Proposals, Board
Actions).
10. State of Alaska Board Actions Update.
11. New Business.
A. Collection of shed horns and antlers on NPS lands and their use
as handicrafts.
B. Status Report: Gates of the Arctic National Park SRC Hunting
Plan Recommendation 20.
12. Agency and Public Comments.
13. SRC Work Session.
14. Set time and place of next SRC meeting.
Adjournment.
Dated: December 13, 2007.
Judith C. Gottlieb,
Associate Regional Director, Subsistence and Partnerships.
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