February 9, 2009

Announcement of the National Park Service Subsistence Resource Commission Meetings Within the Alaska Region

SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) meeting schedule for the following areas: Lake Clark National Park, and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. The purpose of each meeting is to develop and continue work on 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. The NPS SRC program is authorized under Title VIII, Section 808, of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public Law 96-487, to operate in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Draft meeting minutes will be available upon request from each Superintendent for public inspection approximately six weeks after each meeting.
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[Federal Register: February 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 25)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

 
Announcement of the National Park Service Subsistence Resource 
Commission Meetings Within the Alaska Region

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Announcement of the National Park Service Subsistence Resource 
Commission meetings within the Alaska Region.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the Subsistence 
Resource Commission (SRC) meeting schedule for the following areas: 
Lake Clark National Park, and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. The 
purpose of each meeting is to develop and continue work on subsistence 
hunting program recommendations and other related subsistence 
management issues. Each meeting is open to the public and will

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have time allocated for public testimony. The public is welcomed to 
present written or oral comments to the SRC. The NPS SRC program is 
authorized under Title VIII, Section 808, of the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public Law 96-487, to operate in 
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
Draft meeting minutes will be available upon request from each 
Superintendent for public inspection approximately six weeks after each 
meeting.

DATES: The Lake Clark National Park SRC meeting will be held from 1 
p.m. to 5 p.m., on Wednesday, March 11, 2009.
    Location: The meeting will be held at the Nondalton Community 
Center, in Nondalton, AK.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Ravenmoon, Subsistence 
Coordinator, Lake Clark National Park, One Park Place, Port Alsworth, 
AK 99653; telephone: (907) 781-2135 or Mary McBurney, Subsistence 
Manager, 2181 Kachemak Drive, Homer, AK; telephone: (907) 271-3751.

DATES: The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park SRC meeting will be held 
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2009.
    Location: The meeting will be held at the Gakona Village Hall in 
Gakona, Alaska. The alternate meeting site is Wrangell-St. Elias 
National Park and Preserve Headquarters, Copper Center, AK, telephone: 
(907) 822-5234.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Cellarius, Subsistence 
Manager/Cultural Anthropologist, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and 
Preserve, P.O. Box 439, Copper Center, AK 99573; telephone: (907) 822-
7236, or Clarence Summers, Subsistence Coordinator, NPS Alaska Regional 
Office; telephone: (907) 644-3603.

SUPPLEMENTARY 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 proposed 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. Review and adopt minutes from last meeting.
    6. SRC Membership Status.
    7. SRC Member Reports.
    8. Park Superintendent and NPS Staff Reports.
    9. Federal Subsistence Board Update.
    a. Wildlife Proposals.
    b. Fisheries Proposals.
    10. Board of Game and Board of Fisheries Updates.
    11. Subsistence Uses: Horns, Antlers, Bone and Plant Environmental 
Assessment Update.
    12. Old Business.
    13. New Business.
    14. Agency and Public Comments.
    15. SRC Work Session.
    16. Adjournment.

    Dated: January 13, 2009.
Victor Knox,
Deputy Regional Director.
[FR Doc. E9-2663 Filed 2-6-09; 8:45 am]

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