. Consideration of a waiver of the moratorium and return of management of certain marine mammals to the State of Alaska : final environmental impact statement / Interagency Task Group [of] Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service [and] Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Marine mammals NtJNAM KITLUTSISTI Protector cf the Land BOX 2S7 BETHEL, ALASKA 99559 August 10, 1975. REPORT ON SUBSISTENCE HARVEST III THE YUKON AliU RIVERS AND THE BERING- SEA COASTLINE BET .VEEN ™E&quo
. Consideration of a waiver of the moratorium and return of management of certain marine mammals to the State of Alaska : final environmental impact statement / Interagency Task Group [of] Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service [and] Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Marine mammals NtJNAM KITLUTSISTI Protector cf the Land BOX 2S7 BETHEL, ALASKA 99559 August 10, 1975. REPORT ON SUBSISTENCE HARVEST III THE YUKON AliU RIVERS AND THE BERING- SEA COASTLINE BET .VEEN ™E"™°"M*!Z*LP*?.V™\ CAPE ALID PAST01 BAY, 1974 OF THE ASSOCIATION OF VILLAGE "* COUNCIL PRESIDENTS In March, 1973, the unorganized borough government of the lower Yukon- Kuskokwin River valley's, the Association of Village Council presidents, recognized that enactment of the Alaska hative Claims Settlement Act of 1971 changed the concepts of open land in rural Alaska. Subsistence villages traditionally have wandered over tne land seeking food. The only boundaries were establish through concent of villages. rfitn aNCSA, rural Alaska's lands would be divided into townsnips, with definite ownership. The 56 villages of AVCP, representing an area the size of tne State of Washington, formalized their support for tne continuation of access for subsistence. All villages subscribed to a subsistence document in which all subsistence hunters within AVCP were granted access to native village corporation lands selected under ANCSA,. for the purpose of subsistence harvest. AVCP's council leaders feared Section 2(c)'s intent, to review all existing programs under pederal sponsorsnip, and the federal and State reserved lands established unaer ANCSA. Of particular concern to AVCP were Section 17(b)(3) which empowers the Secretary of Interior to situate easements where the Secretary desires them, including native land selections, and Sections 17(d) 1 and 2, which creat
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