Subsistence Board Decides How to Handle Proposed Changes

Joaqlin Estus, KNBA – Anchorage

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in 2009 he planned to review the effectiveness of the subsistence program in Alaska. The departments of Interior and Agriculture issued a report in August 2010 recommending several changes. This week, the federal subsistence board met to decide how to carry out those recommendations.

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