2011 SRC Meeting Agenda

2011 SRC Meeting Agenda

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on Feb. 4, 2011. It is reproduced in full below.

WRANGELL-ST.

SUBSISTENCE RESOURCE COMMISSION MEETING

DRAFT AGENDA

March 1-2, 2011

Ahtna Cultural Center, NPS Complex, Copper Center, AK

The Superintendent of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and the Chairman of the Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) announce a forthcoming meeting of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park SRC.

Schedule Summary:

March 1: SRC meeting - 10:30 AM to 5 PM, evening session at the

call of the chair

March 2: SRC meeting - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM or until business is

completed

The following agenda items will be discussed:

1) Call to order (Chair)

2) SRC roll call and confirmation of quorum

3) Introduction of Commission members, staff, and guests

4) Housekeeping announcements

5) Review and adoption of agenda

6) Review and approval of minutes from the October 6-7, 2010

meeting

7) Welcome by local community

8) Superintendent's welcome and review of the Commission

purpose

9) Commission membership status

10) Election of Chair and Vice Chair

11) Chairman's report

12) Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve staff reports

13) Old business

a) Update on Nabesna Road OHV EIS

b) Update on Horns, Antlers Bones, and Plants EA

c) Update on Chisana caribou herd management planning

process

d) Update on regulations regarding firewood harvest and

portable motors

14) New business

a) Federal wildlife closure review: Unit 11 caribou (Mentasta

herd)

b) Call for proposals to change federal subsistence wildlife

regulations

15) Public and other agency comments

16) Work session (comment on issues, prepare letters, etc.)

17) Set tentative date and location for next Subsistence Resource

Commission meeting

18) Adjourn meeting

DATE: March 1-2, 2011

TIME: March 1 from 10:30 AM to 5 PM, with an evening session at

the call of the Chair. March 2 from 9 AM to 5 PM, or until

business is completed.

LOCATION: Ahtna Cultural Center, NPS Visitor Center Complex,

Copper Center, AK

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Cellarius, Subsistence Coordinator, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, P.O. Box 439, Copper Center, Alaska 99573. Phone (907) 822-7236.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Subsistence Resource Commission is authorized under Title VIII, Section 808, of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Pub. L. 96-487, and operates in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committees Act.

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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