Copper Center, AK - The Wrangell‐St. Elias National Park Subsistence Resource
Commission will meet at the Wrangell‐St. Elias National Park and Preserve Visitor
Center in Copper Center (Mile 106.8 Richardson Highway) on Thursday, October
25, and Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, to consider a range of issues related to
subsistence hunting and fishing in the park.
Commission business will include an opportunity to comment on proposals to
change federal subsistence fisheries regulations as well as presentations on the
2018 Copper River salmon season and the Native Village of Eyak’s Copper River
Chinook Salmon escapement monitoring. The meeting is open to the public, and
public testimony opportunities are provided. Members of the public are encouraged
to attend. Written comments may also be submitted through the park subsistence
coordinator by Monday, Oct. 22, for presentation at the meeting.
The meeting will begin at 9 AM each day. On Oct. 25, the meeting will recess
for the day at approximately 5 PM, and on Oct. 26, it will adjourn when
business is completed. If the SRC completes its business on Oct. 25, no meeting
will take place on October 26.
Additional information, including a draft meeting agenda, may be obtained from the park website at: https://www.nps.gov/wrst/learn/management/subsistence-resource-commission.htm or by calling Barbara Cellarius, subsistence coordinator for Wrangell‐St. Elias National Park and Preserve, at 822‐7236, or emailing Barbara_cellarius@nps.gov.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
