The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Subsistence Resource Commission will meet at the park’s Visitor Center in Copper Center on Tuesday, Feb. 25, and Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, to consider a range of issues related to subsistence hunting and fishing in the park.
Commission business will include an opportunity to develop proposals to change federal subsistence fisheries regulations. 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 Wednesday, Feb. 19, for presentation at the meeting.
On Feb. 25, the meeting will begin at 9 AM and recess for the day at approximately 5 PM. On Feb. 26, the meeting will begin at 9 AM and adjourn when business is completed. If the Commission completes its business on Feb. 25, it will adjourn at that time and no meeting will take place on February 26.
Additional information, including a draft meeting agenda, may be obtained by contacting Barbara Cellarius, subsistence coordinator for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, at 822-7236 or barbara_cellarius@nps.gov. Visit the park website at: www.nps.gov/wrst/learn/management/subsistence-resource-commission.htm
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
