Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, with the concurrence of Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, has made appointments to the 10 Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils. The Councils advise the Federal Subsistence Board on subsistence management regulations and policies and serve as a forum for public involvement in Federal subsistence management in Alaska. With these appointments (shown in bold), the current membership of the Councils are:
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
Henry Parks, Nunapitchuk
Norma T. Evan, Marshall
John W. Andrew, Kwethluk
Walter A. Morgan, Sr., Lower Kalskag
Jacqueline K. Cleveland, Quinhagak
James C. Landlord, Mountain Village
Alissa Nadine Rogers, Bethel
Phillip K. Peter, Sr., Akiachak
Wassilly B. Alexie, Russian Mission
Raymond J. Oney, Alakanuk
Myron P. Naneng, Sr., Bethel
Robert J. Hoffman, Bethel
Richard B. Slats, Chevak
Seward Peninsula
Mary J. Freytag, Unalakleet
Raymond J. Hunt, Shaktoolik
Louis H. Green Jr., Nome
Thomas L. Gray, Nome
Deahl D. Katchatag, Unalakleet
Martin A. Aukongak, Golovin
Elmer K. Seetot, Jr., Brevig Mission
Robert F. Moses, Sr., Golovin
Ronald D. Kirk, Stebbins
Southeast Alaska
Larry R. Bemis, Yakutat
Frank G. Wright, Jr., Hoonah
Calvin H. Casipit, Gustavus
Michael A. Douville, Craig
James C. Slater, Pelican
Robert F. Schroeder, Juneau
Albert H. Howard, Angoon
Donald C. Hernandez, Point Baker
Patricia A. Phillips, Pelican
Louie A. Wagner, Jr., Metlakatla
Harvey Kitka, Sitka
John Smith III, Juneau
Cathy A. Needham, Juneau
Southcentral Alaska
Edward H. Holsten, Cooper Landing
Michael V. Opheim, Seldovia
Richard Greg Encelewski, Ninilchik
Diane A. Selanoff, Valdez
Dennis M. Zadra, Cordova
Gloria Stickwan, Tazlina
Angela K. Totemoff, Anchorage
Donna E. Claus, Chitina
Andrew T. McLaughlin, Chenega Bay
Donna M. Faust Wilson, Sutton
Hope L. Roberts, Valdez
Heath Q. Kocan, Cordova
Michael G. Rego, Glennallen
Kodiak/Aleutians
Patrick B. Holmes, Kodiak
Richard R. Koso, Adak
Samuel I. Rohrer, Kodiak
Christopher L. Price, Unalaska
Coral A. Chernoff, Kodiak
Rebecca L. Skinner, Kodiak
Della Trumble, King Cove
Natasha M. Hayden, Kodiak
Bristol Bay
John I. Christensen, Jr., Port Heiden
Robert P. Hill, Naknek
Nanci A. Morris Lyon, King Salmon
William W. Trefon, Jr., Nondalton
Dan O. Dunaway, Dillingham
Lary J. Hill, Iliamna
Norman N. Anderson, Dillingham
Richard J. Wilson, Naknek
Western Interior Alaska
Pollock Simon, Sr., Allakaket
Kevin L. Whitworth, McGrath
Jack L. Reakoff, Wiseman
Timothy P. Gervais, Ruby
Darrell M. Vent, Sr., Huslia
Jenny K. Pelkola, Galena
Tommy Kriska, Nulato
Northwest Arctic
Hannah P. Loon, Kotzebue
Thomas C. Baker, Kotzebue
Tristen S. Pattee, Ambler
Michael C. Kramer, Kotzebue
Calvin D. Moto II, Deering
Wilbur M. Howarth, Sr., Noorvik
Robert J. Schaeffer, Kotzebue
Elmer Armstrong, Jr., Noorvik
Verne J. Cleveland, Sr., Ambler
Raymond Woods, Kotzebue
Eastern Interior Alaska
Susan L. Entsminger, Mentasta
Amanda Pope, Circle
Linda M. Evans, Rampart
Eva D. Burk, Fairbanks
William L. Glanz, Central
Andrew W. Bassich, Eagle
Robert C. Wright, Sr., Tanana
Charlie Jagow, Porcupine River
Donald A. Woodruff, Eagle
North Slope
Gordon R. Brower, Utqiagvik
Wanda T. Kippi, Atqasuk
Alzred Steve Oomittuk, Point Hope
Edward J. Rexford, Sr., Kaktovik
Martha A. R. Itta, Nuiqsut
Esther S. Hugo, Anaktuvuk Pass
Brower A. Frantz, Utquiagvik
Peter E. Williams, Anaktuvuk Pass
The Federal Subsistence Board is accepting applications for the 2023 Council appointment cycle until February 21, 2023. For more information, go to the Federal Subsistence Management Program website at https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions.
