Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, with the concurrence of Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, has made appointments to the ten 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
Francis Prince, Jr., Kotlik
Alissa Nadine Rogers, Bethel
Phillip K. Peter, Sr., Akiachak
Wassily Alexie, Russian Mission
Raymond J. Oney, Alakanuk
Myron P. Naneng, Sr., Bethel
Tiffany D. Andrew, Alakanuk
Frederick P. Beans, Mountain Village
Western Interior Alaska
Donald V. Honea, Jr., Ruby
Pollock Simon, Sr., Allakaket
Jack L. Reakoff, Wiseman
Robert A. Walker, Anvik
Timothy P. Gervais, Ruby
Darrell M. Vent, Sr., Huslia
Jenny K. Pelkola, Galena
Tommy Kriska, Nulato
Seward Peninsula
Kelsi M. Ivanoff, Unalakleet
Raymond J. Hunt, Shaktoolik
Louis H. Green Jr., Nome
Thomas L. Gray, Nome
Martin A. Aukongak, Golovin
Elmer K. Seetot, Jr., Brevig Mission
Robert F. Moses, Sr., Golovin
Ronald D. Kirk, Stebbins
Bristol Bay
John I. Christensen, Jr., Port Heiden
Robert P. Hill, Naknek
Nanci A. Morris Lyon, King Salmon
John C. Rhyshek, King Salmon
William W. Trefon, Jr., Nondalton
Kenneth R. Nukwak, Sr., Manokotak
Dan O. Dunaway, Dillingham
Walter M. Kanulie, Togiak
Richard J. Wilson, Naknek
Southcentral Alaska
Edward H. Holsten, Cooper Landing
Michael V. Opheim, Seldovia
Richard Greg Encelewski, Ninilchik
Diane A. Selanoff, Valdez
Dennis M. Zadra, Cordova
Kirk B. Wilson, Glennallen
Angela K. Totemoff, Anchorage
Faye Ewan, Kluti Kaah
Andrew T. McLaughlin, Chenega Bay
Edward T. GreyBear, Kluti Kaah
Hope L. Roberts, Valdez
Heath Q. Kocan, Cordova
Judith C. Caminer, Anchorage
Kodiak/Aleutians
Jeffrey L. Wasley, Cold Bay
Patrick B. Holmes, Kodiak
Karen A. Kalmakoff, Sand Point
Samuel I. Rohrer, Kodiak
Christopher L. Price, Unalaska
Coral A. Chernoff, Kodiak
Rebecca L. Skinner, Kodiak
Daniel J. Smith, Kodiak
Natasha M. Hayden, Kodiak
Brett J. Richardson, Dutch Harbor
Northwest Arctic
Thomas C. Baker, Kotzebue
Tristen S. Pattee, Ambler
Michael C. Kramer, Kotzebue
Enoch E. Shiedt, Sr., Kotzebue
Wilbur M. Howarth, Sr., Noorvik
Clyde F. Ramoth, Sr., Selawik
Elmer Armstrong, Jr., Noorvik
Verne J. Cleveland, Sr., Ambler
Raymond Woods, Shungnak
Eastern Interior Alaska
Susan L. Entsminger, Mentasta
Dorothy J. Shockley, Fairbanks
Linda M. Evans, Rampart
Eva D. Burk, Fairbanks
Olivia H. Irwin, Nenana
Andrew W. Bassich, Eagle
Robert C. Wright, Sr., Tanana
Galen D. Gilbert, Arctic Village
Donald A. Woodruff, Eagle
Gerald K. Alexander, Fort Yukon
North Slope
Leonard A. Barger, Point Hope
Roy E. Nageak, Jr., Utqiaġvik
Wanda T. Kippi, Atqasuk
Alzred Steve Oomittuk, Point Hope
Peter E. Williams, Anaktuvuk Pass
John Q. Adams, Utqiaġvik
Martha A. R. Itta, Nuiqsut
Esther S. Hugo, Anaktuvuk Pass
Brower A. Frantz, Utqiaġvik
Jenysa L. Ahmaogak, Wainwright
Southeast Alaska
Larry R. Bemis, Yakutat
Frank G. Wright, Jr., Hoonah
Calvin H. Casipit, Gustavus
Michael A. Douville, Craig
James C. Slater, Pelican
Theodore F. Sandhofer, Petersburg
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
Lewis M. Hiatt, Craig/Hollis
The Federal Subsistence Board will issue a call for applications for the 2025 Council appointment cycle in early January 2025. For more information, go to the Federal Subsistence Management Program website at www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions.
Additional information on the Federal Subsistence Management Program may be found on the web at www.doi.gov/subsistence or by visiting www.facebook.com/subsistencealaska.
