Who is Eligible to Participate?
If you are a permanent resident of a village within a subsistence harvest area, you will be eligible to harvest migratory birds and their eggs for subsistence purposes in the spring and summer.

Included areas
Village areas located within the Alaska Peninsula, Kodiak Archipelago, the Aleutian Islands, or in areas north and west of the Alaska Range are subsistence harvest areas. The communities of: Gulkana, Gakona, Tazlina, Copper Center, Mentasta Lake, Chitina, Chistochina, Tatitlek, Chenega, Port Graham, Nanwalek, Tyonek and Hoonah were added in 2004. The communities of Craig, Hydaburg and Yakutat were added in 2005.

Excluded areas
Village areas located in Anchorage-Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Central Interior Excluded area, or the Kenai Peninsula roaded area. In the Gulf of Alaska, Copper River Region, Cook Inlet or Southeast Alaska, only residents of the previously listed communities can participate in the harvest.

Anyone can petition the Council to change a community's exclusion/inclusion status. The petition must address how the area does or does not meet the qualifying criteria for inclusion. Upon receipt, the Council will seek regional input and then submit a recommendation to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to either include or exclude the community from the subsistence harvest.