Federal Subsistence Management Program

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Preparing Salmon, Credit: USFWS
Preparing Salmon, USFWS
Federal Subsistence Management in Alaska
The Federal Subsistence Management Program is a multi-agency effort to provide the opportunity for a subsistence way of life by rural Alaskans on federal public lands and waters while maintaining healthy populations of fish and wildlife. (more)

Council Meeting, Credit: USFWS
Council Meeting, USFWS
Regional Advisory Councils
The 10 councils were formed to provide recommendations and information to the Federal Subsistence Board, to review policies and management plans, and provide a public forum for discussion of subsistence issues. (more)

Board Meeting, Credit: USFWS
Board Meeting USFWS
Federal Subsistence Board
The Federal Subsistence Board is the decision-making body that oversees the Federal Subsistence Management Program. It is made up of the regional directors of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. Forest Service, and a chairman appointed by the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture. (more)

Tagging Fish, Credit: USFWS
Tagging Fish, USFWS
Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program
The program was established to help provide information needed for management of subsistence fisheries on Federal public lands in Alaska. The program funds projects that address research priorities identified by management agencies and local users from around the state. (more)

Find fisheries monitoring program project reports here. (more)

Rural Alaska, Credit: USFWS
Rural Alaska, USFWS
Rural Determinations Process Review
The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) mandates that rural Alaskans be given a priority for subsistence uses of fish and wildlife on Federal public lands. Following a Secretarial review of the Federal Subsistence Management Program, the Secretaries of the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture tasked the Board to review the rural determination process and recommend changes. Read more in the Rural Determination Process news release (more)

Review the Federal Register document here. (more)

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Secretarial Subsistence Program Review
Following the review of the Federal Subsistence Management program, the Secretaries recommended that the Federal Subsistence Board be expanded to include two public members representing rural subsistence users. On January 27, 2012, the Secretaries announced the appointments of Anthony Christianson of Hydaburg and Charles Brower of Barrow.

Visit the DOI website to see more information on the Secretarial review.