Secretary of the Interior Appoints Members to Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, with the concurrence of Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, 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. Voting Council members represent either subsistence users (S) or commercial/sport users (C/S), and non-voting Council members represent young leaders (YL) (developmental position). With these new appointments (shown in bold), the current membership of the Councils is:

Southeast Alaska

Larry R. Bemis, Jr., Yakutat – S 

Frank G. Wright, Jr., Hoonah – C/S

Calvin H. Casipit, Gustavus – S 

Michael A. Douville, Craig – S 

Matthew R. Beck, Whale Pass – S 

Theodore F. Sandhofer, Petersburg – S 

Albert H. Howard, Angoon – S 

Donald C. Hernandez, Point Baker – S 

Patricia A. Phillips, Pelican – S 

Louie A. Wagner, Jr., Metlakatla – S 

John Smith III, Juneau – S

Lewis M. Hiatt, Craig – C/S

Shania R. Murphy, Ketchikan – YL 

Southcentral Alaska

Edward H. Holsten, Cooper Landing – S

Michael V. Opheim, Seldovia – S

Richard Greg Encelewski, Ninilchik – S

Diane A. Selanoff, Valdez – S

Dennis M. Zadra, Cordova – C/S

Angela K. Totemoff, Anchorage – S

Faye Ewan, Kluti Kaah – S

Andrew T. McLaughlin, Chenega Bay – S

Edward T. GreyBear, Kluti Kaah – S 

Hope L. Roberts, Valdez – C/S

Heath Q. Kocan, Cordova – S 

Judith C. Caminer, Anchorage – C/S

Jacob Stockhausen, Cooper Landing – YL

Kodiak/Aleutians

Patrick B. Holmes, Kodiak – S 

Samuel I. Rohrer, Kodiak – C/S

Coral A. Chernoff, Kodiak – S 

Rebecca L. Skinner, Kodiak – C/S

Daniel J. Smith, Kodiak – S 

Natasha M. Hayden, Kodiak – S

Brett J. Richardson, Dutch Harbor – S 

Bristol Bay

Karla R. Jensen, Pedro Bay – S

Melissa A. Paul, Manokotak – S 

Nanci Morris Lyon, King Salmon – C/S

John C. Rhyshek, King Salmon – C/S

Justin E. Ryan, King Salmon – S 

Kenneth R. Nukwak, Sr., Manokotak – S 

Dan O. Dunaway, Dillingham – C/S

Walter M. Kanulie, Togiak – S 

Pansy B. Alakayak, Manokotak – S 

Richard J. Wilson, Naknek – S 

Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

Henry Parks, Nunapitchuk – S

Norma T. Evan, Marshall – S

John W. Andrew, Kwethluk – S

Walter Morgan, Sr., Lower Kalskag – S

Jacqueline K. Cleveland, Quinhagak – S

Francis Prince, Jr., Kotlik – S

Alissa Nadine Rogers, Bethel – S

Phillip K. Peter, Sr., Akiachak – S

Wassilly B. Alexie, Russian Mission – S

Robert J. Pitka, Sr., Toksook Bay – S

Myron P. Naneng, Sr., Bethel – S

Tiffany D. Agayar, Alakanuk – S

Frederick P. Beans, Mountain Village – S

Mary H. Simeon, Bethel – YL

Western Interior Alaska

Donald V. Honea, Jr., Ruby – S

Pollock Simon, Sr., Allakaket – S

Jack L. Reakoff, Wiseman – S

Robert A. Walker, Anvik – S

Timothy P. Gervais, Ruby – C/S

Darrell M. Vent, Sr., Huslia – S

Jenny K. Pelkola, Galena – S

Tommy Kriska, Nulato – S

Seward Peninsula

Kelsi M. Ivanoff, Unalakleet – S 

Allison M. Johnson, Nome – S 

Louis H. Green Jr., Nome – S 

Martin A. Aukongak, Golovin – S 

Elmer K. Seetot, Jr., Brevig Mission – S 

Robert F. Moses, Sr., Golovin – S 

Ronald D. Kirk, Stebbins – S 

Northwest Arctic

Raymond E. Lee, Buckland – S 

Thomas C. Baker, Kotzebue – S 

Tristen S. Pattee, Ambler – C/S

Michael C. Kramer, Kotzebue – C/S

Wilbur M. Howarth, Sr., Noorvik

Clyde F. Ramoth, Sr., Selawik

Elmer Armstrong, Jr., Noorvik – S 

Verne J. Cleveland, Sr., Noorvik – S 

Percy J. Wesley, Noatak – S 

Eastern Interior Alaska

Misty D. Walsh, Tok – C/S

Dorothy Shockley, Fairbanks – S 

Linda M. Evans, Rampart – S 

Eva D. Burk, Fairbanks – S 

Renee A. Gilbert, Arctic Village – S

Andrew W. Bassich, Eagle – S 

Robert C. Wright, Sr., Tanana – S 

Galen D. Gilbert, Arctic Village – S 

Donald A. Woodruff, Eagle – S 

Gerald K. Alexander, Fort Yukon – S 

North Slope

Leonard A. Barger, Point Hope – S 

Wanda T. Kippi, Atqasuk – S 

Peter E. Williams, Anaktuvuk Pass – S 

John Q. Adams, Utqiaġvik – S 

Martha A. R. Itta, Nuiqsut – S 

Esther S. Hugo, Anaktuvuk Pass – S 

Brower A. Frantz, Utqiaġvik – S 

Jenysa L. Ahmaogak, Wainwright – S

For more information on Council membership, visit www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions/membership.