Northwest Arctic Council Meeting Materials

WHEN:  October 27 - 28, 2025, @ 9:00 a.m. 
WHERE:  Northwest Arctic Heritage Center, Kotzebue

POSTPONED until further notice

For more information please call Nissa Pilcher at (907) 891-9054

Call in number: 1-833-436-1163.  Conference ID:  760 939 165#
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Agenda

 

AGENDA ITEM NO. TOPICPAGE NO.
1.Invocation

 

2.Call to Order

 

3.Roll Call and Establish Quorum

5

4.Meeting Announcements

 

5.Welcome and Introductions

 

6.Review and Adopt Agenda

1

7. 

Report from the Secretary's Office 

 

8. Review and Approve Previous Meeting Minutes

7

9.Council Member Reports

 

10.Public and Tribal Comment on Non-Agenda Items

 

11.Council Member Training

 

11.a.How to make, amend, and rescind a motion 

19

11.b.Proposal and closure review procedure

25

12. Action Items 

 

 Statewide Proposals 

 

12.b.i

WP26-01 Move authority delegated through letters into unit specific regulations 

27; 38

 Regional Proposals

 

12.b.ii.WP26-65: Unit 23 remainder muskox, Establish hunt

41

12.b.iii.WP26-66: Unit 23 wolf, Increase hunting harvest limit and extend season

53

12.b.iv.WP26-67: Unit 23 muskrat, Extend trapping season

65

12.b.v.WP26-68: Unit 23 ptarmigan, Increase harvest limit and extend season

73

12.b.vi.WP26-69: Unit 23 mink/weasel, Extend season

81

12.b.vii.WCR26-18: Unit 23 Baird Mountains sheep closure review

87

12.b.viii.WCR26-45: Unit 23 Noatak caribou closure review

107

 Crossover Proposals - Seward Peninsula Region 

 

12.a.ix.WP26-64 Unit 22 and Unit 23 Southwest muskox, extend season to close March 31

145

12.a.x. WP26-53 Unit 22B and 22D caribou, change season dates to may be announced

161

12.c.i.Federal Subsistence Board FY2024 Annual Report Replies

191

12.c.ii.Identify Issues for FY2025 Annual Report to the Federal Subsistence Board

197

12.d.iConfirm winter 2026 meeting date and location

199

12.d.iiConfirm fall 2026 meeting date and location

200

13.aFisheries Resource Monitoring Program and Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program

201

13.b.Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program Northwest Arctic Overview 

 

14.Reports

 

14.b.i.Native American Fish and Wildlife Society – Beaver Workshop Opportunity Briefing

231

14.f.iWestern Arctic Parklands Update

233

14.f.ii.Kobuk Valley Subsistence Resource Commission Update

239

14.f.iii.Cape Krusenstern Subsistence Resource Commission Update

241

15.Other Business

 

15.a.

243

15.b.Council Correspondence Update

247

16.  Council Member Closing Comments

 

17.Adjourn

 

Written Public Comments on Proposals and Closure Reviews

Statewide 

WP26-01:  move delegated authority to letters in unit specific regulations 

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