Meeting Advisory: Federal Subsistence Board to Hold Work Session

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) will hold a work session on August 4-5, 2026, in the Gordon Watson Conference Room of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office in Anchorage, at 1011 E. Tudor Road. The August 4 session begins at 9 a.m. Alaska time and will run until the Board concludes its work; the August 5 session begins at 1:30 p.m. and will adjourn upon completion.

The Board will review replies to Regional Advisory Councils’ Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Reports, discuss the Chairs’ salmon workshop results and next steps, and address Council correspondence to the Board and Board/Council correspondence to the Secretaries. The Board will also act on Wildlife Special Action Request WSA26-04, requesting a winter moose season in a portion of Unit 24A for the 2026-2028 regulatory cycle.

On the morning of August 5, the Board will hold a closed executive session to discuss recommendations for Council appointments. 

Meeting materials are available at www.doi.gov/subsistence/upcoming-federal-subsistence-board-meetings.  

The public is encouraged to participate. To join by teleconference, call toll-free (833) 436-1163, and enter conference ID: 518 789 700#. The meeting may also be joined via Microsoft Teams: CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE MEETING. 

 Reasonable Accommodations: The Board is committed to providing access for all participants. Please make requests for sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices or other reasonable accommodations at least seven business days before the meeting. Contact the Office of Subsistence Management at (800) 478-1456 or email subsistence@ios.doi.gov. All requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. 

Information about the Federal Subsistence Management Program may be found on the web at www.doi.gov/subsistence or by visiting www.facebook.com/subsistencealaska. 

Missing out on the latest federal subsistence issues? To receive email updates on Federal Subsistence Management Program activities, send a request to subsistence@ios.doi.gov. 

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