The Lower Kobuk Fish and Game Advisory Committee will be holding a public meeting in Noorvik in the Community Center on Thursday, November 10th, 2016 at 11:30 am.
Agenda items will include the following items;
Memorandum of Understanding
Elections for four Noorvik seats
•Update on Western Arctic Caribou Herd
•Reauthorize the antlerless moose hunting seasons in Unit 23.
•Lengthen the nonresident fall hunting season for brown bear in Unit 23
•Increase the resident bag limit for brown bear in Unit 23 to two bears per regulatory year
•Require a guide-client agreement to apply for a nonresident brown bear drawing permit in Unit 23
•Allow the use of bait for black and brown bear hunting in Unit 23
•Allow the use of snow machines to position and harvest brown bears and furbearers in Unit 23.
•Modify the area of the Noatak Controlled Use Area in Unit 23
•Require big game hunting camps to be three miles apart and near the Noatak Controlled Use Area.
•Change sheep hunting allocation regulations
For further information contact Carmen Daggett. To be added to the electronic email notices for Lower Kobuk AC Meetings, please email to the address at the bottom of this notice with your request.
Advisory committees are local groups that meet to discuss fishing and wildlife issues and to provide recommendations to Alaska Board of Fisheries and Alaska Board of Game. All meetings are open to the public. Advisory Committees are intended to provide a local forum on fish and wildlife issues. Their purpose includes: 1) developing regulatory proposals, 2) evaluating regulatory proposals and making recommendations to the appropriate board, 3) providing a local forum for fish and wildlife conservation and use, including matters relating to habitat, 4) advising the appropriate regional council on resources, and 5) consulting with individuals, organizations, and agencies.
If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation in order to participate in any of these public meetings, please contact Carmen Daggett at 907-442-1717 no later than 48 hours prior to the meeting, to make any necessary arrangements.
Carmen Daggett
Board Support Section
PO BOX 689
Kotzebue, AK 99752
907.442.1717
Fax: 907.442.2420
carmen.daggett@alaska.gov