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

For Immediate Release: December 4, 2024

Contact:  Katya Wessels, (907)786-3885, katerina_wessels@ios.doi.gov

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, with the concurrence of Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, has made appointments to the ten 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. With these appointments (shown in bold), the current membership of the Councils are:

Southeast Alaska

Larry R. Bemis, Yakutat

Frank G. Wright, Jr., Hoonah

Calvin H. Casipit, Gustavus

Michael A. Douville, Craig

James C. Slater, Pelican

Theodore F. Sandhofer, Petersburg

Albert H. Howard, Angoon

Donald C. Hernandez, Point Baker 

Patricia A. Phillips, Pelican

Louie A. Wagner, Jr., Metlakatla

Harvey Kitka, Sitka

John Smith III, Juneau

Lewis M. Hiatt, Craig/Hollis

 

Southcentral Alaska

Edward H. Holsten, Cooper Landing

Michael V. Opheim, Seldovia

Richard Greg Encelewski, Ninilchik

Diane A. Selanoff, Valdez

Dennis M. Zadra, Cordova

Kirk B. Wilson, Glennallen

Angela K. Totemoff, Anchorage

Faye Ewan, Kluti Kaah

Andrew T. McLaughlin, Chenega Bay

Edward T. GreyBear, Kluti Kaah

Hope L. Roberts, Valdez

Heath Q. Kocan, Cordova

Judith C. Caminer, Anchorage

 

Kodiak/Aleutians

Jeffrey L. Wasley, Cold Bay

Patrick B. Holmes, Kodiak

Karen A. Kalmakoff, Sand Point

Samuel I. Rohrer, Kodiak 

Christopher L. Price, Unalaska

Coral A. Chernoff, Kodiak

Rebecca L. Skinner, Kodiak

Daniel J. Smith, Kodiak

Natasha M. Hayden, Kodiak

Brett J. Richardson, Dutch Harbor

 

Bristol Bay

John I. Christensen, Jr., Port Heiden

Robert P. Hill, Naknek

Nanci A. Morris Lyon, King Salmon

John C. Rhyshek, King Salmon

William W. Trefon, Jr., Nondalton

Kenneth R. Nukwak, Sr., Manokotak 

Dan O. Dunaway, Dillingham

Walter M. Kanulie, Togiak

Richard J. Wilson, Naknek

 

Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

Henry Parks, Nunapitchuk

Norma T. Evan, Marshall

John W. Andrew, Kwethluk

Walter A. Morgan, Sr., Lower Kalskag

Jacqueline K. Cleveland, Quinhagak

Francis Prince, Jr., Kotlik

Alissa Nadine Rogers, Bethel

Phillip K. Peter, Sr., Akiachak

Wassily Alexie, Russian Mission

Raymond J. Oney, Alakanuk 

Myron P. Naneng, Sr., Bethel

Tiffany D. Andrew, Alakanuk

Frederick P. Beans, Mountain Village

 

Western Interior Alaska

Donald V. Honea, Jr., Ruby

Pollock Simon, Sr., Allakaket

Jack L. Reakoff, Wiseman

Robert A. Walker, Anvik

Timothy P. Gervais, Ruby

Darrell M. Vent, Sr., Huslia

Jenny K. Pelkola, Galena 

Tommy Kriska, Nulato

 

Seward Peninsula

Kelsi M. Ivanoff, Unalakleet

Raymond J. Hunt, Shaktoolik

Louis H. Green Jr., Nome

Thomas L. Gray, Nome

Martin A. Aukongak, Golovin

Elmer K. Seetot, Jr., Brevig Mission

Robert F. Moses, Sr., Golovin
Ronald D. Kirk, Stebbins

 

Northwest Arctic

Thomas C. Baker, Kotzebue

Tristen S. Pattee, Ambler

Michael C. Kramer, Kotzebue

Enoch E. Shiedt, Sr., Kotzebue

Wilbur M. Howarth, Sr., Noorvik

Clyde F. Ramoth, Sr., Selawik

Elmer Armstrong, Jr., Noorvik

Verne J. Cleveland, Sr., Ambler

Raymond Woods, Shungnak

 

Eastern Interior Alaska

Susan L. Entsminger, Mentasta

Dorothy J. Shockley, Fairbanks

Linda M. Evans, Rampart

Eva D. Burk, Fairbanks

Olivia H. Irwin, Nenana

Andrew W. Bassich, Eagle

Robert C. Wright, Sr., Tanana

Galen D. Gilbert, Arctic Village

Donald A. Woodruff, Eagle

Gerald K. Alexander, Fort Yukon

 

North Slope

Leonard A. Barger, Point Hope

Roy E. Nageak, Jr., Utqiaġvik

Wanda T. Kippi, Atqasuk

Alzred Steve Oomittuk, Point Hope

Peter E. Williams, Anaktuvuk Pass

John Q. Adams, Utqiaġvik

Martha A. R. Itta, Nuiqsut

Esther S. Hugo, Anaktuvuk Pass

Brower A. Frantz, Utqiaġvik

Jenysa L. Ahmaogak, Wainwright
 

The Federal Subsistence Board will issue a call for applications for the 2025 Council appointment cycle in early January 2025. For more information, go to the Federal Subsistence Management Program website at www.doi.gov/subsistence/regions.

 

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

 

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News Release

12/04/2024
Last edited 12/04/2024

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