Federal Subsistence Board votes to improve Alaska relations

The Federal Subsistence Board voted Tuesday to work to re-establish better relations with the state of Alaska.
A federal-state memorandum of understanding, or MOU, on subsistence expired last year over differences on data sharing, day-to-day operations, and other issues.
The agencies that make up the Federal Subsistence Board agreed last year to disagree with the state of Alaska on subsistence management. Federal laws dictate protection of wildlife and preservation of natural conditions and proc