AK HJR10

Disapproves of the proposed National Park Service rule that would limit non-subsistence hunting methods in Alaska national preserves by prohibiting certain predator control practices approved by the Alaska Board of Game.

Asserts that Alaska has authority to manage wildlife on both state and federal lands since 1959, and that the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act and Alaska Statehood Act recognize state primacy in wildlife management.

States that the National Park Service rule restricts hunting of bears, wolves, and caribou without biological basis, contrary to evidence from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game showing these practices do not pose conservation, public safety, or administrative concerns.

Strongly urges the National Park Service to withdraw the proposed rule and affirm the mandates within its 2020 national preserves rule in any new rule prepared in response to court order.

Directs copies be sent to the President, Vice President, congressional leadership, the Secretary of the Interior, Director of the National Park Service, and Alaska's congressional delegation.