AK SJR8

The Alaska Legislature disapproves of a proposed National Park Service rule that would limit non-subsistence hunting methods in national preserves.

The proposed rule prohibits certain hunting practices approved by the Alaska Board of Game, including predator control or reduction of bears, wolves, and caribou.

The resolution asserts that the proposed rule violates the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act and the Alaska Statehood Act, which recognize state primacy in wildlife management.

The Legislature 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.

Copies of the resolution shall be sent to federal officials including the President, Vice President, Congressional leaders, the Secretary of the Interior, the National Park Service Director, and Alaska's Congressional delegation.