Legislative Survey - Representative Con Bunde, District 18

1) Alaska’s Constitution gives all Alaskans a common share in the state’s natural resources, including fish and game. However, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act passed by Congress in 1980 gives rural residents a priority for subsistence hunting and fishing on federal land in Alaska, nearly two-thirds of the state. The federal government took over subsistence hunting management in 1991, and plans to do the same this fall with fishing in rivers and other "navigable waters" if this conflict is not resolved.

What steps do you favor as a solution to the "subsistence dilemma"?

____ A) Ask voters to amend Alaska’s Constitution to allow a Native subsistence priority.

____ B) Ask voters to amend Alaska’s Constitution to allow a rural subsistence priority.

____ C) Ask voters to amend Alaska’s Constitution to allow rural residents to sell or barter up to $15,000 in subsistence fish or game.

____ D) Ask voters to amend Alaska’s Constitution to allow a rural subsistence priority based on the user’s financial need.

____ E) Ask voters to amend Alaska’s Constitution to allow rural subsistence priority even if it allows continued federal oversight of state fish and wildlife management.

____ F) Continue to designate Bethel, Barrow, Kodiak, Sitka and other small cities as "rural" areas whose residents deserve special subsistence privileges.

____ G) Amend Alaska law – but not Alaska’s Constitution – to allow all residents a subsistence priority in time of financial need.

____ H) Other (Please state briefly)

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2) What are the most important issues the Alaska Legislature must deal with in 1998?

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If you would like to discuss these or any other issues, please print your name, telephone number and/or e-mail address here, and I will get back in touch with you.

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Return Address:

Representative Con Bunde
State Capitol, Room 104
Juneau, AK 99801-1182