- Mission [1]
- Federal law and regulation provide the opportunity for continued subsistence uses, including hunting, fishing and trapping
within Lake Clark National Park. The Commission is a forum that promotes effective communication and mutual understanding
of subsistence uses and related cultural resources. The Commission consults with every appropriate local advisory committee
and regional council for comment and input on draft hunting plan recommendations. In addition to the advisory committee and
regional council consultation process directed by P.L. 96-487 (the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act), the Commission
is required to hold public meetings in all areas affected by the subsistence hunting program. The Subsistence Resource Commission
for Lake Clark National Park was established by the Congress to devise and recommend to the Secretary of the Interior and
the Governor of Alaska a program for subsistence hunting within Lake Clark National Park. The Commission's unique insight
on local customary and traditional patterns of subsistence use within the park has been important in developing workable subsistence
hunting plan recommendations. The Commission’s recommendations help the NPS to ensure the continuation of the opportunity
for local rural residents to engage in the subsistence use of resources in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.
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