Posts by JoJo Phillips

Last month at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Fairbanks, Senator Dan Sullivan met with veterans from around the state. The discussion centered around newly enacted legislation that will allow Alaska Native Vietnam War veterans to receive allotments of land.  In March of 2019, President Donald Trump signed the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management,…

For years, coastal cities across the lower 48 have been using high-frequency radar systems to monitor and track ocean currents. Now, the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) College of Fisheries and Sciences are bringing similar technology to the Bering Strait Region. KNOM’s JoJo Phillips spoke with a researcher from UAF about the potential benefits high-frequency radar could offer to Western Alaska.

Early last week, the Seward Peninsula Subsistence Regional Advisory Council (RAC) met in Nome and voted to recommend several changes to the Federal Subsistence Board regarding moose regulation in Unit 22D Remainder. On Tuesday the RAC meeting began with a series of local and regional subsistence reports. Council Member Elmer Seetot Jr. of Brevig Mission…

Last month, the NOAA Research Vessel Ocean Starr made a stop in Nome before the third and final leg of the Artic Integrated Ecosystem Survey, a multi-year study of fish species in the Chukchi sea.

Last week, the Alaska Nannut Co-Management Council (ANCC) officially opened its headquarters in Nome. The ANCC, which represents Alaska Native tribes and hunters that rely on polar bears for subsistence, was founded in 2017 by members of the public and supported by regional organizations, such as Kawerak and the North Slope Borough. The council’s board,…

Over the course of three days, ICC members from the North Slope, Northwest Arctic, Bering Strait, and Yukon-Kuskokwim regions discussed topics ranging from ICC’s work on wildlife management to an existing co-management fisheries system in Canada.

The Inuit Circumpolar Council–Alaska (ICC–Alaska) is hosting a food sovereignty summit in Nome this week. The summit is an opportunity for Alaskan Inuit across the state to discuss issues of food access and management rights with respect to traditional food resources.

Last Tuesday, the Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) announced the two winners of its 2019 Young Providers Award. Adelaine “Addy” Ahmasuk of Nome and Trevor Savetilik of Shaktoolik will be recognized for their “contribution[s] on a daily basis to the health and well-being of their families, communities and culture.”