Subsistence harvests and uses of wild resources by communities in the eastern interior of Alaska, 2011

This report presents information about the role of subsistence uses of fish, wildlife, and plant resources in the local economy and way of life of the communities of Alatna, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk, Bettles, Beaver, Coldfoot, Dot Lake, Dry Creek, Evansville, Healy Lake, Tok, and Wiseman, Alaska. These...

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Main Authors: Holen, Davin, Hazell, Sarah M., Koster, David S.
Document Type: Journal article
Publisher:Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Division of Subsistence
Date:December 2012
Series:Technical paper ; no. 372
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100 1 |a Hazell, Sarah M. 
100 1 |a Koster, David S. 
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260 |a Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Division of Subsistence 
518 |a December 2012 
300 |a 748 p. 
380 |a Journal article 
490 |a Technical paper ; no. 372 
500 |a Includes maps of study communities. 
520 |a This report presents information about the role of subsistence uses of fish, wildlife, and plant resources in the local economy and way of life of the communities of Alatna, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk, Bettles, Beaver, Coldfoot, Dot Lake, Dry Creek, Evansville, Healy Lake, Tok, and Wiseman, Alaska. These communities span eastern interior Alaska from the Brooks Range south to the Canadian border and represents a diversity of environments, resource uses, and cultures. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Subsistence designed and implemented this project in response to the need for updated community baseline information about the wild resource harvests, uses, and areas of harvest, as well as demographic and economic information, within the area of the proposed Alaska Pipeline Project, a gas pipeline to transport natural gas from Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's Arctic coast to Alberta, Canada. Information was collected through systematic household survey and mapping interviews. In total, 353 households were interviewed. The average sample achieved in the 11 communities where a census was the goal was 77%. In Tok, a 26% sample was achieved, which exceeded the goal of 25% of households. The study documented the continuing importance of subsistence hunting, fishing, and gathering to residents in the study communities. In the study year of 2011, residents of all the study communities participated in subsistence hunting, fishing, and gathering for nutrition and to support their way of life. Virtually every household used wild resources: 100% in a 10 study communities and more than 90% in the other 2. About 75% of more of the households in every community engaged in harvesting activities. Harvest amounts in each community were diverse ranging from 38 lb per capita in Coldfoot to 520 per capita in Allakaket. Most participants in this study reported their subsistence uses and harvests have changed in their lifetimes and over the last 5 years, changes which they ascribed to reduced resource populations, economic changes, and a changing climate. Study community residents provided a variety of comments and concerns which are incorporated into this report. 
546 |a English 
653 |a Subsistence 
653 |a Socioeconomic analysis 
653 |a Environmental analysis 
653 |a Survey 
653 |a Natives--Alaska 
653 |a Wildlife 
653 |a Fishes 
610 |a Alaska Pipeline Project (APP) 
648 |a 2011 
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