For Immediate Release April 12, 2024 Protecting a Fragile Ecosystem: A Unified Position to Protect the Safety Sound & Bonanza Channel Estuary near Nome, [...]
Leaders of Tribal Consortia that represent 113 Tribes from Western and Interior Alaska are pushing for strong measures to reduce chum salmon bycatch in [...]
As you know Chum salmon levels have been very low for Western Alaska, and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) is now considering [...]
Mary David, Kawerak Executive Vice President, expressed Kawerak's stance on HB 234 on Tuesday February 27th during the public testimony. "House Bill 234 addresses [...]
At their 2023 fall meeting, the Kawerak Board of Directors passed a resolution in opposition to the Northern Bering Sea Effects of Trawling Study [...]
BLM is considering opening 28 million acres of federally protected lands in Alaska lands to fossil fuel, mining and leasing. These lands are currently [...]
We would like to share, from the Department of the Interior’s first-ever Secretary's Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC) a list of policy recommendations made from [...]
The public is encouraged and able to submit Comments on Traditional Knowledge to the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council (NPFMC). Comments can impact the inclusion [...]
From April 5-9, Kawerak, in partnership with the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the First Nations Development Institute, hosted a testimony drafting workshop for [...]
Kawerak is in support of PROPOSAL 140, 5 AAC 09.365. South Unimak and Shumagin Islands June Salmon Management Plan Kawerak is the Alaska Native non-profit [...]
