Conditions leading to grassroots initiatives for the co-management of subsistence uses of wildlife in Alaska ...

• Main Author: Schwarber, James A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2008
• Subjects: Arctic; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0086163; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0086163

Between 1985 and 1991, grassroots co-management initiatives for subsistence uses of wildlife emerged from three of Alaska's six subsistence resource regions. Initiatives from the northwest Arctic, Interior, and Western regions ranged from requests for the delegation of management authority from the State Board of Game and federal government to village governments, to proposals for the contracting of federal subsistence management responsibilities to tribal groups. This thesis considers regional variations in six factors as possible explanations of the emergence of terrestrial wildlife co-management initiatives in certain regions: 1) magnitude and type of subsistence resource utilization; 2) degree of cultural homogeneity and Native percentage of population; 3) strength of leadership towards subsistence; 4) degree of congruity between state wildlife regulations and traditional subsistence activities; 5) differences in perception of state regulatory system; and 6) federal jurisdiction over land and Native ...