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From MediaDuz World News Headquarters in Boseman, Montana, this is Cal's We Can Review

with Ryan Cal Calan.

Now, here's Cal.

A proposal is now under consideration by the US Department of the Interior that would

prevent the hunting of moose and caribou in two areas, Game Management Unit 23 and 26A

in Northwest Alaska.

Anyone not meeting criteria as a subsistence hunter in those areas will not be able to

hunt.

Those areas are roughly 60 million acres in size, meaning that these federal public

lands would be closed not just out of state hunters, but also to any Alaska resident who is not a subsistence

hunter.

Here is one of the many catches you'll find when researching this topic.

Substance is defined by the state of Alaska as, customary and traditional uses of wild resources for

various uses including food, shelter fuel, clothing, tools, transportation, handicraft, sharing,

barter, and customary trade.

However, federal and state laws currently differ in who qualifies for participation in subsistence

fisheries and hunts.

Under federal law, rural Alaska residents qualify for subsistence harvesting.

Since 1989, all Alaska residents have qualified under state law.

That's taken from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game website.

The BLM website, the statement is, quote, the customary and traditional uses by rural Alaska

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