Federal Subsistence Board to consider rural status for Ketchikan
Aerial view of Ketchikan. (KRBD file photo) The Federal Subsistence Board will take up a proposal this week to designate Ketchikan as a rural area ...
Aerial view of Ketchikan. (KRBD file photo) The Federal Subsistence Board will take up a proposal this week to designate Ketchikan as a rural area under federal subsistence laws. The move would open up federal subsistence hunts and fisheries to Ketchikan residents. Ketchikan and Juneau are the only two Southeast communities designated as urban. The Southeast Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council voted to move forward with the proposal at its meeting in October. That was after hours of public testimony and a push by Ketchikan Indian Community, the local tribe.