September 11, 2014 Community Happenings

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Created on Thursday, 11 September 2014 12:29

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Deer Season In
    Unit 4 to Open
    On Sept. 15
    The season for does and bucks will open Sept. 15 for Game Management Unit 4, including the Northeast Chichagof controlled use area. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game said the season is to run through Dec. 31.
    All areas in the unit show increases in the deer population based on browsing evidence and the lack of winter kill, Fish and Game said. Hunters are being encouraged to harvest does this year. Although the unit experienced a slow spring green-up, a lack of deep snow allowed deer access to browse.
    ‘‘GMU 4 deer populations have traditionally rebounded after hard winters and can reach the point where they exceed the long-term carrying capacity of the habitat,’’ the department said. ‘‘The presence of twin fawns and yearlings, observed during recent fieldwork, supports the need to harvest some does to slow the population growth.’’
    Hunters must have valid deer harvest tickets and a hunting license in possession. Harvest tickets must be validated in sequential order and unused tickets must be carried while hunting. All hunters are required to submit a deer harvest report within 15 days of taking the bag limit, or 15 days after the close of the season, even if they did not hunt. In all hunts limited to one sex, evidence of sex must remain naturally attached to the meat or antlers must remain naturally attached to the entire carcass, with or without viscera.
    A Frequently Asked Questions deer hunting fact sheet is available at the Sitka area Fish & Game office. For more information contact the Sitka office at 747-5449.

    Fishing Coalition
    Pushes Congress
    On Stevens Act
    The Fishing Community Coalition, a newly formed nationwide coalition of community-based small boat fishing groups, is calling on Congress for further actions on the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
    Drawn together by common values of science-based management and community preservation, the FCC is committed to rebuilding marine ecosystems and restoring fishing economies in the reauthorization of the act.
    ‘‘Current drafts of the MSA in both the House and Senate fall far short of what is needed to ensure a healthy future for fisheries and fishing communities,’’ MSA said today.
    In a letter sent Tuesday to the chairs of the House and Senate committees charged with developing legislation to reauthorize the MSA, the coalition said, “We cannot realize the full potential – biologically, socially or economically – of our nation’s marine fishries without robust and well-managed fish stocks as well as strong protections for fisheries access in traditional fishing ports. A reauthorization that simply reaffirms the status quo, or, worse, moves backwards, is something our nation’s fisheries and fishermen cannot accept.    We can and must do more.”

    School Photos at
    Baranof Elementary
    Baranof Elementary School photos will be taken the morning of Thursday, Sept. 18.
    Photo packets are being sent home with students this week. Parents are to return them to their child’s teacher on or before photo day.
    For more information, call Campus Photography at 1-877-789-7486.

    Quilt Trunk
    Show Friday
    The Ocean Wave Quilters will hold a trunk show featuring Sue Wilson, a certified Judy Niemeyer instructor, and Niemeyer quilt patterns, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at the Church of Christ.
    Quilters are invited to take their completed Judy Niemeyer quilts to show. Light refreshments and social time will follow.
    All are invited. Wilson is in town to teach classes for the Bali wedding ring quilt. A few spots remain. Sign up at Abby’s Reflection Quilt  and Apparel.

    Tribal Council Meets
    The Sitka Tribe of Alaska Tribal Council will meet 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, in the Sheet’ka Kwáan Naa Kahídi.
    Among the business items the Tribal Council will discuss is the promotion of a “get out the vote” effort for the upcoming municipal, state, federal and tribal elections.
    For information, contact Kathy Hope Erickson, 747-7352.

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