22^nd Alaska State Legislature
Information from Representative Ken Lancaster (R)

Session: State Capitol, Room 421 Juneau, AK 99801-1182 Phone: (907) 465-2693 Toll Free: (800) 463-2693 Fax: (907) 465-3835 Interim: 35477 Suite 101-B Spur Highway Soldotna, AK 99669 Phone: (907) 260-5236 Fax: (907) 260-5238

Sponsor Statement for HB 144
Guides for Nonresident Moose Hunters

An Act requiring nonresident hunters to be accompanied when hunting moose; and providing for an effective date.

House Bill 144 will add moose to AS 16.05.407(a), which currently requires nonresidents to be accompanied while hunting brown bear, grizzly bear, mountain goat, and sheep in Alaska. This bill will add moose to that list and require a nonresident to hunt moose with a guide.

Moose are an extremely valuable and widely used resource of the State of Alaska; as such they should be managed wisely. A big step in managing a resource wisely is to require accountability from those that use the resource. Another very important step is to eliminate, as much as possible, any waste of that resource.

Passage of this bill will assure that nonresident moose hunters are given the assistance needed, by someone accountable, for legal hunting and proper game care during their time in the field. At present unaccompanied nonresidents account for a significantly greater proportion of subsistence related conflicts, violations of wanton waste laws, and illegal hunting practices.

Guides attempt to police and maintain the strength of the resource. This legislation will enhance that opportunity.

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