Petersburg’s Borough Assembly voted unanimously to support a new bill that would tighten residency requirements for hunting, trapping, and sport fishing at Monday’s regular meeting.
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A resolution to protect the Southeast Alaska troll fishery passed in the State Legislature on March 20th by a unanimous vote. House Joint Resolution 5 calls on state and federal governments to defend Alaska fisheries from a lawsuit filed by the Washington State-based environmental group, the Wild Fish Conservancy.
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The Alaska House of Representatives passed a resolution to protect Southeast Alaska’s troll fishery on Wednesday. House Joint Resolution 5 calls for state and federal agencies to defend Alaska’s troll fisheries from a lawsuit that seeks to hold them accountable for the decline in killer whales in the Puget Sound area.
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Long-time Sitka teacher Rebecca Himschoot recently became a freshman in the Alaska Legislature as the District 2 House representative. District Two includes Petersburg, Sitka, Yakutat, Craig, Hoonah, Kake, and much of Southeast Alaska. Himschoot is an independent and replaced Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, who held the position for ten years as a Democrat.
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Sitka teacher Rebecca Himschoot will take office as the District 2 House representative in the state legislature in January. District Two includes Petersburg, Sitka, Yakutat, Craig, Hoonah, Kake, and much of Southeast Alaska. Himschoot, who is an independent, will be replacing Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, who held the position for ten years. Kreiss-Tomkins is a Democrat. Himschoot visited Petersburg over the holidays with Kreiss-Tomkins and held office hours to hear from residents.
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