Daniel S. Press


VNF Policy Updates

Alaska Energy & Environmental Policy Update - October 29, 2009

Rick Agnew, Dan Press, Matt Love, Jon Simon, Tyson Kade, Andrew VanderJack
October 29, 2009

With identification of polar bear critical habitat, federal Endangered Species Act rulings are forming a new regulatory landscape for federal, state and Native lands in Alaska. The Department of the Interior has engaged in a fast-moving, sweeping review of federal management of subsistence hunting and fishing in rural Alaska. And proposed revisions to the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) rules, issued yesterday, may well re-shape the landscape for Alaska Native businesses and their partners. Other policy developments of interest to Alaskans are covered in this issue of the Alaska Energy & Environmental Policy Update.