SR 4 — Supporting the Alaska Congressional delegation in protecting the state's right to manage wildlife within its borders.

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SENATE00Enrolled RESOLUTIONSR NO.4 01 Supporting the Alaska Congressional delegation in protecting the state's right to manage 02 wildlife within its borders.

403 01_______________ Supporting04 theBE AlaskaIT CongressionalRESOLVED delegationBY inTHE protectingSENATE: the state's right to 02 manage wildlife within its borders.

0305 BEWHEREAS ITthe RESOLVEDUnited BYStates THESupreme SENATE:Court has long interpreted the United States 06 Constitution to provide state primacy in wildlife management;

04and 07 WHEREAS the Unitedstate's Statesauthority Supremeto Courtmanage wildlife has longbeen interpretedrecognized in federal 08 law, including the UnitedAlaska StatesStatehood 05Act Constitutionand tothe provideAlaska stateNational primacyInterest inLands wildlifeConservation management;09 Act;

and 0610 WHEREAS the state'sstate had managed wildlife within the state since it was granted that 11 authority toby managethe wildlifeUnited hasStates beenDepartment recognizedof the Interior in federal1959, 07and law,that includingauthority theincluded Alaska12 Statehoodmanagement Actof hunting and thetrapping Alaskaon Nationalnational Interestwildlife Landsrefuges Conservationand 08national Act;preserves;

and 0913 WHEREAS the statestate's hadauthority managedto manage wildlife within the state since it was grantedinappropriately thatrescinded 10 authority by the14 Unitedfederal Statesregulation Departmentfor ofnational thepreserves Interior in 1959,October and2015 that authority included 11 management of hunting and trapping on national wildlife refuges andin national15 preserves;August 2016;

and 1216 WHEREASWHEREAS, theas state'sa authorityresult, Alaskans have lost the ability to managehunt wildlifepredators wasat inappropriatelycertain rescinded17 bytimes 13of federalyear regulationor foruse nationalcertain preservespractices in Octobercertain 2015areas andof nationalthe wildlifestate refugesbecause inunelected 14individuals Augustwithin 2016;the United States Department of the Interior found those activities distasteful;

and 15 WHEREAS, as a result, Alaskans have lost the ability to hunt predators at certain 16 times of year or use certain practices in certain areas of the state because unelected individuals within the United States Department of the Interior found those activities distasteful;