Alaska Board Of Game Meetings Set For Kodiak From March 20-25

The following is courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game:

Alaska Board of Game Meeting scheduled in Kodiak, March 20-25, 2026

The Alaska Board of Game (board) will meet in Kodiak March 20-25, 2026, to consider proposals requesting changes related to hunting and trapping regulations for Game Management Units (GMUs) 6,7,8,14C, and 15. These GMUs include the areas of Cordova, Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak Island, and Anchorage. The board will also address proposals for other regions including reauthorizations for antlerless moose hunts and brown bear tag fees.

The meeting will be held in Kodiak at the Kodiak Marketplace, located at 111 W. Rezanof Drive. All portions of the meetings are open to the public and a live audio stream will be provided on the board website at https://boardofgame.adfg.alaska.gov. The board’s Southcentral Region meeting will begin March 20th, 2026, starting at 9:00 a.m.and continue for five days.

During the five-day, Southcentral Region meeting, the board will consider approximately 190 proposals related to hunting and trapping regulations for Game Management Units 6, 7, 8, 14C, and 15 as well as Reauthorizations for Antlerless Moose Hunts and Brown Bear Tag Fees.  Proposals were submitted by the general public, local fish and game advisory committees, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.  

The board encourages the public to provide comments to assist in its decision-making process on the regulatory proposals. For a full listing of proposals visit the meeting website at: https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=gameboard.meetinginfo&date=03-20-2026&meeting=kodiak.

Written Comments

Written comments on all proposals are encouraged to be submitted by March 6, 2026. Written comments must include the first and last name of the submitter, community of residence, and the proposal number(s) for which the comments pertain and must not exceed 100 single-sided or 50 double-sided pages. Comments submitted with this information by the dates above will be indexed, cross-referenced with proposals, and made available online and to board members before the start of the meeting.

Written comments on proposals submitted by March 6 can be submitted/uploaded online at:  https://boardofgame.adfg.alaska.gov; faxed to 907-465-6094, or mailed to ADF&G Boards Support Section, P.O. Box 115526, Juneau, AK 99801.

Written comments on all proposals may be submitted during the meeting as record copies, with a limitation of ten single-sided pages/five double-sided pages in length from any one individual or group. Comments submissions during the meeting will be logged with a record copy (“RC”) number and distributed to the board and posted on the meeting page. Individuals who cannot attend the meeting may submit comments through the meeting website provided above, or via fax to (907) 465-6094. As a practical matter, comments submitted after the board begins deliberations are likely to receive less consideration than comments submitted earlier.

Public Testimony:

In-person, oral testimony for the meeting is expected to begin Friday, March 20, following region and research related reports presented by the Department of Fish and Game. Anyone wishing to testify before the board must sign up at the meeting location before Saturday, March 21, at 10:00 a.m. Public testimony will continue until everyone who has signed up has been given the opportunity to be heard. However, state Fish and Game Advisory Committee and federal Regional Advisory Council representatives may elect to provide testimony later in the meeting. Public testimony will continue until all who have signed up have received the opportunity to be heard. 

The length of oral testimony may be limited to three to five minutes for members of the public and 10 to 15 minutes for fish and game advisory committee, and federal regional advisory council representatives.

Deliberations on proposals will begin following public testimony and will continue through the remainder of the meeting, and typically follow the order as provided in the proposal book.

Approximatively two weeks prior to the meeting, the tentative order for deliberating on proposals will be posted on the meeting website as the “roadmap”.

All meeting material including the proposals, agenda, meeting notice, public and advisory committee comments, and Department of Fish and Game reports and comments on proposals, can be viewed online at www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=gameboard.meetinginfo as it becomes available before and during the meeting.

For more information about the board meeting process, please contact Art Nelson at (907) 267-2292, or via email at art.nelson@alaska.gov.  He and other ADF&G Boards Support staff will be available throughout the meeting to assist the public with questions about the board process.