Children's Book on Natural Indicators Teleconference Summaries Newsletter - Spring 2011

Economic Opportunity Projects

• Local Technicians
  YRDFA-hired fishery technicians assist the Alaska Department of Fish & Game and Bureau of Land Management on in-season assessment and monitoring projects.
• Inseason Harvest Interviews
  YRDFA assists with the hiring of interviewers in local Yukon River communities to assist U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with inseason salmon interviews. Reports are then read on YRDFA teleconferences.
• Subsistence Assistants
  YRDFA-hired project assistants facilitate Alaska Department of Fish & Game post-season harvest subsistence surveys. Local assistants from Yukon River communities provide logistical and administrative support to Alaska Department of Fish & Game surveyors.