Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council

To facilitate and administer regional programs to involve subsistence hunters of migratory birds in the management and regulation of migratory birds.

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 was amended in 1997 to legally recognize the traditional spring and summer subsistence harvests of migratory birds in Alaska and Canada. The amendment authorized the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to open regulated spring and summer subsistence hunts of migratory birds in Alaska. The Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council (AMBCC), composed of representatives from the USFWS, Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF & G), and the Native Caucus (which includes representatives from 10 regional councils), acting as equals, was formed in 2000 to provide a meaningful participation for Alaska Native peoples in harvest management and conservation of migratory birds (Schwalenberg et al. 2023).

Native American Organizations, Public nonprofit institutions/organizations, other public institutions/organizations, Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments, and Local governments.

Native American Organizations, Public nonprofit institutions/organizations, Federally recognized Indian Tribal Governments, local governments, and Alaska Native American Indians.

Funds will be used to help offset AMBCC travel, administrative, and associated expenses required to establish a regional migratory bird subsistence program and further the continuation of long-term co-management efforts to manage the subsistence harvest of migratory birds across Alaska in keeping with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act as amended. This regional program will become a part of the statewide (Alaska) and national migratory bird management program, for which the Fish and Wildlife Service has responsibility. Funds must be used to support program objectives of the Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council. One hundred percent of funding is discretionary.

Funds will be used to help offset AMBCC travel, administrative, and associated expenses required to establish a regional migratory bird subsistence program and further the continuation of long-term co-management efforts to manage the subsistence harvest of migratory birds across Alaska in keeping with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act as amended. This regional program will become a part of the statewide (Alaska) and national migratory bird management program, for which the Fish and Wildlife Service has responsibility. Funds must be used to support program objectives of the Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council. One hundred percent of funding is discretionary.

October 1, 2018, to September 30, 2027. Funding must be spent by September 30, 2027.

You must be a member of the Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council to be selected. Criteria included, but is not limited to, past performance, ability to provide administrative support, and ability to send an elected representative from the regional management body to meetings.

The Service Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council Project Officer reviews the applications and makes recommendations. The process ends with concurrence by the Service.

The Service issues 5-year grants, with the first year funded as reported, and the subsequent years funded based and grant amendment requests, not to exceed projected funding levels outlined in the grant, unless approved by the Service.