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Clarence Kramer Zone on Baranof Island in Unit 4 closing to the harvest of mountain goats SITKA,
Alaska – The Sitka District Ranger, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is closing the Clarence Kramer Zone to the harvest of mountain goats. The closure will be effective Thursday, November 1, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. and will remain in
effect through the rest of the 2018 season, which ends December 31, 2018. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has issued a concurrent closure in the same zone. Further mountain goat harvest in this zone could have a long term negative effect on
the conservation of this mountain goat subpopulation. The remainder of Baranof Island is open to goat hunting until the season closes, unless closed by special action.
A map and description of
closed areas are available from the Sitka Ranger District Office and the Sitka area office of ADF&G.
Information on Federal subsistence management special actions for the Tongass National Forest can be found at
http://www.fs.usda.gov/news/tongass/news-events.
For additional information, call Subsistence Biologist Justin Koller at 907-747-4297 or email him at
jpkoller@xxxxxxxxx.
Information on the Federal Subsistence Management Program can be found at
https://www.doi.gov/subsistence.
For interviews and information to be used for publication, contact the Tongass Public Affairs Officer at 907-228-6201 or
paulrobbins@xxxxxxxxx.
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