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By Alex Demarban
Alaska (AP)
As waterfowl wing their way to northern nesting grounds by the thousands, key Alaska Native groups are fighting a new federal requirement that subsistence hunters must buy duck stamps.
Representatives with the Association of Village Council Presidents, the North Slope Borough, and other rural organizations say the $15 cost is another fee that villagers, who are just hunting to survive, shouldn’t have to pay.
Alaska (AP)
As waterfowl wing their way to northern nesting grounds by the thousands, key Alaska Native groups are fighting a new federal requirement that subsistence hunters must buy duck stamps.
Representatives with the Association of Village Council Presidents, the North Slope Borough, and other rural organizations say the $15 cost is another fee that villagers, who are just hunting to survive, shouldn’t have to pay.
