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Supervisors report federal advocacy on fisheries and Last Chance Grade; local officials flag elk overpopulation and disease concerns
Summary
Supervisors described testimony to the Pacific Fishery Management Council, federal advocacy in Washington, D.C., and ongoing local efforts to address elk overpopulation and hoof rot disease. They urged continued data collection and federal engagement on fisheries and public‑lands infrastructure projects.
Supervisor Howard reported that Del Norte representatives testified before the Pacific Fishery Management Council and urged better local data collection to inform stock assessments, particularly for ground fish and salmon. Howard said the absence of local stock data has hampered reopening of fisheries and that an RFP to reanalyze stock assessment methods could allow locally collected creel and charter data to be used.
Howard also summarized time in Washington, D.C., where he met federal staff and legislators’ offices to press for funding and attention to projects including Last Chance Grade and power‑line redundancy issues identified after…
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