5-regions survey, HH Invitation, PRA statement

Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council

Subsistence Harvest Survey
Household Invitation
This survey asks about harvest of birds and eggs for food and
other customary and traditional uses. Participation of communities
and households in the survey is voluntary. On behalf of your
community, your Tribal Council has agreed to participate in the
survey. By random selection, your household was selected to
participate. Your participation is important, even if your
household has not harvested birds or eggs.
Harvest estimates from this survey are used to:
• Show the importance of subsistence uses of migratory birds.
• Protect sustainable subsistence harvest opportunities.
• Plan for the conservation of birds.
• Assess whether harvest regulations are appropriate.

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If the local surveyor came to your household but missed you, please

call _________________________________________to schedule your survey.
(local surveyor and phone number)

Thank you very much for your help!
For more information:
• talk with your village surveyor,
• contact the closest ADF&G or USFWS office,
• visit the websites
http://www.alaskamigratorybirds.com/
https://www.fws.gov/alaska/pages/co-management
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=subsistence.AMBCC

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), please note the following information. This survey is authorized
by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.) and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Protocol Amendment (1995) and its letter of submittal from the Department of State to the
White House, which specifies the need for harvest monitoring. Your participation in the
survey is voluntary. We will use the information your household provides to estimate
subsistence migratory bird harvest in subsistence eligible areas of Alaska. Household
harvest reports are anonymous and no names are used on harvest report forms. We may
not conduct or sponsor and you are not required to respond to a survey unless it displays a
current OMB control number. OMB has approved this information collection and assigned
Control No. 1018-0124.
Estimated Burden Statement: We estimate public reporting for this collection of
information to average 5 minutes, including time for reviewing instructions, gathering and
maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments to the Service
Information Collection Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike,
Mailstop: PRB (JAO/3W), Falls Church, VA 22041-3803, or via email at
Info_Coll@fws.gov. Please do not send your completed survey to this address.