"On Wednesday, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Sam Cotten sent a letter asking the Federal Subsistence Board to reconsider the closure, saying the board was ignoring the very herd management plan it had endorsed in 2013."
"The federal board acted after getting a request for special action from the Northwest Arctic subsistence regional advisory council, a request made outside of the board's normal schedule. If the board acts on a special request, the decision is final, unlike with proposals handled within the normal cycle, federal managers said."
"It's closed. There's not an appeal process. We can't go back and reconsider," Towarak said. "Still, if the state puts in its own request for special action to allow a broad hunt, the matter could be considered anew, he said."
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