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Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.

Nick Dakovich

“There are currently 5 king stocks designated as Stocks of Management Concern in Upper Cook Inlet: Alexander Creek, Ch'uwitna River, East Side Susitna River, Kenai River Late Run, and Theodore River. None of these stocks meet delisting criteria at this time as returns continue to be poor.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Curt Chamberlain “I want to ask Eddie from the Department of Law, does the Department of Law have any questions for me or have anything else that they want me to elaborate on further?”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Curt Chamberlain “However, less than 12 hours before the meeting, I was informed that my statement would be shared with the board. Having worked in project management, I know that maintaining confidentiality among 7 individuals is impossible, and to control the narrative, I opted to disclose my communication, uh, with the public to ensure the narrative doesn't go off the rails.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Nick Dakovich

“On the motion to designate Anchor River Chinook salmon as a stock of yield concern, correct?”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Edward Lee

“A violation was found, but whether or not that constitutes a conflict of interest is something for the ethics attorney to comment on in further explaining that.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Curt Chamberlain “The Department of Law opted to hide behind confidentiality to obfuscate what can only be a political decision and a series of delay tactics and ambush, ambush techniques to throw me off. If that's to be, I'd rather this happen in the light of day”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Curt Chamberlain “I've written 13 pages here, single-spaced, and I've gone through everything I can think of.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Olivia Irwin “we're about to go over Cook Inlet stock of concern designations where we're about to list 13, potentially list over 13 Chinook stocks.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Olivia Irwin “Madam Chair, I move the board adopt the department's recommendations for stock of concern designations for the Upper Cook Inlet.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Birch Foster

“we have found that specifically to the last 4 years of returns, the 2019 and 2020 July air temperatures, and then resulting in, resulted in very high water temperatures, over 20 degrees Celsius in Karlik River during the spawning time of the kings.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Curt Chamberlain “recently a board member complained at the Alaska Peninsula Aleutian Island meeting that I get paid six figures and then that may influence my decision-making.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Curt Chamberlain “the Department of Law issued a finding of ethical violations in my disclosures before the Alaska Peninsula Aleutian Island Chignik Lagoon meeting last year. Though it did not make a finding of conflict and it did not rule that I misrepresented or lied in any way, it opined that I did not sufficiently disclose my background but offered as a remedy the ability to seek an advisory opinion from the Department of Law so the board can correct this error in the future.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Olivia Irwin “My motion was for the board to adopt Anchor River King Salmon as a stock of yield concern.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Marit Carlson-Van Dort “At that time, no member moved to revisit, no member objected, and there was no reason to call a revote because no member objected or called for a revote.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Curt Chamberlain “And when I did that, they called me and said, well, we voided everything you did, and you— and you— and you violated these ethics acts. And, but we're going to keep it quiet and nobody's going to know about it. So you're not going to, you're not going to face the blame. I've gone through hell this summer.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Nick Dakovich

“The department is recommending 8 additional king stocks be listed as a stock of management concern. Those are Campbell Creek, the Chulitna River with an L, Crooked Creek, Deschka River, Kenai River Early Run, Little Susitna River, Talkeetna River, and the Yetna River. In addition to these king salmon stocks of concern, the department is also recommending that Little Susitna River coho salmon be listed as a stock of management Concern.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Doug Vincent-Lang “I think the department would agree Cook Inlet salmon aren't meeting yield requirements. We don't think they're at risk of extinction, but we certainly aren't meeting yield requirements right now. We'd like to get back to having those stocks provide yield.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Marit Carlson-Van Dort “On April 24th, 2026, I received a letter dismissing the complaint against me, which I waived confidentiality and made public on May 22nd. Um, to read from it in part, we'll say that the complainant alleges that my determinations misapplied the Ethics Act and therefore constituted a knowing aid to an ethics violation after conducting a preliminary evaluation under 9AAC 52-140, including listening to the audio of the board's ethics disclosures and determinations, we conclude that the allegations, even if true, would not establish a violation of the act.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Curt Chamberlain “I want to first enforce— first and foremost, emphasized that the board— that the Department of Law did not find a conflict, yet still voided a full slate of proposals.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Doug Vincent-Lang “at this point in time, I authorized 5 rather than the desired 25 just to figure out whether we can successfully rear these in the hatchery at this point in time.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Edward Lee

“law's position that I've been authorized to relay to you here now is that an advisory opinion cannot be completed because there are still outstanding questions that the Department of Law believes needs to be answered by yourself before that could be issued.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Edward Lee

“Regarding your ability to vote on the Area M ACRs tomorrow, the Department of Law has determined that a member may vote on an ACR at the work session even in the event that the same member would have a conflict with underlying proposal.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Mike Wood “a coho stock of concern is unprecedented in the state. This will be the first, and, um, especially on the Little Sioux, those numbers have to add up to make sure that this is justified to do this in this place for the first time, because it's a political wedge”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Curt Chamberlain “Chalista has advocated for responsible fishery management, including but not limited to time and area restrictions for Area M. Since it has no commercial interests in Alaska's fisheries, Chalista's advocacy was pure political speech, which is entitled to the highest protection under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Doug Vincent-Lang “King salmon to raise in the Kodiak Hatchery system as a way to build a restoration program for that. Um, unfortunately, we were able to not collect the desired 25 female king salmon from the river down there, but we got, I think, 5 or 6”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Marit Carlson-Van Dort “First of all, in the— as related to the corrective action, back in, I don't know when the complaint was initially filed, there were 3 of us. That were named in a complaint, um, and that was myself, Member Irwin, and Member Chamberlain.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Birch Foster

“There are currently 2 stocks designated as stocks of concern in Kodiak: Eyakulik River and Karlik River king salmon. The department recommends maintaining the stock of management concern designation for both Eyakulik River king salmon and Karlik River king salmon.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Edward Lee

“I want to start by reminding the board and alerting the public to the fact that complaints or issues related to ethics are not vetted by myself as the board's attorney. Rather, the Department of Law is a large department.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Curt Chamberlain “My opinion is that this is— that this filing— that this finding from the Department of Law was politically motivated and not supported by the facts or the law, and I want to bring this out in the open.”

Alaska Board of Fisheries: 2026 Board of Fisheries Work Session (10/28/2026) · Oct 28, 2026

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Suzanne LaFrance “this amendment before you offers a balanced way forward to move forward with something that the community can get behind. And so what it does is builds on the sponsor's 30-foot limit in R-1 to extend that to R-1A, R-2, R-2A, R-2D. And it also adds the 10-foot minimum setback for these underlying, underlying zones as well.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Erin Baldwin Day “Functionally, this substitute version appears to be pretty significantly different than what was initially reviewed by PCC. So I just want to confirm, is it the position of the sponsor that this substitute version does not require PCC review?”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Donald Handeland “when you go and take a building in, I mean, I guess bump a lot up to 70% there, that's a lot of very impervial, impure, whatever, surface there that's going to be draining off. And so just having that where, I mean, kind of increasing that standard, but then having threshold of above 50% that they got to submit a plan under.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Erin Baldwin Day “So starting with Baldwin Day Park Amendment Number 1. So this is the amendment that essentially is the anti-McMansion amendment. It does not permit, or it seeks to reduce, the lot size on which individuals can take advantage of 70% lot coverage.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Yarrow Silvers “this— what this amendment does is it creates a graduated height transition, which is based on existing residential zoning.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Anna Brawley “this is on our schedule to be on our agenda for Wednesday, November 7th— sorry, November 4th. Remember, we have moved our meeting to Wednesday to accommodate the election.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Anna Brawley “we have a number of public hearing items and other substantive items on our agenda, so Assembly leadership is looking hard at how to prioritize those things. So as of right now, this is on our agenda, but just to note, there are multiple other things competing for time, so we will be working out exactly when and how we take this up.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Erin Baldwin Day “I'm talking about Amendment Number 7, which addresses drainage. And I'm curious about the consideration. Did the sponsors consider regulation based on permeable versus impermeable surfaces rather than total building coverage?”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Erin Baldwin Day “is it safe to say that this would actually make things more challenging, more complicated, more difficult to interpret for members of the public, including members of the Planning Department?”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Mélisa Babb “Yes, that is correct.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Erin Baldwin Day “Amendment 9 is really the tracking and look back that I think is really important anytime we pass new policy. Policy. It's important for us to understand what happens. Are we successful? Can we measure our progress?”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Janice Park “I think that's correct. And I think if out of 14 amendments, if we could reach some consensus on 5 or 6, I think that would be great.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Suzanne LaFrance “we listened to the public testimony on this item and heard the feedback. We love our neighborhoods. They're very important to Anchorage, and we've done a lot in this area of housing, tax incentives, pausing design standards.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Erin Baldwin Day “I guess my first substantive question will be whether the sponsor intends or planning to implement this as one overlay with 5 subcategories, or is the intent of the sponsor to functionally create 5 new overlay zones?”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Erin Baldwin Day “if I'm reading this correctly, it's the intent of the sponsor that if we did not build 3,000 homes anywhere in the next 10 years because of any reason— interest rates, materials costs, labor, anything of that nature— these changes would still sunset, even if the fact that we didn't produce 3,000 homes was unrelated to the zoning reform.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Anna Brawley “This is a work session on AO-2026-85, the MHOP, or Missing Middle Housing Opportunity Overlay.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Erin Baldwin Day “the purpose of this ordinance, which, as we have continued to say, is to increase housing supply, particularly along our transit supportive corridors where we already have amenities, infrastructure, utilities, access to transportation of all sorts. And that this is part of implementation of our comprehensive plan.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Janice Park “what's in the S version are the one thing that hasn't been introduced in another amendment is the tiered overlay zones and the, the sunset sunset clause. I think the sunset clause included in the S version is important. I would consider the Baldwin Day amendment reflecting 5 years instead of 10.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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Erin Baldwin Day “I'd love to understand more about the mandatory reversion and whether the sponsor has spoken with anyone in the construction industry to understand what sort of chilling effect a mandatory reversion might have on new construction in the out years.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-85, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21 to create new... · Oct 28, 2026

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