Appendix C. Biomass, production, and P:B estimates of aquatic invertebrates within different floodplain aquatic habitats.

Biomass, production, and P:B estimates of aquatic invertebrates within different floodplain aquatic habitats

Appendix E. The proportion of production by fish species derived from different prey items (i.e., trophic basis of production) within different floodplain aquatic habitats.

The proportion of production by fish species derived from different prey items (i.e., trophic basis of production) within different floodplain aquatic habitats

Appendix B. Fish abundance, biomass, and production estimates within different floodplain aquatic habitats.

Fish abundance, biomass, and production estimates within different floodplain aquatic habitats

Appendix F. A color version of Plate 1.

A color version of Plate 1

Appendix D. Percentage of prey found in the gut contents of fish sampled within different floodplain aquatic habitats.

Percentage of prey found in the gut contents of fish sampled within different floodplain aquatic habitats

Southeast Alaskans Want Food Sovereignty and Reimagined Rural Futures

United States federal lands are managed for multiple conservation, social, and commercial goals shaped by the visions of diverse interest groups. The rural economic and food-security needs of local public-lands-based communities have important implications for sustainable natural-resource management but can be obscured by national-scale public comment processes. To better understand local concerns and aspirations for management of the nation’s largest national forest, the Tongass, we use thematic analysis of public testimonies provided by Southeast Alaska community members as part of the federally mandated Roadless Rulemaking Subsistence Hearings in 2019. The six themes we develop explore speakers’ views of an Alaska exemption from the 2001 Roadless Rule, Alaska Native and rural community connections to the forest ecosystem, visions for rural futures, and concerns with the rulemaking process. Explicit consideration of local economic, food sovereignty, and federal rulemaking concerns can inform a broader picture of federal land management.</p