This has just been getting worse and worse. But, putting my tinfoil hat on and looking for conspiracies, are AK and NOAA trying to destroy the terrestrial salmon-based ecosystems up there so that they can be free to mine and log and drill? Making it impossible to subsistence-live out there means you don't have to protect the environment to produce those resources.

The Yukon is essentially closed to subsistence fishing, which feeds both people and dogs. Take them away and you can log and drill and mine you your heart's content.