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Management districts will be used as a tool to manage the population of bear on Kodiak Island. Theoretically, 204 bear may be taken off the refuge annually without undue harm to the population. Hunting will be allowed according to the regulations of the Alaska Game Commission. Electric fence should be used as an exclosure to bear on the small red salmon streams. Any ranching expansion should be limited to the area on the Chimiak Peninsula and on the small islands outside of the refuge. Cooperation will be extended in every phase of the bearcattle problem within reason and policy. The most desirable type of control in the ranching area is a control that requires only a small amount of attention. It is recommended that the road from middle Bay to Saltery Cove be repaired and put into useable condition, to increase activity in the ranching area.