Working off data from the 2000 census, the board in 2007 made such designations. But the Kodiak Daily Mirror reports (http://bit.ly/zj7n6O) the board in January instead decided to hold a public review of how areas are designated rural or non-rural.
The review process is anticipated to take five years.
Instead of using data from the 2000 census, the board will continue to use data from the 1990 census throughout the review process.
Residents living in rural areas are only eligible for subsistence hunting rights on federal land. Those areas are to be redesignated after every census.
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