State Wildlife Trooper Alisha Seward is making a list, but it’s not a bad one.

Seward is encouraging anyone or any groups who has the ability to process fish or game to get on the list to receive roadkill, forfeited or seized fish and game.

“There are local charities that I have spoken to about this in the past, but some can’t do it,” she said. “They don’t have the ability to process the meat. That seems to be the main problem.”

The work includes picking up and then gutting, cleaning, cutting up and distributing the roasts, steaks, fillets or whatever pieces the animals are carved into.

Seward explained that the lack of available options makes it difficult for her to dispose of fish or game.

“I already have a list of individuals and organizations that can do it, but I need to expand it,” she said. “It doesn’t just have to be an organization. It can be an individual, too.”

Seward said that one of the primary criteria for her list needs to be availability.

“If I call in the middle of the night for someone to take it, I need them to be able to do that,” she said. “I know that not everyone can do that. But the more names are on the list, the more likely it is I can get it out.”

She also noted that it isn’t an overly frequent concern.

“I would say it’s needed anywhere from 5 to 10 times per year,” she said. “But if it’s a situation where a moose was killed, that’s a lot of processing and it’s a lot of meat that could feed people.”

She was quick to note that someone taking and processing the meat can do what they want with it — including donating it to organizations. The situation varies for when she might have unprocessed fish and game.

“Sometimes it’s because I have to take it for enforcement reason, and sometimes a deer decides to just stand in the road,” she said. “I have had a couple of individuals and charities reach out, but I really need more.”

Seward said the best way to see about getting on the list is to email her at: alisha.seward@alaska.gov

The email should include the following information: Ability to accept unprocessed fish and/or game; whether you are available for call-outs at any time of day or night; and a contact name and phone number.