Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) of 1980 created most of the national parklands in Alaska and impacts the National Park Service in many ways.
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act - Wikipedia
ANILCA provided varying degrees of special protection to over 157 million acres (640,000 km 2) of land, including national parks, national wildlife refuges, national monuments, wild and scenic rivers, recreational areas, national forests, and conservation areas.
H.R.39 - Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Summary of H.R.39 - 96th Congress (1979-1980): Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA)
The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), enacted on December 2, 1980, was a significant piece of legislation aimed at addressing land ownership conflicts in Alaska, particularly among Native Alaskans, the federal government, and the state government.
16 USC Ch. 51: ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION - House
This Act provides sufficient protection for the national interest in the scenic, natural, cultural and environmental values on the public lands in Alaska, and at the same time provides adequate opportunity for satisfaction of the economic and social needs of the State of Alaska and its people; accordingly, the designation and disposition of the ...
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (1980)
This act stipulated that the Secretary of the Interior could withdraw 80 million acres (32.4 million ha) of land for protection as national parks and monuments, fish and wildlife refuges, and national forests, and that these lands would not be available for state or native selection.
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) Program
Roughly two-thirds of Alaska, or approximately 222 million acres, are federally owned or managed. In 1980, Congress passed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) designating more than 100 million acres of federal land in Alaska as new or expanded conservation system units.
ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION ACT - GovInfo
AN ACT To provide for the designation and conservation of certain public lands in the State of Alaska, including the designation of units of the National Park, Na-tional Wildlife Refuge, National Forest, National Wild and Scenic Rivers, and Na-tional Wilderness Preservation Systems, and for other purposes.