Alaska
While this technically ended federal dominance, Washington remains the largest landowner in Alaska, with roughly 60 percent of the state’s total area under the supervision of more than a dozen federal agencies, including national parks, wildlife refuges, national forests, military bases and the Nort...
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| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | While this technically ended federal dominance, Washington remains the largest landowner in Alaska, with roughly 60 percent of the state’s total area under the supervision of more than a dozen federal agencies, including national parks, wildlife refuges, national forests, military bases and the North Slope National Petroleum Reserve. Tourism, the No. 2 private employer, has been on the rise, with cruise ships prowling the intra-coastal inlets amid glaciers and grizzlies and docking in Anchorage for side trips to Denali National Park and Preserve; warming of the Bering Sea has opened new ports of call. The Statehood Act of 1959 gave the state the right to choose its own public lands, but only after settling Native land claims. Because the Arctic Ocean ice broke up in late July back then, and for only six weeks, the only feasible way to get the oil out was a pipeline. The state’s congressional delegation, despite its relative seniority, was unable to overcome the opposition to oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) east of Prudhoe Bay. |
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| ISSN: | 0362-076X 2328-5257 |