Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

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The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act is a 1980 U.S. federal law that greatly expanded protected public lands in Alaska, including national parks, wildlife refuges, and wilderness areas, to conserve natural, cultural, and subsistence resources.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law
environmental law
affects U.S. Bureau of Land Management
surface form: Bureau of Land Management

National Park Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Forest Service
appliesTo Alaska
country United States of America
creates new national monuments in Alaska
new national parks in Alaska
new national preserves in Alaska
new national wildlife refuges in Alaska
new wilderness areas in Alaska
dateEnacted 1980-12-02
designates wilderness areas in Alaska
expands National Wildlife Refuge System in Alaska
United States National Park System
surface form: United States national park system in Alaska
geographicScope federal public lands in Alaska
hasComponent provisions for conservation system units in Alaska
provisions for subsistence management
provisions for transportation and utility systems in conservation units
provisions for wild and scenic rivers in Alaska
provisions for wilderness designation
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
legalStatus in force
motivatedBy need to protect large areas of Alaska’s undeveloped lands
passedBy United States Congress
presidentAtSigning Jimmy Carter
primaryGoal conservation of natural resources in Alaska
protection of cultural resources in Alaska
protection of subsistence uses for rural Alaska residents
providesFor subsistence priority for rural Alaska residents on federal public lands
publicLawNumber Public Law 96-487
region Alaska
relatedTo Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
National Park Service Organic Act
National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966
surface form: National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act
shortName ANILCA
signedBy Jimmy Carter
subjectMatter Native Alaskan subsistence rights
land withdrawals
mineral development restrictions
national parks and preserves
national wildlife refuges
public lands management
subsistence hunting and fishing
transportation and access across conservation system units
wild and scenic rivers
wilderness protection
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge expandedBy Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve establishedBy Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Kenai Fjords National Park establishedBy Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve establishedBy Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Katmai National Park and Preserve partOf Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
96th United States Congress passedAct Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Noatak National Preserve establishedBy Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve createdBy Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge establishedBy Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
The Wilderness Society supportedLegislation Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge establishedBy Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act title Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act self-link
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge establishedBy Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Becharof National Wildlife Refuge governedBy Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act relatedTo Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve partOf Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
this entity surface form: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act units
Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve establishedBy Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve establishedBy Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act