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, …

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, National Wildlife Refuge, National Forest, National Wild …

Summary of H.R.39 - 96th Congress (1979-1980): Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 96–487, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2371, known as the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title …

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 …

In 1971 Congress set in motion the process that would allot Alaska's land amongst its many claimants, changing Alaska from almost wholly federal domain to a mix of federal, state, and private ownerships.

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 …

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, …

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, …

The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) is a landmark 1980 U.S. law that significantly expanded the amount of land designated as national parks, wildlife refuges, and …