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The Alaskan wilderness may soon be on the menu for fossil fuel giants. The Trump administration’s plan to roll back Biden-era ...
Alaska crews are fighting dozens of wildfires statewide, including the Bear Creek and Saint George Creek Fires. Weather ...
Wildfire activity is surging in Interior Alaska, with major responses to the Lush Fire near Rampart and the Nelchina Glacier ...
Jun. 19—Lightning, wind and warmth have sparked and fueled dozens of new wildland fires around Alaska, including several near communities. Nearly 50 new fires were reported across the state ...
The Department of the Interior recently announced it will open 11.1 million acres of federal land for the Alaska Native Vietnam War-era Veteran Land Allotment Program.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Federation of Natives President Julie Kitka, who is Chugach Eskimo, received a long, loving farewell at the AFN annual convention in Anchorage last week. She announced her ...
First the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 extinguished aboriginal hunting and fishing rights. Then Congress took a step back from that in the Alaska National Lands Conservation Act of 1980 ...
Candy Grimes, Alaska Native allotment coordinator for the Bureau of Land Management, said federal lands closer to Alaska villages already were conveyed to Alaska Native corporations and the state ...
In 1971, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) divided 44 million acres of land among more than 200 regional, village, and urban corporations to resolve land claims throughout Alaska. While ...