The Biden administration had supported the land swap, arguing that the conservation groups’ interpretation of Anilca would sharply restrict the Interior Department’s ability to conduct land swaps.

But Anilca held significance beyond the protections it provided such lands, Mr. Carter said. Passage of the law, he wrote, was a result of a consensus-building, bipartisan approach to governing.

Former President Jimmy Carter was honored on Wednesday by the Alaska Wilderness League for his conservation work in the state.

The promise of ANILCA to the American people and all future generations remains in question. ANILCA established a vast system of protected lands where wildness prevails—but can we keep them wild?

It's the 35th anniversary of ANILCA, the federal law that reshaped Alaska, literally redrew the map. ANILCA created new preserves and refuges across the state. It nearly doubled the size of the ...

I’m encouraged to see that the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) and the state are preparing litigation to fulfill the mandate of ANILCA regarding the Ambler Road.

One of the most significant conservation laws ever enacted — the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) — is facing its greatest threat in 42 years. For environmental ...

We discuss President Carter's legacy of conservation, and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act on this Talk of Alaska.

"I’ve burned up an awful lot of gray cells trying to put together the pieces of this statute," Justice Samuel Alito said, referring to the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA ...

ANILCA provides balanced land ownership Following Statehood in 1959 and the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) in 1971, ANILCA completed the major lands designations for the state. The Act is ...

Last week President Obama violated the letter and spirit of both the Statehood Compact and ANILCA's "no more" clause by calling for the designation of further wilderness within the Alaska National ...