Congress, led by the late Sen. Ted Stevens, clearly intended access to this region when it passed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, or ANILCA, in 1980.

Congress, led by the late Sen. Ted Stevens, clearly intended access to this region when it passed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) in 1980.

“We hold that under Title VIII of (ANILCA), the Board has the power to authorize an emergency subsistence hunt on federal public lands for rural residents of the state of Alaska,” Bea wrote on behalf ...