ANILCA
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
The year 2020 was the 40th anniversary of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). The web sites listed below examine ANILCA from a variety of perspectives. This list is not comprehensive and only touches on issues such as subsistence. The researcher is encouraged to follow additional links contained in these websites and use web search engines for further information.
U.S. Department of Interior Federal Subsistence Management Program
- History
- Record of Decision (1992)
- Environmental Assessment (1997)
- Regional Advisory Council Meeting Schedule
- Events
- Meeting News
- Laws & Regulations
- Permits
- Regulatory Process
- Current Proposals
- Request for Reconsideration
- Monitoring Programs
- Partners for Fisheries Monitoring
- Meeting Materials
- Meeting Transcripts
- Maps
- Fisheries Reports
- Other Subsistence Programs
- Tribal Consultation
Legal Information
The Legal Information Institute at Cornell University offers searchable access to the full text of ANILCA, as well as the United States Code, including the Table of Popular Names.
Opinions and Editorials
The Alaska Native Curriculum and Teacher Development Program provides a journal article written by Steven McNabb, titled “Native Claims in Alaska: A Twenty-Year Review,” which covers ANCSA and ANILCA.
LitSite Alaska features excerpts of interviews and event transcripts of participants reflecting upon the 30 years since the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
Administrative Issues
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game website contains information on ANILCA native allotments and ANCSA land conveyances.
The National Parks Conservation Association web site contains written testimony by Joan Frankevich for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on December 3, 2015 testimony on ANILCA.
Historical Materials
The Jimmy Carter Library web site provides access to presidential documents in digital format that led up to the enactment of ANILCA. These are searchable through the National Archives Advanced Search. Click on “All Archival Descriptions,” limit the search to the Jimmy Carter Library, and search “Alaska lands.”