Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

Summary

Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act - Title I: National Park System - Designates specified public lands in Alaska to be included as units of the National Park System. Title II: National Wildlife Refuge System - Establishes specified areas in Alaska as units of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Title III: National Wild and Scenic Rivers System - Lists rivers in Alaska which shall be wild rivers for purposes of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. Designates other rivers for study for inclusion as wild and scenic rivers. Title IV: National Forest System - Adds specified lands to the Tongass and Chugach National Forest in Alaska. Title V: Alaska National Wildlands System - Designates specified areas adjoining national parks and refuges as Alaska National Wildlands units. Title VI: Designation of Wilderness Areas - Designates specified lands to be included in the National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System. Title VII: Subsistence; Fish and Wildlife Management - Permits establishment of subsistence management zones and prescribes conditions under which subsistence uses may be permitted. Title VIII: Cooperative Study and Planning Commission - Provides for the establishment of the Alaska Cooperative Study and Planning Commission to study, plan and make recommendations concerning proposed land and resource uses in Alaska. Title IX: General Administrative Provisions - Provides for withdrawal of designated lands from appropriation under mining and mineral leasing laws. Delineates rights of Native Corporations with respect to designated lands. Title X: Oil, Gas, and Mineral Study, Exploration, and Extraction - Provides guidelines for the issuance of exploration and extraction permits for areas under this Act except national parks, monuments, wilderness areas and components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Requires that exploration studies not substantially alter surface features of the area. Grants the exploring party the right of first refusal should a permit for extraction be offered. Provides for competitive bidding should the exploring party refuse the offer of an extraction permit. Title XI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets criteria for designation of segments of Iditarod Trail as part of Iditarod National Historic Trail. Requires that lands owned by the State of Alaska, or political subdivisions thereof, may be acquired for the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park only by donation or exchange. Title XII: Appropriations - Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 19 January 1978

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