Alaska Conservation Act

Summary

Alaska Conservation Act - Adds specified lands in the State of Alaska to the National Park, National Wildlife Refuge, National Forest, and Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems. Title I: National Park System - Adds specified areas to the existing Mount McKinley and Katmai National Parks. Establishes nine new areas in Alaska as national monuments, parks, rivers and reserves. Sets forth general administration provisions governing such areas, including: (1) boundaries and acquisition of property; (2) applicability of mining and mineral leasing laws; (3) sport hunting; (4) subsistence uses; (5) cooperative agreements; and (6) wilderness review for suitability of such areas. Designates seven additions to the Wild and Scenic River System. Title II: National Wildlife Refuge System - Establishes 12 national wildlife refuges, one national arctic range and one national resource range. Sets forth general administrative procedures governing such lands. Title III: National Forest System - Establishes the Wrangell Mountains, Porcupine and Yukon - Kuskokwim National Forests. Title IV: Additions to National Wild and Scenic Rivers System Located Outside National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, and National Forests - Designates specified streams, rivers, and river segments in Alaska as scenic rivers.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 28 January 1977

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