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The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) is a United States federal law signed by President Jimmy Carter on December 2, 1980. [1] ANILCA provided varying degrees of special protection to over 157 million acres (640,000 km 2 ) of land, including national parks , national wildlife refuges , national monuments , wild and scenic ...
This category collects articles on protected areas established under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) of 1980. Pages in category "ANILCA establishments" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
The Tongass Timber Reform Act (TTRA) is an act that was intended to amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), with the primary intention to increase the protection of the Tongass National Forest from logging.
In a news release issued by FEMA, the agency said its Local Hire program is inviting residents to join the recovery efforts in the areas of Augusta, Savannah, Valdosta, and Alpharetta.
ANILCA was finally passed in 1980, and signed by Carter on December 2, 1980. As is the case in most national park lands in Alaska, subsistence hunting by local residents is permitted. No part of the monument is designated as a national preserve, which would allow sport hunting. [19] About 19% of monument lands are owned by native corporations. [8]
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Local hiring is a goal or requirement to hire people who live close to the place of work. This aim is often more specifically structured as a requirement for contractors awarded certain types of publicly funded projects to recruit a certain proportion of the people working on the project from a particular area.
Carter took the action after the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) was held up in Congress. In 1980 ANILCA was passed, and was signed into law by Carter on December 2, 1980, converting the monument into a national preserve. The preserve's headquarters are in Fairbanks with a field office in Eagle. [19]