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The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) of 1980 added 53.7 million acres (217,000 km 2) to the National Wildlife Refuge system, parts of 25 rivers to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers system, 3.3 million acres (13,000 km 2) to National Forest lands, and 43.6 million acres (176,000 km 2) to National Park land. Because of ...
Alaska, California, and New Hampshire did not voluntarily provide the Center for Disease Control with abortion related data in 2000 or 2001. [3] [4] In 2014, a poll by the Pew Research Center reported that 63% of adults in the state of Alaska believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, with 34% stating it should be illegal in all or most cases.
In the 1930s, Alaska was plagued by the Great Depression. During this time, President Franklin D. Roosevelt did two significant things for Alaska. First, he allowed for 1,000 selected farmers hurt by the depression to move to Alaska and colonize the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, being given a second
This is a list of the individual Alaska year pages. In 1959, the United States admitted the Alaska as the 49th U.S. state, establishing the State of Alaska. [1]
[5] [4] As a lawyer, she was frequently the only black attorney in the courthouse. [3] Washington was appointed as a judge on August 9, 2010, by Governor Sean Parnell. [4] [1] [2] [5] She was installed on November 5, 2010. [6] In the spring of 2010, Washington was an adjunct faculty member at the University of Alaska Anchorage. [5] [4] [6]
A man who killed two Alaska Native women and videotaped the torture death of one was sentenced Friday to 226 years in prison. ... was registered to stay there from September 2-4, 2019. The first ...
The Territory of Alaska or Alaska Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from August 24, 1912, [1] until Alaska was granted statehood on January 3, 1959. The territory was previously Russian America , 1784–1867; the Department of Alaska , 1867–1884; and the District of Alaska , 1884–1912.
After getting 30 minutes of daylight, the town of Utqiaġvik, Alaska – formerly known as Barrow – saw its final sunset of the year on Monday as it enters a "polar night." The sun won't return ...