The move is widely supported by Alaska tribal and conservation groups, but is opposed by the state and its U.S. senators.
The Norton Sound community of Unalakleet, which lies adjacent to millions of acres of D-1 lands, is seen in 2010. to maintain protections for 28 million acres of wilderness lands across Alaska, known as D-1 lands.
The lion’s share of the D-1 lands is concentrated in the western part of the state, with millions of acres lining the Norton Sound region and extending to border large portions of the Yukon and Kuskokwim river systems. In addition to negatively impacting subsistence hunting and fishing activities, the BLM’s analysis found that as many as 117 communities could see the loss of a federal subsistence priority on some lands if protections were lifted and the state were to gain ownership.throughout the state and received more than 15,000 comments from the public on the proposed changes.
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