ANILCA

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ANILCA is a landmark 1980 U.S. federal law that protected over 100 million acres of federal land in Alaska by creating and expanding national parks, wildlife refuges, wilderness areas, and other conservation units.

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instanceOf United States federal law
environmental law
public land law
acronym ANILCA
areaProtected >100 million acres
over 100 million acres of federal land in Alaska
congressNumber 96th United States Congress
containsTitle Title I – General Provisions
Title II – National Park System
Title III – National Wildlife Refuge System
Title IV – National Conservation Areas and National Recreation Areas
Title VIII – Subsistence Management and Use
country United States
createdConservationSystemUnitType national conservation area
national park
national preserve
national wild and scenic river
national wildlife refuge
wilderness area
dateSigned 1980-12-02
establishedAgencyManagementRole Bureau of Land Management
National Park Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Forest Service
expandedExistingUnitType national monument
national wildlife refuge
wilderness area
expandedExistingUnitType national park
fullName Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
jurisdiction federal
notableFeature largest single expansion of protected lands in U.S. history at time of enactment
presidentAtEnactment Jimmy Carter
primaryPurpose conservation of public lands in Alaska
preservation of wilderness values in Alaska
protection of fish and wildlife habitats in Alaska
provision for subsistence uses by rural Alaska residents
publicLawNumber Public Law 96-487
region Alaska
relatedTo Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
National Park Service Organic Act
National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act
Wilderness Act
signedBy Jimmy Carter
stateAffected Alaska
statutesAtLargeCitation 94 Stat. 2371
subjectMatter Native and rural Alaskan subsistence rights
mineral development restrictions
public lands management
subsistence hunting and fishing
wilderness preservation
yearEnacted 1980

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