There's a 1980 Alaskan National Interest Lands Conservation Act contained within ANILCA is a provision that effectively precludes the Administration from declaring major, new conservation areas in Alaska.
On the recordMarch 6, 2013
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Murkowski highlights legal restrictions on new conservation areas in Alaska.
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