Planning Alaska's
Public Lands:
The Alaska Planning Directory
2001 Edition
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Table of Land Ownership in Alaska
FEDERAL
PUBLIC LAND PLANNING:
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS)
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STATE
PUBLIC LAND PLANNING:
Alaska Dept. of
Natural Resources (DNR)
Division of
Forestry (DOF)
Division of
Mining, Land & Water (DMLW)
Division of
Parks and Outdoor Recreation (DPOR)
Alaska Dept of Fish
and Game (ADFG)
Habitat
Division
Office of the
Governor
Coastal
Management Program (CMP)
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Alaska Public Lands Information Center
State, City and Borough Websites in Alaska
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June 15, 2001
Alaska - the Planned Frontier
No other state in the union is likely to have as much public land planning as Alaska. This is because almost 90% of Alaska is managed by federal or state agencies (see Table 1). By law, agencies are required to prepare plans to guide and justify their activities. The Alaska Planning Directory provides a comprehensive review of the agencies, their planning goals and processes, the opportunities for public involvement they provide, and the plans they have produced and intend to produce.
Newcomers to Alaska, as well as many of old-timers, are surprised to find out that Alaska "the last frontier" has so much planning. A variety of acts, however, require that agencies prepare plans. These acts include the Alaska Statehood Act, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the National Forest Management Act, the Federal Land Policy Management Act, and the Alaska National Land Conservation Act, among others. These acts subdivided Alaska into dozens of management units, giving Alaska one of the most complicated land management patterns of any state in the nation.
Given the great diversity of Alaska's public lands, the number of different institutions managing those lands, and the divergence of public opinion on how land should be managed, it is not surprising that a process is needed to work out agreements. Planning has evolved to fill that niche. It utilizes scientific information to help us live in better harmony with nature--and a democratic process to help us live in better harmony with each other.
This report is intended for anyone with questions on state and federal public land planning in Alaska. Prior editions of this publication (1985, 1987 and 1991) were distributed widely by the Cooperative Extension Service throughout the state.
The directory focuses on public land managed by the federal and state governments and on land in the coastal zone. Public resources, such as fish and wildlife, are not included in this volume, although an edition on planning for fish and wildlife populations is being considered. Urban planning and municipal lands are not included, nor are Native and other privately-owned lands.
I wish to thank Judy Skagerberg who updated this report in 1995, Tom Gallagher who authored the first two editions, and Laura Walker who helped locate contacts for this edition. I would also like to thank all of the agency people who took time from their busy schedules to help me bring this information up-to-date. Corrections and suggestions are always welcome! Send them to me at the address listed below.
Dr. Susan Todd
Asst Professor of Resource Planning
349 O'Neill Bldg
PO Box 75-7200
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7200
Email: susan.todd@uaf.edu
Phone: 907-474-6930
Fax: 907-474-6184
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