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Planning Alaska's Public Lands: The Alaska Planning Directory Table 1 ALASKA LAND OWNERSHIP in the years 1960 and 2000* (in Millions of Acres) Click here for printable .pdf version Ownership in 1960 % of Alaska Ownership in 2000 % of Alaska Federal Lands 374.00 100 242.00 65 Public Domain Lands 290.30 78 61.40 16 National Parks, Refuges, and Forests 46.90 13 150.50 40 National Wildlife Refuges 18.70 5 76.50 20 National Parks, Preserves, Monuments 7.50 2 52.00 14 National Forests and Monuments 20.70 6 22.00 6 Nat'l Conservation and Recreation Areas 0 0 2.20 1 National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska 23.00 6 23.00 6 Military Reserves 2.60 1 1.80 0 Native Reserves 4.10 1 0.08 0 Other Withdrawals 7.50 2 2.60 1 State Lands 0.00 0 89.50 24 General State Lands 0.00 0 77.90 21 Legislatively-Designated Areas 0.00 0 11.30 3 Parks 0.00 0 3.30 1 Refuges, Sanctuaries, Crit.Habitat 0.00 0 3.20 1 Forests 0.00 0 2.20 1 Other Special Categories 0.00 0 2.60 1 Mental Health Trust (MHT) land 1.00 0 1.00 0 University of Alaska Lands 0.15 0 0.17 0 Municipal Lands 0.00 0 0.66 0 Total Public Land 374.00 100 331.50 89 Total Private Lands 0.50 0 40.09 11 Alaska Native Corporation Lands 0.00 0 37.40 10 Other Private 0.50 0 2.69 1 Federal Land Programs 0.50 0 1.80 0 State Land Programs 0.00 0 0.75 0 Municipal Land Sales 0.00 0 0.14 0 Total: Public and Private Land** 374.50 100 371.59 99   *Source: Hull, T and L. Leask. 2000. Dividing Alaska, 1867-2000: Changing Land Ownership and Management. Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage. http://www.iser.uaa.alaska.edu/WhatsCool/WhatsCool.htm , then click on "Dividing Alaska." ** Acreage figures differ slightly because some agencies count submerged lands and others do not. Therefore, the amounts cited in individual categories do not total to exactly 375 million acres, the size most commonly cited for Alaska.   HOME