The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (or ANILCA) was a United States federal law passed in 1980 by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on December 2 of that year.
The law provided for the creation or revision of 15 National Park Service properties, and set aside other public lands for the United States Forest Service and United States Fish and Wildlife Service. In all, the act provided for the designation of over 100 million acres (400,000 km2) of public lands, fully a third of which was set aside as wilderness area.
Read more about Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act: Protected Areas, Early Legislative History, Use of The Antiquities Act, Final Passage, Selected Provisions of ANILCA, Ramifications
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