AIDEA, Doyon Sign Land Access Agreement, Advancing Ambler Access Project
On April 14 the Board for the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) authorized AIDEA to enter into an agreement with Doyon to conduct final feasibility and permitting activities to advance the Ambler Access Project.
The land access agreement allows AIDEA and its contractors controlled access to land owned and managed by Doyon along the proposed route to the Ambler Mining District. Aidea is working with Ambler Metals via the Development Agreement, signed in February, to collaborate with local stakeholders, landowners, communities, and tribes. The agreement is not a right-of-way agreement and does not convey any longer-term rights to AIDEA or the project.
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Apr 16, 2021
More Senators Who Made an Impact, Despite First Being Appointed (Not Elected)
Sen. Sam Ervin (D-NC) chairs the 1973 Senate Watergate hearings.
Ronald L. Feinman is the author of Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama
(Rowman Littlefield Publishers, 2015). A paperback edition is now available.
A previous essay identified several US Senators who were initially appointed to their seats, rather than winning election. In the second half of the 20
th century, six other senators achieved historical significance despite originally being appointed on a temporary basis.
Print article Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s “land management gambit” needs a more critical review than you gave it. His executive order purports to impose state management on “all navigable waterways” and their associated submerged lands in Alaska, but it cannot do that. First, state jurisdiction extends only to those waterways formally determined to be “navigable” for title purposes, under factual and legal tests going back to the 1800s. If the United States contests navigability, then a federal court must decide. Second, state jurisdiction applies only to waterways on federal lands that were “unreserved” at the time of Alaska statehood in 1959; that is the date Alaska is deemed to have received title to navigable water bottoms. While this includes many of the “national interest lands” that were designated by ANILCA the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980, it does not include all of them. Any federal land withdrawal that pre-dated statehoo
Governor Moves to Exert Control Over Alaska Lands and Waters
Monday PM (SitNews) Anchorage, Alaska - Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy recently sent a letter to President Joe Biden asserting state management of the more than 800,000 miles of navigable rivers and 30 million acres of navigable lakes in Alaska, expressing intent for the State to exercise its authority to manage them and the related submerged lands under state law.
After 62 years of federal delay and obstruction, the State of Alaska is asserting its management rights over the vast network of navigable waters and submerged lands it received at statehood and will move aggressively to promote their use and enjoyment to serve the interests of the Alaska people.
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As Alaska Native people with deep ties to the land over which the Department of the Interior (DOI) has jurisdiction, we are immensely proud of Rep. Deb Haaland’s confirmation as secretary. We are also nervous.
In so many ways, Alaska is different from the rest of the nation. This is not a bad thing or an accident. Indeed, policymakers learned from mistakes made in the Lower 48 about how to manage Indian Country. We are proud to have broken the mold when it comes to the land and water rights of our Native Alaska people. We did it right. That also means that we do not fit neatly into any category. Our issues require adherence to unique laws and practices that do not apply to the rest of the country.