A U.S. Senate committee has proposed selling more than 3 million acres of public lands in Alaska and several other Western states to support new housing development. The idea has alarmed conservation ...

A designated wilderness area in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the largest U.S. national forest, is now a little bit bigger, thanks to a land purchase and transfer arranged by two ...

Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans or their heirs may be eligible to select up to 160 acres of federal land in Alaska. The application deadline is December 29, 2025. Cook Inlet ...

A federal judge in Anchorage has ruled that the U.S. Department of the Interior may take land into trust on behalf of Alaska Native tribes, a decision that could allow tribes to create “Indian country ...

Tlingit natives gather for a dance at Marine Park in Juneau, Alaska, in 2008. (Gillfoto from Wikipedia via Courthouse News). (CN) — A federal judge, on Wednesday, ruled against the Tlingit & Haida ...

Section 1. Background. The State of Alaska holds an abundant and largely untapped supply of natural resources including, among others, energy, mineral, timber, and seafood. Unlocking this bounty of ...

Free land claims have a long history in the U.S., going back as far as the 1862 Homestead Act that granted citizens and intended citizens government land to live on and cultivate. However, the program ...

Tlingit tribal members march down Front Street in downtown Juneau on June 8, 2024, during Celebration 2024. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) A federal judge in Anchorage has ruled that the ...