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The state also owns the freshwater resources of the state, a resource that equals about 40% of the entire nation's fresh water flow." [citation needed] As stated above, aside from fish and game, for matters to do with resources such as timber, oil, natural gas or water, the Department of Natural Resources is the governing authority.
The Alaska Marine Highway and several other Alaska highways or routes are recognized as "highways" eligible for federal funding by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). [3] The Marine Highway was declared a National Scenic Byway by the FHWA on June 13, 2002; [ 4 ] and later declared an All-American Road on September 22, 2005.
In 1986 the State of Alaska agreed to fund and take ownership of a road (DeLong Mts. Transportation System) from Red Dog to the coast, and a shallow-water port site. Also in 1986, residents of Kotzebue and 10 other area villages voted to form the Northwest Arctic Borough, to be economically based on taxing the Red Dog mine.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are experimenting with whether snow roads can be expanded under specific, structured conditions in a way that protects the fragile tundra environment. [3] Ice Roads are routes constructed of frozen water that are suitable for heavier equipment. [3]
Map from the US Bureau of Land Management showing structures that create the oil fields in Alaska North Slope geologic cross section Geophysical Service Inc. seismic exploration crew, Deadhorse, Alaska, 1981. Under the North Slope is an ancient seabed, which now contains large amounts of petroleum. Within the North Slope, there is a geological ...
A map of northern Alaska showing the location of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA). The National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) is an area of land on the Alaska North Slope owned by the United States federal government and managed by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM). [1]
Southwest Alaska includes a huge swath of terrain 500 miles (800 km) from the western Bering Sea coast to Cook Inlet.Although much of the region is coastal, it also includes tens of thousands of square miles of interior boreal forests, swamps, and highlands, and the immense mountain barrier of the southern Alaska/Aleutian Range.
The Independence Mine State Historic Park offers tours in the summer months. The Willow Creek mining district at Hatcher Pass is historically the third-largest lode-gold producing district in Alaska, having produced 624,000 oz of gold. [9] Mining of placer gold deposits began in the Willow Creek mining district in 1906.