Land ownership Alaska

alaska has more public land owned federal government other state.

according october 1998 report united states bureau of land management, approximately 65% of alaska owned , managed u.s. federal government public lands, including multitude of national forests, national parks, , national wildlife refuges. of these, bureau of land management manages 87 million acres (35 million hectares), or 23.8% of state. arctic national wildlife refuge managed united states fish , wildlife service. world s largest wildlife refuge, comprising 16 million acres (6.5 million hectares).

of remaining land area, state of alaska owns 101 million acres (41 million hectares), entitlement under alaska statehood act. portion of acreage ceded organized boroughs, under statutory provisions pertaining newly formed boroughs. smaller portions set aside rural subdivisions , other homesteading-related opportunities. these not popular due remote , roadless locations. university of alaska, land grant university, owns substantial acreage manages independently.

another 44 million acres (18 million hectares) owned 12 regional, , scores of local, native corporations created under alaska native claims settlement act (ancsa) of 1971. regional native corporation doyon, limited promotes largest private landowner in alaska in advertisements , other communications. provisions of ancsa allowing corporations land holdings sold on open market starting in 1991 repealed before take effect. effectively, corporations hold title (including subsurface title in many cases, privilege denied individual alaskans) cannot sell land. individual native allotments can , sold on open market, however.

various private interests own remaining land, totaling 1 percent of state. alaska is, large margin, state smallest percentage of private land ownership when native corporation holdings excluded.