ANILCA Trainings

The Institute and our partner instructors and technical delivery contractors are currently upgrading our regular ANILCA training program to an on-demand online format.

This will significantly improve training reach, access, convenience and educational outcomes. In the meantime, please join our mailing list to be notified when this new program is available. We also consider requests for customized ANILCA training from time to time.

Please send inquiries to Hanna Eklund, heklund@institutenorth.org.

About ANILCA

In 1980, Congress passed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). As a result of the Act, nearly 140 million acres (more than one third of Alaska) are now designated as federal conservation system units, such as national parks and wildlife refuges. Congress balanced the unprecedented scale of these designations with similarly unprecedented accommodations for Alaskans’ way of life and reliance on a resource-based economy.

About Our Training

This comprehensive ANILCA training course is offered in partnership with the US Department of the Interior University (DOIU), building on a curriculum developed in 2004 with an appropriation from Congress. The course is continually updated to meet contemporary needs. The course is presented by Federal agency representatives and other experts with extensive ANILCA experience.

Course Content

This ANILCA Training brings together numerous subject matter experts to provide an overview of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (ANILCA), including:

  • Summary of Alaska ’s land history from Territorial days through ANILCA to present
  • Context of ANILCA’s passage – including major constituents, issues of the day, and the
  • Great Compromise
  • Overview of ANILCA statutory provisions by Title or Section
  • Key access provisions of ANILCA, including access for traditional activities, subsistence, inholdings, and transportation & utility systems
  • Subsistence on federal lands
  • Wilderness reviews and management
  • ANILCA implementation, including federal land planning
  • Case studies

Who Should Take this Course

This course is intended for federal agencies with ANILCA implementation responsibilities, state and local land and resource managers, Native corporations, rural residents and inholders, as well as community leaders, policy makers, consultants, the academic community and the interested public.

Intended Outcomes

Upon completion of the training, attendees have a greater understanding of this sweeping legislation and its influence on conservation policy, business opportunities, resource development, and public land management in Alaska.

Registration

These trainings are on hold as we transition to an online delivery format. To be added to our list for updates, please email Hanna Eklund, at heklund@institutenorth.org.

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