Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

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United States federal law environmental law

The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act is a 1980 U.S. federal law that greatly expanded protected public lands in Alaska, including national parks, wildlife refuges, and wilderness areas, to conserve natural, cultural, and subsistence resources.

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Label	Occurrences
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act canonical	30
Alaska Lands Act	1
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act units	1
An Act to provide for the designation and conservation of certain public lands in Alaska, including the designation of units of the National Park, National Wildlife Refuge, National Wild and Scenic Rivers, and National Wilderness Preservation Systems, and for other purposes	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Context triple: [Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, expandedBy, Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act]

A. Organic Act of Alaska
The Organic Act of Alaska was the 1912 federal law that established Alaska as an organized U.S. territory with its own territorial government and legislature.
B. Alaska Statehood Act
The Alaska Statehood Act is the 1958 U.S. federal law that admitted Alaska as the 49th state of the United States, establishing its state government and political institutions.
C. Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act is a 1973 U.S. federal law that cleared legal obstacles to constructing the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System to transport oil from Alaska’s North Slope to the port of Valdez.
D. Federal Land Policy and Management Act
The Federal Land Policy and Management Act is a 1976 U.S. law that established the framework for managing public lands under the Bureau of Land Management, emphasizing multiple use, environmental protection, and retention of lands in federal ownership.
E. Affleck-Boldt
Affleck-Boldt is the hyphenated surname associated with actor Casey Affleck and his family, combining the Affleck and Boldt family names.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Target entity description: The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act is a 1980 U.S. federal law that greatly expanded protected public lands in Alaska, including national parks, wildlife refuges, and wilderness areas, to conserve natural, cultural, and subsistence resources.

A. Organic Act of Alaska
The Organic Act of Alaska was the 1912 federal law that established Alaska as an organized U.S. territory with its own territorial government and legislature.
B. Alaska Statehood Act
The Alaska Statehood Act is the 1958 U.S. federal law that admitted Alaska as the 49th state of the United States, establishing its state government and political institutions.
C. Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act is a 1973 U.S. federal law that cleared legal obstacles to constructing the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System to transport oil from Alaska’s North Slope to the port of Valdez.
D. Federal Land Policy and Management Act
The Federal Land Policy and Management Act is a 1976 U.S. law that established the framework for managing public lands under the Bureau of Land Management, emphasizing multiple use, environmental protection, and retention of lands in federal ownership.
E. Affleck-Boldt
Affleck-Boldt is the hyphenated surname associated with actor Casey Affleck and his family, combining the Affleck and Boldt family names.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ environmental law ⓘ
affects	Bureau of Land Management ⓘ linked to: U.S. Bureau of Land Management National Park Service ⓘ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ⓘ U.S. Forest Service ⓘ
appliesTo	Alaska ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
creates	new national monuments in Alaska ⓘ new national parks in Alaska ⓘ new national preserves in Alaska ⓘ new national wildlife refuges in Alaska ⓘ new wilderness areas in Alaska ⓘ
dateEnacted	1980-12-02 ⓘ
designates	wilderness areas in Alaska ⓘ
expands	National Wildlife Refuge System in Alaska ⓘ United States national park system in Alaska ⓘ linked to: United States National Park System
geographicScope	federal public lands in Alaska ⓘ
hasComponent	provisions for conservation system units in Alaska ⓘ provisions for subsistence management ⓘ provisions for transportation and utility systems in conservation units ⓘ provisions for wild and scenic rivers in Alaska ⓘ provisions for wilderness designation ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
motivatedBy	need to protect large areas of Alaska’s undeveloped lands ⓘ
passedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
presidentAtSigning	Jimmy Carter ⓘ
primaryGoal	conservation of natural resources in Alaska ⓘ protection of cultural resources in Alaska ⓘ protection of subsistence uses for rural Alaska residents ⓘ
providesFor	subsistence priority for rural Alaska residents on federal public lands ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 96-487 ⓘ
region	Alaska ⓘ
relatedTo	Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ⓘ National Park Service Organic Act ⓘ National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act ⓘ linked to: National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966
shortName	ANILCA ⓘ
signedBy	Jimmy Carter ⓘ
subjectMatter	Native Alaskan subsistence rights ⓘ land withdrawals ⓘ mineral development restrictions ⓘ national parks and preserves ⓘ national wildlife refuges ⓘ public lands management ⓘ subsistence hunting and fishing ⓘ transportation and access across conservation system units ⓘ wild and scenic rivers ⓘ wilderness protection ⓘ
title	Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

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Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge → expandedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Kenai Fjords National Park → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Katmai National Park and Preserve → partOf → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

96th United States Congress → passedAct → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Noatak National Preserve → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve → createdBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

The Wilderness Society → supportedLegislation → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act → title → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Togiak National Wildlife Refuge → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Becharof National Wildlife Refuge → governedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act → relatedTo → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve → partOf → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act units ⓘ

linked to: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Selawik National Wildlife Refuge → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Kobuk Valley National Park → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Bogoslof Wilderness → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Cape Krusenstern National Monument → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

ANILCA → fullName → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

National Wildlife Refuge System in Alaska → legalBasis → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Public Law 96-487 → officialName → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Public Law 96-487 → title → An Act to provide for the designation and conservation of certain public lands in Alaska, including the designation of units of the National Park, National Wildlife Refuge, National Wild and Scenic Rivers, and National Wilderness Preservation Systems, and for other purposes ⓘ

linked to: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

Public Law 96-487 → alsoKnownAs → Alaska Lands Act ⓘ

linked to: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

Kootznoowoo Wilderness → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge → establishedBy → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ

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