The Trump administration is considering two Alaska applications to recognize the state as the rightful owner of several rivers in a national wildlife refuge and other public land, according to two Federal Register public inspection notices published Friday.
The applications, dating from 2018 and 2025, are part of the state’s efforts to gain control over more federally-managed lands and waters to which it claims ownership under the 1959 law granting Alaska statehood.
The latest applications are for lands beneath long stretches of the Eek River, Middle Fork Eek River, and Uguklik River in southwestern Alaska, and the Unuk River ...