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Thursday, October 2, 2003

The House Resources Committee on Wednesday approved a bill to swap 12,000 acres of land between the federal government and two Alaska Native corporations.

If passed by Congress, the Sealaska and Cape Fox corporations would select 12,000 acres of forest land. They would give up forestland and mineral rights elsewhere.

Some environmentalists are opposing the bill because of mining that is slated for the area. The say the land the federal government is giving up is not worth as much as the Native-owned land.

Get the Story:
Alaska land swap gets House panel OK (The Anchorage Daily News 10/2)

Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act of 2003:
H.R.1899 | S.1354

Related Stories:
Alaska Native land swap bill draws opposition (09/24)

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