ATLANTA — When Congress and President Carter enacted the Alaska National Interest Conservation Act (ANILCA) in 1980, they protected over 100 million acres of national public lands for current and future generations. The Carter family and Carterare grateful to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland for today’s decision to vacate the 2019 land swap agreement that put this ecologically rich area at risk and threatened to undermine ANILCA as a powerful piece of conservation law.
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Contact: Matthew De Galan, matthew.degalan@cartercenter.org
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