Special provisions were made for, and restrictions placed on, selection of lands within existing National Wildlife Refuges. The Act also required the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw up to 80 million acres of existing public land for specific consideration as new national wildlife refuges, national parks, national forests and wild and scenic rivers. These lands were to remain in a special withdrawal category until Congress completed action on the proposals or until December 1978. In recognition of special scientific values and to provide further protection to some of these areas, in 1978 and 1979, the President proclaimed 17 national monuments comprising 56 million acres. This action was taken under authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906.
Subsistence is a lifestyle based on thousands of years of traditional hunting and gathering.
Modern life and competition from sports hunters has reduced access to these traditional resources. The controversy comes when outside agencies that manage fish and game begin to make restrictions based on sports hunters needs verses those of Native Alaskans. This project is designed to allow students a forum to learn and discuss issues that affect Natives statewide.