Alaska Miner Magazine, Winter 2019

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eral potential and access prior to any State land designations.  Support state efforts for collecting re- source data, such as airborne geophysical mapping programs, as a means for increas- ing future state revenues.  Pursue and defend guaranteed access for all uses across all state and federal lands within Alaska.  Actively engage with the Department of the Interior and industry to ensure that neither the review process for placing tribal lands into trust, nor the final designation of a parcel as trust land, results in any tempo- rary or permanent restrictions on access to, and development of, resources on adjacent lands.  Advocate for termination of the appli- cation of the Roadless Rule to the National Forests in Alaska.  Pursue a Secretarial Order lifting ANC- SA 17(d)(1)) Public Land Orders.

Mining Education & Training  Continue to support University level resource education and vocational training programs to provide for a trained workforce.  Maintain State of Alaska/industry partnership to support Alaska Resource Ed- ucation. Statewide Policy Impacts  Support continued successful collab- oration between the State of Alaska and Province of British Columbia on responsi- ble resource development within the trans- boundary region.  Initiative a statewide Constitutional amendment to eliminate management of our natural resources by ballot initiative.  Enact legislation to require disclosure when funds from non-profit organizations are used to affect natural resource policy, permitting and litigation.

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