The University of Alaska has selected about 100,000 acres near Spooky Valley, west of the Dalton Highway in the Ray Mountains of Interior Alaska, to own under a provision in last year's federal spending package. (via AlaskaBeacon)
The University of Alaska has begun using a new federal law to take over unused land.posted this week, the university has requested to take over about 100,000 acres near Spooky Valley, west of the Dalton Highway in the Ray Mountains of Interior Alaska. It’s a stretch of land about the size of the city of Philadelphia.
“We’re definitely celebrating, because it’s a big deal, but it’s only one step in the process,” said Jonathon Taylor, the University of Alaska’s director of public affairs. It isn’t yet clear what the land will be used for. The university is planning a carbon sequestration program that preserves land from development in exchange for compensation payments. It also leases land for mining, logging and construction.
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