ALASKA STATE LANDS ADVISORY GROUP MEETING

Thursday, October 27, 2016  |  9a.m. to 4p.m.

Locations:  Anchorage* and Fairbanks Legislative Information Offices

To Attend By Phone:  call 586-9085 (in Juneau) or (844) 586-9085 

* due to the pending relocation of the Anchorage Legislative Information Office, availability to participate at this location is tentative and may change; in-person attendance at the Fairbanks Legislative Information Office and via teleconference will remain available

BACKGROUND

On January 14, 2015, the Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Areas (CACFA) passed a resolution under its authority at AS 41.37.230 establishing the Alaska State Lands Advisory Group (ASLAG). Among other things, ASLAG has been tasked with understanding, discussing and advising on the viability of and potential for transferring the ownership and/or management of federal public lands in Alaska to the State of Alaska. The group is strictly advisory to CACFA and will not make decisions or set policy for the State.

MEETING INFORMATION

ASLAG will be meeting on Thursday, October 27, from 9a.m. to 4p.m. to discuss its draft report to CACFA. A draft meeting agenda is attached to this notice.  For information on the group and its report, please contact CACFA Executive Director Sara Taylor at (907) 269-3645.  Meeting minutes will be posted to the CACFA website at http://dnr.alaska.gov/commis/cacfa following the meeting.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

The meeting will be “listen-only” with opportunities for public testimony at 11:30a.m. and 3:30p.m. Hearing-impaired or other special accommodations are available on request to dnr.cacfa@alaska.gov or by notifying staff at the meeting of any needs or requests.

Written comments may be submitted at any time to dnr.cacfa@alaska.gov; any comments received will become part of the record and subject to inspection. All comments received in advance of the meeting will be provided to ASLAG members either as part of their individual meeting packets or shortly after the meeting.