š± What Murkowskiās āLandlessā bill could mean for Petersburgās future lands
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- What Murkowskiās āLandlessā bill could mean for Petersburgās future lands
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š° News we're reading
ā¢ Sen. Murkowski's 'Landless' bill passes through Senate Committee (petersburgpilot.com) ā Petersburg is one of five Southeast Alaska communities that could finally receive a 23,040-acre land entitlement under Sen. Lisa Murkowskiās Alaska Native Landless Equity Act, which just cleared a key Senate committee. The bill aims to correct decades-old exclusions from ANCSA, while sparking debate over Tongass National Forest acreage and Native corporate ownership before it heads to the full Senate. 
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