Oppose Application for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest for

The groups on this fight

4 groups predicted likely to care in Alaska

Predicted likely to care is a guess from footprint in Alaska, by the same match the STAND matchmaker runs, with no link to this decision. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.

• Alaska Wilderness League

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Works Alaska: built around defending the Arctic Refuge from oil and gas drilling.

• Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Works Alaska: lead plaintiff in the November 2025 federal suit challenging the land exchange signed to put a road through the Izembek Wilderness.

• Northern Alaska Environmental Center

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Works Alaska: first-named plaintiff in Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Trump, the Ambler road suit filed in 2020.

• Southeast Alaska Conservation Council

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Works Alaska: southeast Alaska’s homegrown defender of the Tongass since 1970.

Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.

The State of Alaska filed an application asking the federal government to formally give up its ownership claim to the submerged lands beneath portions of the Goodnews River System in western Alaska, including several rivers, creeks, and lakes. If approved, this Recordable Disclaimer of Interest would transfer control of those riverbeds and lakebeds from federal to state ownership, which can affect how those waters are managed for navigation, fishing, and resource extraction. Conservation professionals, tribal communities, and anyone with interests in this watershed should take note, as the BLM is currently soliciting public comments and additional information about these waterbodies.

On December 28, 2017, the State of Alaska (State) filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a recordable disclaimer of interest (RDI) from the United States for the submerged lands underlying portions of the Goodnews River System, east of Goodnews Bay in western Alaska. On December 16, 2020, the BLM received a letter from the State which amended that application to remove Slate Creek. Thus, the final application includes the submerged lands for portions of Goodnews River, Goodnews Lake, Igmiumanik River, South Fork of the Goodnews River, Tivyagik Creek, an unnamed tributary of Tivyagik Cre…

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