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 applied for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest (RDI), asking the federal government to formally give up its claim to the submerged lands beneath portions of the Arolik River System, including the East Fork of the Arolik River, the Arolik River, and Arolik Lake in western Alaska. If approved, this would transfer ownership of those riverbeds and lakebed from federal to state control. This affects how those submerged lands are managed, who has jurisdiction over them, and could have downstream implications for water rights, fish habitat protections, and public access.

On November 2, 2017, the State of Alaska (State) finalized 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 Arolik River System, including the East Fork of the Arolik River, the Arolik River and Arolik Lake in western Alaska. An RDI, if issued, would disclaim the United States' interest in the lands underlying the portions of the waterbodies in the RDI application. This notice informs the public of the pending RDI application and supporting evidence submitted by the State and requests add…

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