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Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
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Who’s defending Lake Clark National Park & Preserve?

National park in Alaska, 4.03M acres, managed by the National Park Service, designated in 1980.

The defenders

Nobody has claimed this fight yet

No group in our directory carries Lake Clark National Park & Preserve in its work yet. That is not the same as nobody fighting: if you know the group that belongs here, tell us and our editors will look at it.

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18 more work nearby but are not tied to Lake Clark National Park & Preserve on the record

On the ground in Alaska

Alaska GeographicThey work only in AlaskaFriends GroupKenai Watershed ForumThey work only in AlaskaFriends GroupDenali Education CenterThey work only in AlaskaFriends GroupKachemak Heritage Land TrustThey work only in AlaskaLand TrustSoutheast Alaska Conservation CouncilThey work only in AlaskaCoalitionBrooks Range CouncilThey work only in AlaskaGrassroots

The national muscle

River Management SocietyTheir work includes national parksStewardshipPublic Employees for Environmental ResponsibilityTheir work includes national parksWatchdogSierra Club FoundationTheir work includes national parksAdvocacy

More ways in

Alaska Community Action on ToxicsThey work only in AlaskaAdvocacyGwich'in Steering CommitteeThey work only in AlaskaTribalNative MovementThey work only in AlaskaGrassrootsNorthern Alaska Environmental CenterThey work only in AlaskaAdvocacyTanana Chiefs ConferenceThey work only in AlaskaTribalTrustees for AlaskaThey work only in AlaskaLegalAlaska Wilderness LeagueThey work only in AlaskaAdvocacyNOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School)Their work includes national parksStewardshipFriends of Alaska National Wildlife RefugesThey work only in AlaskaFriends Group

The situation

What’s happening to Lake Clark National Park & Preserve

Four million acres of active volcanoes, turquoise lakes, and salmon rivers on the west side of Cook Inlet, one of the wildest parks in the country. A private inholding called the Johnson Tract sits inside it, and the Park Service is analyzing two easements across park land, a transport corridor and a port on Tuxedni Channel, that would open the way for Contango Ore’s gold mine. Cutting industrial access routes through a national park to reach an inholding mine would fragment habitat and set a precedent for development inside protected Alaska parklands.

  1. 1980Lake Clark National Park and Preserve established under ANILCA
Park easements would open the way for a gold mine

Source: Alaska Beacon · July 1, 2026

No public comment window is open on Lake Clark National Park & Preserve right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.

Your move

How to stand for Lake Clark National Park & Preserve

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Build my lineup around Lake Clark National Park & Preserve: the leading group here opens it, and the other seats fill from this record.

Lake Clark National Park & Preserve has defenders. It needs more.

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Sources and methodThe situation, timeline, and threats: the MTJP threatened-lands record for Lake Clark National Park & Preserve, with per-item sources. Which groups are on the record for this place: MTJP editors tie a group to a fight only with a source link they have read, one link at a time. A group without one is shown as likely to care, a guess from the federal court record and the group’s own mission and footprint. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-10-04. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.