
Encore: National Parks | Fire and Ice | 6
American History Tellers
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Alaska National Park Service
After the creation of alaska national interest lands conservation act in 19 one of the most disputed areas was the newly created wrangle saint elias national park. Initially, after its establishment, there was little trouble between the park and the locals. Unfortunately, the incident with homestead, or dug veden, caused an eruption of anger from the public towards the park service and its protective mandates. One chitna resident j sesky compared the situation of alaskans to that of american colonists. And i'm sure you've already felt that the national park service is unwelcome here. I look at them as an adversary. Tim jacobson, a miner who worked inside wrang
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