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Anna MacArthur

18:40 - 18:48

“in our two case studies, what we've seen is an almost doubling. So in Alaska, it's 113 million acres.”
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Anna MacArthur
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Alaska News
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October 26, 2026

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Next slide. Where it was 35 million acres in the RFI that was released to the public for public comment, but then when the area ID was released, it was almost twice that size. 35 Million acres to 68 million acres. So in our two case studies, what we've seen is an almost doubling. So in Alaska, it's 113 million acres.

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