Organizations
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Ahtna Incorporated
Ahtna Incorporated is the Alaska Native regional corporation for the Ahtna region along the Copper River. It represents Interior Athabaskan shareholders and manages private lands near Cantwell and Glennallen, which it closes to public hunting during moose season.
Aleut Corporation
Aleut Corporation (TAC) is the Alaska Native regional corporation for the Aleutians and Pribilof Islands region. It manages land, resources and subsidiaries such as Aleut Ventures for its Unangan shareholders, elects a board of directors, and funds scholarships.
Aleutians East Borough
Aleutians East Borough (AEB) is the borough government that serves communities on the Alaska Peninsula and eastern Aleutians. Its assembly sets policy on commercial fisheries, ports and harbors, and public services for Sand Point, King Cove, Cold Bay, False Pass, Akutan, and Nelson Lagoon.
Anchorage Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals
The Anchorage Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals (ZBEA) is Anchorage's quasi-judicial zoning appeals board. It hears zoning variance requests, setback and stream buffer appeals, and code interpretation disputes for the Municipality of Anchorage.
Homer Electric Association
Homer Electric Association (HEA) is the member-owned electric cooperative that provides power across the Kenai Peninsula. It serves Kenai, Soldotna, Homer and communities across Kachemak Bay, and is known for its rate cases and community solar programs.
Alaska Fire Service
Alaska Fire Service (AFS) is the Bureau of Land Management office that manages wildland fire suppression on federal and Native lands across Alaska. It coordinates smokejumpers, water scooper aircraft and fire investigations to protect rural villages and infrastructure across the state.
Alaska Senate Resources Committee
Alaska Senate Resources Committee (SRES) is a standing committee of the Alaska State Senate. It considers legislation on oil, gas, mining, fisheries, parks and other natural resource development. It also oversees state land transfers and energy policy, and can subpoena state officials to testify.
Chugachmiut
Chugachmiut is a tribal nonprofit consortium that provides health and social services to Alaska Native communities in the Chugach region. It serves seven tribes around Prince William Sound and the lower Kenai Peninsula, supporting language revitalization, education and community development.
City of Houston
City of Houston is the municipal government of Houston, Alaska, a city in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough on the Parks Highway. Its City Council and commissions decide zoning, land use and permitting matters for the city between Wasilla and Willow.
Commonwealth North
Commonwealth North (CWN) is a nonpartisan public policy forum based in Anchorage, Alaska. It convenes business, civic and political leaders to study state issues and host public discussions and debates on elections, fiscal policy and energy.
International Pacific Halibut Commission
The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) is the international body that sets catch limits for Pacific halibut. It assesses the coastwide stock shared by Alaska, the West Coast and Canada, using fish age data and maturity studies.
NANA Regional Corporation
NANA Regional Corporation is the Alaska Native regional corporation for Northwest Arctic Alaska, owned by Inupiat shareholders. It holds a partnership interest in the Red Dog zinc mine near Kivalina and runs engineering and tourism subsidiaries across Northwest Alaska.
Resource Development Council for Alaska
Resource Development Council for Alaska (RDC) is a statewide nonprofit membership organization that represents Alaska's resource development industries. Its members span oil and gas, mining, fishing, timber and tourism, and it hosts the Breakfast Forum and other resource-policy conferences.
City of Valdez
City of Valdez is the municipal government of Valdez, a Southcentral Alaska port city at the terminus of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Its council sets the municipal budget, funds local schools, and manages property and pipeline tax assessments, serving as a gateway to Prince William Sound.
Denali Commission
The Denali Commission is an independent federal agency that funds infrastructure projects across rural Alaska. It supports energy, transportation, telecommunications, bulk fuel storage and community facility projects in remote Alaska villages.
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Alaska
The U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Alaska (USAO-AK) is the federal prosecutorial office for the District of Alaska. It handles federal criminal indictments, sentencings, and civil enforcement statewide. It is part of the U.S. Federal Government.
AVCP
AVCP (Association of Village Council Presidents) is the regional tribal consortium that represents federally recognized tribes in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. It runs Head Start and heating assistance programs and advocates for subsistence salmon rights on the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers.
Alaska Department of Administration
The Alaska Department of Administration (DOA) is the state agency that runs internal operations of Alaska state government. It oversees information technology, personnel and retirement systems, the Division of Motor Vehicles, building leasing, and procurement.
Alaska State Parks
Alaska State Parks is the state division that manages Alaska's state park units, trails and public use cabins. It operates within the Department of Natural Resources, coordinating trail maintenance agreements, cabin reservations and advisory boards for parks such as Kachemak Bay State Park.
City of Saint Paul
City of Saint Paul is the municipal government of St. Paul Island, the largest Pribilof Islands community in the Bering Sea. The city council decides harbor infrastructure, fuel and heating programs, trail and recreation projects, and other local services for island residents.
University of Alaska System
The University of Alaska System is Alaska's public university system, governed by the Board of Regents. Its campuses, the University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and University of Alaska Southeast, conduct research on Arctic climate, fisheries, and natural resources.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the federal cabinet department that provides health care and benefits to veterans. In Alaska, it operates the Alaska VA Healthcare System, including the Anchorage VA Medical Center and clinics serving Native villages through the VA Tribal Health Program.
Chugach Alaska Corporation
Chugach Alaska Corporation (CAC) is the Alaska Native regional corporation for the Chugach region of Alaska. Its shareholders are Sugpiaq and Eyak people from Prince William Sound and the lower Kenai Peninsula. The corporation also runs federal contracting and defense services subsidiaries.
Bureau of Indian Affairs Alaska
The Bureau of Indian Affairs Alaska (BIA) is the federal agency that manages trust responsibilities and programs for Alaska's federally recognized tribes. It funds village road projects, cleans up contaminated former BIA school sites, and settles tribal trust land and allotment estates.
Alaska House Judiciary Committee
The Alaska House Judiciary Committee (HJUD) is a standing committee of the Alaska House of Representatives. It considers legislation on criminal and civil law, court system administration, public safety, and judicial appointments. It is also called House Judiciary.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (MSBSD) is the public school district for the Mat-Su Borough. Its elected school board, also known as the Mat-Su School Board, sets academic calendar, staffing and budget decisions for Palmer, Wasilla, Houston, Big Lake, Talkeetna and the surrounding valley.
The Kuskokwim Corporation
The Kuskokwim Corporation (TKC) is the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act village corporation for middle Kuskokwim River communities near Aniak. It manages shareholder lands and resources across the region and holds an interest in the Donlin Gold project near Crooked Creek.
Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation
Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC) is the tribal health organization that provides hospital and clinic care for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta from Bethel. It operates the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital and sub-regional clinics serving 50 villages across the delta.
Donlin Gold LLC
Donlin Gold LLC (Donlin Gold) is the company developing a proposed large open-pit gold mine in Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. It is a joint venture that includes NovaGold Resources and addresses permitting, financing and dam safety near Crooked Creek.
Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association
Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA) is the regional tribal nonprofit serving tribes in the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands. It provides health, social and heating assistance services, including traveling medical and dental clinics, for Aleut communities from its headquarters in Anchorage.