About the Natural Resources Section
The Natural Resources section provides legal advice to and represents the state departments, boards, and commissions that manage and regulate Alaska's natural resources, including its land, water, fish, game, timber, parks, and minerals. The section helps to ensure that the state's natural resources are managed and allocated by state agencies in a manner that is consistent with the law, defends the state's natural resource agencies against legal challenges to actions taken by them, and litigates disputes involving the state's proprietary interests in its natural resources. The section protects the state's title to its lands; advises the governor on matters involving the state's natural resources; advises the Boards of Fisheries and Game, and provides legal advice to state agencies concerning the development and use of state water, land, timber, and mineral resources. The section also litigates issues raised by conflicts between state and federal jurisdiction and advises state agencies concerning management of Alaska's mental health trust land.
Section Contact
For further information on the Natural Resources Section contact:
Anne Nelson
Chief Assistant Attorney General, Section Supervisor
907-269-5100