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All I can think of when I think about Ted Stevens "legacy" is Native Corps owning a strategic "lockup" checkerboard of land in some of the most beautiful/accessible hunting ground in the world, ala Ahtna.
That was a lot bigger than Ted, and Alaska actually got a tremendous bargain, IMO, when the agreement was reached which gave title to Native groups while paving a way for the development of oil. I will venture that a very large percentage of every dollar that most Alaskans - and quite a few others- put into their pockets every month have their origin the the oil we get as a result of that deal. BTW, nearly twice as much land falls in BLM jurisdiction as does land in Native Corp hands. That said, the corps. did get to choose some nice parcels.
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
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"One mans treasure is another mans trash" 
Eat moose, burn spruce
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All I can think of when I think about Ted Stevens "legacy" is Native Corps owning a strategic "lockup" checkerboard of land in some of the most beautiful/accessible hunting ground in the world, ala Ahtna. So true! But...you are welcome on all AHTNA lands......if you pay the trespass fee!
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guess I don't have much trouble with the native corp. lands
those folks were due something, and some of the corp.'s are doing very well with what they started with.
ASRC and Doyon come to mind and I know, but don't know them as well some of the SE corps do very well.
it seems fitting to me, though yes, there's ground I'd like to trod that I don't due to trespassing fees.
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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