Federally protected lands in Alaska encompass more total land area than every other state with the exception of Texas and California. I can't argue that there isn't a need for regulation. However, heavy-handed confrontation has historically been quite ineffective for the feds in Alaska. One could argue that they who fail to learn aren't not stupid. The State seems to have a better understanding that education works much more effectively. But we have lands equivalent in size to an area larger than Montana under the management of the feds. Go figure. Chronic damage control is not part of a good recipe for neighborly coexistence.
