00HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 38                                                                                      
01 Relating to state control of the management of the region surrounding the                                               
02 Fortymile River and its drainage.                                                                                       
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04  WHEREAS the region surrounding the Fortymile River and its drainage has had a                                          
05 long history of mining use and is known to be one of the richest mining regions in the state;                           
06 and                                                                                                                     
07  WHEREAS  the United States Bureau of Land Management has used every means                                              
08 available to it to prevent mining in the Fortymile River region;                                                        
09  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the                                             
10 governor to take the steps necessary for the state to assume control of the management of  the                          
11 region surrounding the Fortymile River and its drainage.                                                                
12  COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the                                           
13 Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S.                                             
14 Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.