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Introduction
The Land Resources Program Center (Lands) is a Washington office located in the Alaska Regional Office that is responsible for:
Land Acquisition
- Acquiring lands and interests in lands by purchase, donation or exchange
- Assisting the parks in formulation of land acquisition priorities and budgets
- Assisting the parks in preparation of Land Protection Plans
Leasing
- Acquiring leases of visitor and administrative facilities for the parks under authority of 1306 of ANILCA
Right-of-Way and Access
- Processing right-of-way applications or assisting the parks in processing applications
- Providing assistance to parks in technical access and right-of-way matters, including ANCSA 17(b) easements and RS 2477 right-of-way
Land Status Mapping and Recordkeeping
- Creating and maintaining accurate land status mapping and records
- Creating and maintaining NPS unit boundary mapping and legal descriptions
- Providing land status maps, boundary maps and other realty maps
Land Conveyance Review
- Reviewing land conveyances by the Bureau of Land Management to assure they are appropriate and justified, and where conveyance actions are not appropriate or justified, with park input, recommending corrective actions
Other Realty Services
- Providing other realty and technical lands services to the parks as needed and possible
Lands Contacts
- Robert Childers: Realty Officer, 907-644-3432
- Kara Sorbel: Realty Specialist, 907-644-3431
- Brock Sides: Realty Specialist, 907-644-3589
- Nicole Wilkins: Realty Specialist, 907-644-3433
- Dan Ponder: Cartographer, 907-644-3429
- Gavin Demali: Navigable Water Specialist, 907-644-3428
Last updated: February 3, 2026