 The International Date Line jogs west of 180° to keep the whole state, and thus the entire continental United States, within the same legal day.According to an October 1998 report by the United States Bureau of Land Management, approximately 65% of Alaska is owned and managed by the U.S. federal government as national forests, national parks, and national wildlife refuges.Of these, the Bureau of Land Management manages , or 23.8% of the state.