This is 100 percent baloney. People used to homestead in Alaska till around 1973. Many of the old-timers in Palmer got their land with the mineral rights to the land. That is why we have gravel mined in the valley. The Alaska natives have mineral rights to their land. The Alaska native veterans can still homestead. But not the non-native veteran. It's the old divide and conquer. It is the reduction of our rights and opportunity incrementally and slowly. Can you imagine if Massachusetts had as many parks and national set aside lands as Alaska does? It would not exist. I trust every day people to be good managers of their property, until they prove otherwise. UAA owns land in Alaska and manages it. Why can't Joe Citizen own land with mineral rights? Why can't Joe Citizen still homestead?