Murkowski gives lead in permitting to DNR, eliminates DGC

Permitting authority from Habitat Division of Department of Fish and Game also to be transferred to DNR, governor says in state of state address

Kristen Nelson

PNA Editor-in-Chief

In a move to revitalize all of the state's resource industries, Gov. Frank Murkowski said Jan. 23 in his state-of-the-state address that he is making the Department of Natural Resources the lead agency for all state permitting, moving the Alaska Coastal Management Program from the Governor's Office....

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