Alaska Survival v. State, Department of Natural Resources

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• holding that ensuring that an agency follows proper procedures, and fulfills statutory requirements that its decisions be in the best interests of the state, represents an important effectuation of public policy
• holding AS 38.04.065 requires regional planning prior to land disposal
• upholding department's decision to proceed -with lottery to dispose of land after data on which decision was based had been revised
• affirming the department’s land lottery after holding that agency’s review of new information was not arbitrary or unreasonable
• litigants’ interest in natural source of firewood and building logs not substantial enough to preclude public interest status
• decisional document should disclose that the agency has taken a hard look at factors, and engaged in reasoned decision making

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