Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke is visiting Alaska this weekend.
Zinke is traveling with Alaska’s congressional delegation, and four other U.S. senators, on a trip to Alaska, Greenland and Norway. They will land in Fairbanks and the secretary will visit Denali National Park Sunday and Monday. He’ll be in Anchorage Tuesday and Wednesday. Among his plans are to speak at an Alaska Oil and Gas Association conference and hike to the Nike Site in Arctic Valley.
The Interior Department is responsible for managing about half of Alaska’s land mass, in national parks, refuges and other federal ownership. As secretary, Zinke also oversees the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Liz Ruskin is the Washington, D.C., correspondent at Alaska Public Media. Reach her at lruskin@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Liz here.
