The Denali Borough is the local government responsible for land use planning in the areas adjacent to the national park north of the Alaska Range (Denali Citizens Council's primary area of concern). The Borough government was formed reluctantly in 1990 to avert governance being assumed by a neighboring Borough interested in hotel-tax revenue from the tourist enterprises outside the national park boundary. The Borough has steadfastly maintained a policy of not regulating land use in order to respect the private property rights of its citizens. The Borough is also in the process of receiving 50,000 acres of land from the State of Alaska as entitled by state law for new boroughs, much of which is adjacent to the national park and none of which is planned for. Other major landholders in the Borough include the Alaska Railroad Corporation, the Ahtna Native Corporation (owned and managed by Native Alaskans), and the State of Alaska.

The Denali Borough Website: www.denaliborough.govoffice.com
Meeting Minutes
Northern Access Reconnaissance Study

For information on demographics of Denali Borough, see the following link:
www.labor.state.ak.us/trends/sep01.pdf