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With tourism more vital to the economy, [[environmentalism]] also rose in importance. The [[Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act]] (ANILCA) of 1980 added 53.7 million acres (217,000 km<sup>2</sup>) to the [[National Wildlife Refuge|National Wildlife Refuge system]], parts of 25 rivers to the [[National Wild and Scenic Rivers System|National Wild and Scenic Rivers system]], 3.3 million acres (13,000 km<sup>2</sup>) to [[National forest (United States)|National Forest lands]], and 43.6 million acres (176,000 km<sup>2</sup>) to [[National Park Service|National Park land]]. Because of the Act, Alaska now contains two-thirds of all American national parklands. Today, more than half of Alaskan land is owned by the [[Federal government of the United States|Federal Government]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wells |first=Bruce |date=2022-07-12 |title=First Alaska Oil Wells |url=https://aoghs.org/petroleum-pioneers/first-alaska-oil-well/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=American Oil & Gas Historical Society |language=en-US |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307042212/https://aoghs.org/petroleum-pioneers/first-alaska-oil-well/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 1989, the ''[[Exxon Valdez]]'' hit a reef in the [[Prince William Sound]], [[Exxon Valdez oil spill|spilling]] more than
==Geography==
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