I missed this one. Hosepipe is right. Most of Alaska is Federally owned. The state ownership is significant but definitely a minority share. Private ownership is less than 1%.
http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/kodiak/gis/raster/map_library/y2006/lris/map1_land_status_finished.pdf
So then I’m lost. How does Alaska to get revenue to distribute to its citizens from federally owned land ? Wouldn’t that be revenue to be shared amongst the whole country rather than just Alaskans? I agree that all the land should be held privately but unfortunately its not. I could see revenues from State owned land being shared by citizens of one state only but can’t see how federally owned land income can be shared only by the residents of a single state. I’m sure that the federal view on that land is that it isn’t controlled by a state but rather by them, representing all 50.