Renaming Mt. McKinley and the Talkeetna Ranger Station
Statement
Issues: Environment
On March 29, I introduced legislation to return Mt. McKinley to its proper name of Denali and to officially rename the Talkeetna Ranger Station in honor of Walter Harper, a local Athabascan from the Koyukuk region, who was the first person to summit Denali nearly 100 years ago.
For the past 40 years, Alaskans have petitioned the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to officially rechristen the 20,322-foot peak its original Athabascan name, "Denali." I'm hoping we will be able to officially rename both of these important Alaska landmarks.
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