据美国水事在线报道，阿拉斯加州官员正向联邦政府请求拥有八河湖下土地的所有权。
  Salcha 河和Kasilof 河被列入州自然资源部向美国土地管理局提交的目录中。
根据联邦法律，适于航行水域下面的土地属于国家。但是对"适于航行"的定义悬而未决的争论以及其他争论已阻碍了州从获得阿拉斯加大部分此类被淹没在水下的土地的资格。
  在2002年12月，布什政府说，政府希望各州寻求可记录的否认声明，作为获取他们土地的一种方式。否认声明是联邦政府不拥有一片土地的声明。否认声明不仅用于河床，还可用于路权。
  布什政府说，它希望不通过法庭这种通常用于确定所有权的方式解决财产争端。但是环境组织说，新的政策向开发商打开了一条新的途径。去年，他们在国会中力图通过防碍所有国家公园和保护地否认声明的立法，但没有成功。
  Dick Mylius是州自然资源部的发言人。他说否认说明将承认州现有的所有权。这仅仅是一个管理程序而已，允许土地管理局正式放弃这些各州拥有的可航行水域河床的权益，澄清在州权利方面的疑云。州里对水下土地的权利有点模糊，因为它无需任何书面文件就可以取得州所有权。
  该州申请的其他土地包括在这些河湖下面的土地：Chilkoot河和 Chilkat河，Haines湖附近,Tsirku河和Klehini河,Chilkat河的支流。
  土地管理局将对这些申请举行公众评议。

原文如下：
State pursues ownership of eight rivers and lakes
Alaska officials are asking the federal government for official state ownership of lands beneath eight rivers and lakes.
The Salcha and Kasilof rivers are on the list the state Department of Natural Resources submitted to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Under federal law, the lands under navigable waters belong to states. But unresolved debates about the definition of "navigable'' and other disputes have prevented the state from obtaining title to most such submerged land in Alaska.
In December 2002, the Bush administration said it wanted states to ask for recordable disclaimers as a way to get their land. The disclaimer is a statement that the federal government does not own a piece of property. The disclaimers can apply not only to riverbeds but also to road rights of way.
The Bush administration said it was trying to resolve property disputes without going to court -- the most common way to establish ownership. Environmental groups, however, said the new policy opened a new path for developers. Last year, they tried unsuccessfully to pass legislation in Congress that would have blocked all disclaimers in national parks and refuges.
Dick Mylius, a state DNR spokesman, said the disclaimers would recognize the state's existing ownership, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported.
"This is simply an administrative process that allows BLM to formally disclaim any title interest in the beds of these state-owned navigable waters and clears the cloud on the state's title,'' Mylius said. "The state's title to submerged lands is somewhat clouded because it took ownership at statehood without any written documentation.''
Other lands for which the state applied include those under: the Chilkoot and Chilkat rivers and lakes near Haines, and the Tsirku and Klehini rivers, both tributaries of the Chilkat.
BLM will take public comment on the applications.