Dan Sullivan wants to know to "what degree he [Zinke} is against the transfer of certain federal lands to state and private hands".

Well, I'll tell ya Dan...because private ownership is the ultimate land lockup. When owned by a private entity, the general public cannot hunt on that private land, fish on that private land or even walk on that private land. For more info on land locked up to the public see Alaska Native corporations.

Just about the worst thing DOI could do in Alaska would be the transfer of public lands into private ownership.