Here's what is missing from this article:  OIl and gas provide 37% of Alaska's personal income.  Fish, tourism, mining and timber combined provide 13% in total.  Federal government is still about 30% and the remaining 20% is people collecting retirement, cashing 401K's etc.  So fishing and Tourism are great but you're not going to build a sustainable economy on them.  As for Obama, I don't care what your regulations are, if you take whole sections of Alaska off the table for oil development as Obama has done without consulting any of the local people, you have screwed our economy.  BTW, the vast majority of those jobs that Obama "created" are service industry jobs.  Fine if you think you can make a living and raise a family as a barista.