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Spotlight
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frontiers is your source for BLM Alaska features about missions, people, and events.
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Garrett Jones is a recreation planner who works in one of the most beautiful places in the world. We sat down with him to find out what it's like in the White Mountains National Recreation Area and what it's like as a workplace.
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14-day environmental review starts Dec. 16 for Kaktovik Iñupiat Corporation proposal to conduct a 3D seismic survey program this winter across ~350K acres in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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Proposal to guide future management of about 13 million acres in the Central Yukon area aimed at bolstering sustainable economic benefits for local communities while ensuring continued recreational and subsistence access to federal lands.
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The BLM announced today that its Notice of Sale for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will be published in the Federal Register Dec. 7 for a livestreamed lease sale Jan. 6, 2021.
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The Bureau of Land Management announces the availability of the Proposed Resource Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement (PRMP/Final EIS) for the Bering Sea-Western Interior planning area on Dec. 4.
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ANILCA is turning 40 soon. Do you know how it has affected federal land management in Alaska? Do you know what protections are included? In this two-part series, we explore some of the important highlights of ANILCA.
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Amendment would consider land exchanges near the Bering Glacier and Thompson Pass
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From the small Kodiak Island village of Akhiok, BLM Alaska’s acting Native Liaison Ralph Eluska shares what it was like growing up, leading the Alaska Federation of Natives and bridging a cultural gap for the bureau since 2003.
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For members of the public who can't download our environmental analyses, pre-loaded wafer cards get to your mailboxes faster and for about $95 less than a hard copy.
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Two new maps showing winter access points and legal off-highway vehicle (OHV) areas on federal public lands aim to help hunters be successful while preserving sensitive environmental areas near the Steese Highway during the upcoming State of Alaska Fortymile caribou hunt that begins Oct. 27.
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Get everything you need for the 2019 Alaska Native Vietnam Veterans Land Allotment Program of 2019 on the national program web page!
Offices
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222 University AveFairbanks, AK 99709 -
P.O. Box 350051541 Gaffney RoadFort Wainwright, AK 99703
Popular Links
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The Spatial Data Management System (SDMS) website provides access to on-line BLM Alaska land record documents, reports and GIS data. Database systems include: native, state and private land conveyance cases, master title plats, survey plats, as well as, leases, permits, federal mining claims, easements and more.
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A growing selection of Alaska maps and GIS data are available for your public lands adventures and business. We have georeferenced PDF maps for download and use on mobile devices for recreation areas and subsistence hunting units. We are also creating Web Map applications featuring interactive maps with real time data layers. Check out the BLM Alaska’s Web Map Gallery.
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BLM’s Resource Management Plans (RMPs) form the basis for every action and approved use on the public lands. Planning emphasizes a collaborative environment in which local, state, and tribal governments, the public, user groups, and industry work with the BLM to identify appropriate multiple uses of the public lands.
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Eligible Vietnam-era veterans cannot apply yet, but they can act now to ensure they receive applications for up to 160 acres of Federal land later this year under the Alaska Native Veteran Program of 2019.
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We provide educational opportunities for adults, children, and families as well as meeting space for various groups. The Center offers students of all ages the chance to learn in the outdoor classroom.
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Plan your next camping, hiking, biking, goldpanning, hunting and fishing adventure on BLM-managed public lands. Search by state and activity or browse an interactive map.
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At ~23-million-acres, the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska comprises the largest contiguous block of federally managed land in the United States – larger also than any unit of the Park, Refuge or National Forest systems and roughly the size of the State of Indiana.
Annual Lease Sales are held for oil and gas leasing within the NPRA. View NPR-A Lease Sale Data >
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Placer mining, long a mainstay of Alaska's gold mining industry, still operates today. In addition to gold, silver, zinc, and lead other minerals are also actively mined. BLM Alaska manages more than 5,000 Federal mining claims and 120 active mines and Mining Operation Plans on public lands. The majority of BLM's mineral material sites are for sand and gravel.
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The BLM Alaska Fire Service provides wildland suppression services for Department of the Interior agencies, Alaska Native Corporation lands, and military withdrawn public land under an agreement with the U.S. Army-Alaska. It also leads the BLM Alaska’s statewide Fire and Aviation programs.
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The Red Devil Mine is an abandoned cinnabar mine and mercury production facility, located on the Kuskokwim River in Southwest Alaska. Mining occurred at the site from 1933 until 1971. During that time, mine operators conducted extensive underground and surface mining and disposed of mine tailings and ore processing wastes at the site. The abandoned mine is the subject of a number of major environmental restoration projects including a CERCLA investigation.
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In Alaska, the BLM manages Steese National Conservation Area, a outstanding natural wonder just north of Fairbanks, the Iditarod National Historic Trail which is the only winter trail in the National Trails System and the only Congressionally-designated National Historic Trail in the State, six wild and scenic rivers, and the Central Arctic Management Area Wilderness Study Area.
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Alaska has two Public Information Centers (Public Rooms), one in Anchorage and one in Fairbanks in addition to an online Public Room to serve its customers. Visit our public room for brochures, reports, maps, case files, and more.
