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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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The Department of the Interior will issue a Public Land Order (PLO) Jan 19 revoking the withdrawal of approximately 9.7 million acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) managed public lands, read how this significant event affects Alaska.
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The BLM received 13 bids covering 552,802 acres and totaling $14,412,458 during the first oil and gas lease sale for the Coastal Plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The event was broadcast via livestream.
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The BLM will host six virtual public meetings Jan. 26-28 and Feb. 2-4 regarding the recently published Central Yukon Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS). Public Comment deadline is March 11, 2021.
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New plan opens 7M more acres for energy development over prior plan adopted in 2013. With added protections for habitat and subsistence resources, it will guide future oil and gas lease sales.
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The Bureau of Land Management has extended the scoping period to Jan. 4, 2021 on a proposal to amend the East Alaska Resource Management Plan (RMP).
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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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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 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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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.
