Coastal Erosion Affects BLM Arctic Lands

Imagine a place where coastal erosion rates are among the highest in the world -- and even that's increasing!  The BLM currently manages 1,154 miles of coastline on Alaska's North Slope, a coastline that makes up the northern border of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).  Coastal erosion is most noticeable from Drew Point to Cape Halkett, especially near Pogik Bay.  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientist Benjamin Jones and his colleagues recently researched the average erosion rates along ... Read more>

Archaeology Family Day at UAF

Thanks to two BLM-Alaska Fairbanks District archaeologists, families attending the University of Alaska Museum Archaeology Family Day on Dec. 10 got their hands dirty and excavated real artifacts. The sandbox dig was part of learning about the ancient history of Alaska, different aspects of archaeology, and how to make ulus and clay pots from archaeologists Robin Mills and Stacie McIntosh. Read more>

Historic Eagle Cannonball Provides Excitement – and a Safety Reminder

It was Eastern Interior Field Office archaeologist Robin Mills who received the memorable phone call. An Eagle resident had an old cannonball at her residence, and she was concerned it might still be dangerous. Mills passed the information on to the BLM’s hazardous materials and safety specialists. Read more>

Paleontologist announces discovery of new horned dinosaur species on BLM lands in Alaska

Weighing in at about four tons, standing seven feet high on four legs and about 18 feet long, it’s roughly the size of a rhino, eats plants, and is from the Late Cretaceous, around 70 million years ago. Paleontologist Anthony R. Fiorillo, Ph.D., and his team discovered this new species of ceratopsid (horned) dinosaur Pachyrhinosaurus near the Colville River on BLM-managed lands in Alaska. Fiorillo, from the Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas, Tex., announced the discovery of Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 71st Annual Meeting Nov. 2-5 in Las Vegas, Nev.

The dinosaur discovery actually happened over the summer of 2006. While performing exploration work near the Colville River on land within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, Dr. Fiorillo’s team excavated a large deposit of hundreds of bones, including some partial skulls, from at least 10 individual Pachyrhinosaurus dinosaurs. The find was unprecedented. Read more>

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Alaska Fire Service supports Camp Kick Ash

Alaska Fire Service provided housing for Camp Kick Ash, a three week program sponsored by Kuspuk School District, which provides emergency response training to high school students. Read more: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Students train in Fairbanks to ‘Kick Ash’

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