Due to COVID-19, BLM is temporarily restricting in-person public access to visitor centers and public rooms in some of our Alaska offices. LEARN MORE>
Spotlight
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frontiers is your source for BLM Alaska features about missions, people, and events.
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BLM Alaska public rooms help folks with all sorts of public-lands related stuff. Right now, they're helping a lot of Alaska Native veterans with land allotments.
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When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, many organizations and businesses pivoted, heading off in a different direction to find new ways of operating. For the BLM Campbell Creek Science Center, it was less of a pivot and more of a leap into the future.
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The Fortymile region, the scene of Interior Alaska’s first gold rush in 1886, played a central role in the early history of mining in Alaska. For those willing to stray slightly from the beaten path, the former community of Steele Creek offers a fascinating glimpse into the Fortymile’s vibrant past
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The new deadline for public comments on the proposed Central Yukon Draft Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement is June 9, 2021.
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Alaska's a big place with all sorts of fascinating critters and plants, but where can you find them? In this Frontiers podcast, we're discussing the new Watchable Wildlife brochure -- a field guide to help with your next Alaska adventure.
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You’re caught in sub-zero bad weather in the White Mountains National Recreation Area and whatever equipment you were counting on to travel back to the trailhead broke down – here’s some of what you wish you had with you.
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How far back can you trace your heritage? Alaska Natives live their history and culture in many ways today. BLM Archaeologists work to identify historic and cultural sites, preserve them, and return artifacts associated with these enduring communities.
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The Dingell Act's 5-year-long Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Program of 2019 is still open and accepting applications with 11M acres now available for selection! Nearly 30 applications are already being processed and the BLM is poised to receive more.
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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The Dingell Act's 5-year-long Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Program of 2019 is still open and accepting applications with 11M acres now available for selection! Nearly 30 applications are already being processed and the BLM is poised to receive more.
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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.
