Alaska frontiers magazine Summer 2015 - Issue 122

Knowledge is Golden

Learn about the properties of gold, the northernmost trout, and a project to restore mined lands to a functioning state. Alaska’s wildfire season is about to begin. Make sure to brush up on how to be prepared this season. Firewise your home, take care of your campfire, and always have an evacuation plan. This year BLMers participated in sled dog events, including staffing a checkpoint during the Copper Basin 300 race. In late January, BLM hosted a “Women of the Iditarod” Iditachat, a Twitter tweetchat with mushers and historians. Alaska is seeing a lot of change and with the changes in priorities, issues, and funding the BLM has realigned its office and planning area boundaries. Make sure you know who to contact as some areas are under new management.