Frontiers. BLM Alaska News Journal. Photo of green northern light in the night sky over White Mountains National Recreation Area in Alaska

Alaska frontiers

Frontiers, is the Bureau of Land Management's news journal for Alaska, delivers exciting and insightful articles on the latest environmental actions, news, policies, and recreational areas. Frontiers connects with a wide audience of active readership, especially those who live, explore, and travel on our spectacular public lands in Alaska.

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Tatitlek entitlement complete

Dave Mushovic, BLM Alaska Lands and Cadastral deputy state director, signed the final land patents (deeds) April 11 for The Tatitlek Corporation at Tatitlek’s corporate office in Anchorage, Alaska, in fulfilling its land entitlements under Sections 12(a) and 12(b) the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
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Cold Winter Cache

Last summer, more than 606 miles of hose was used on fires throughout Alaska. That’s more than the distance between Fairbanks and Homer (580 miles)...
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Feeding the fireys

They may have a few differences in cultures, firefighting organizations and even what they call firefighters, but aside from that, Americans, Aussies, Kiwis and Canadians...
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Ice, fire, back to ice

After a month helping firefighting efforts in Australia, BLM Alaska Fire Service Associate Manager Kyle Cowan left the 112-degree weather in Sydney, and returned on...
Trans-Alaska Pipeline infographic covering it's route, stats, and the role BLM plays in the management and monitoring of it.

Trans-Alaska Pipeline System in a nutshell

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) is an engineering marvel. Crossing permafrost, mountainous terrain, very active seismic zones, and 800 bodies of water, it’s still carrying...