BLM Alaska unveils vintage-style commemorative poster of the Steese National Conservation Area
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FAIRBANKS — The Bureau of Land Management’s Eastern Interior Field Office will release a new vintage-style poster and postcards of the Steese National Conservation Area for Earth Day 2016. The posters and postcards will be available to the public at no cost from all BLM offices and public rooms in Alaska after the poster's unveiling at the Fort Wainwright Earth Day celebration on April 26.
“We invite the public to celebrate Earth Day by stopping by our office to pick up a poster and learn more about Alaska’s National Conservation Lands,” said BLM District Manager Geoff Beyersdorf. “The Steese National Conservation Area is one of the country’s most special and spectacular places and we look forward to sharing more information with the public about it.”
The Steese National Conservation Area (NCA) encompasses 1.2 million acres of public land about 100 miles northeast of Fairbanks. The NCA was designated by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980 to protect the area’s special values, particularly Birch Creek Wild and Scenic River, and caribou habitat. While various land uses are allowed in the Steese NCA, the area is managed so that its scenic, scientific, cultural and other resources are protected.
Popular activities in the summer include hiking and backpacking, hunting and wildlife viewing, bird-watching, watching the midnight sun, canoeing and rafting, fishing, and rock climbing. In winter, the Steese NCA provides untouched scenery to those intrepid travelers who explore it by ski, snowshoe, dog-sled, or snowmobile.
The BLM’s National Conservation Lands encompass some of the most scenic, culturally rich and scientifically important public land in America. These lands include approximately 875 areas (more than 32 million acres) of National Monuments, National Conservation Areas, Wilderness Areas, Wild and Scenic Rivers, and other federally-designated special places.
The vintage poster and postcard series is being produced to raise awareness and encourage greater stewardship of our National Conservation Lands. Since 2014, the BLM has published 13 vintage posters. All the posters can be viewed at: https://www.flickr.com/
Other sites featured in the Earth Day 2016 release include Bruneau Wild and Scenic River in Idaho and Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area in Oregon.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.