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Alaska
A bison stands in a valley with the sun peaking over a mountain range in the background.

Interior Department opens additional 812,000 acres to selection by Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced a

Alaska
A picture of the large smoke column from the Lost Horse Creek Fire #296 behind a silhouetted forest.

Western portion of White Mountains National Recreation Area closed due to nearby wildfire

Alaska
Two caribou graze on the tundra slopes in the Steese National Conservation Area.

BLM Opens Fortymile Caribou Federal Subsistence Hunt on August 1

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office will open the Fortymile caribou federal subsistence hunt on federal public lands in Units 20E, 25C and a portion of 20F on August 1, 2023​.
Alaska
Person wearing backpack overlooks distant snowy crags

BLM temporarily closes Dalton Highway’s RV dump station for repairs

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — To protect public and environmental health, the BLM has temporarily closed the RV dump

Alaska

BLM to restore water quality, fish habitat along Upper Yukon River

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Bureau of Land Management, in partnership with the Salcha-Delta Soil and Water Conservation District and Trout Unlimited, are restoring mining-impacted

Alaska
White house in grass field with trees

BLM announces 20-year extension of withdrawal for USGS Sitka Magnetic Observatory Site

ANCHORAGE, Alaska– The Bureau of Land Management today announced a public land order extension in the

Alaska
A picture of the large smoke column from the Lost Horse Creek Fire #296 behind a silhouetted forest.

BLM issues fire restrictions to protect properties and residences north of Fairbanks

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Fairbanks District issued a

Alaska

Blasting operations will cause short delays of Dalton Highway traffic

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — During June, Dalton Highway traffic will be stalled for blasting operations in the

Alaska
A glacier behind glacial lake between tree-filled mountains

BLM publishes Public Land Order for a 20-year withdrawal for Tongass National Forest’s Mendenhall Glacier

Alaska, Anchorage DO, Glennallen FO
Sourdough Campground sign

BLM Sourdough Creek Campground bridge replacement partially funded by the Great American Outdoors Act

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Federal Highway Administration – Western Federal Lands Highway Division awarded a $3.2 millio

Alaska

President’s Investing in America agenda to invest $5 million in restoration work in Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska – As part of the President’s Investing in America agenda, the Bureau of Land Management will invest $5 million from the Inflation Reduction Act for the

Alaska

White Mountains National Recreation Area not quite ready for summer

FAIRBANKS, Alaska —The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office will begin the summer season travel limitations for the

Alaska
The BLM Official Logo displaying an inverted triangle with a pine tree, snow capped mountain, a river an hills.

Bureau of Land Management cancels Alaska Resource Advisory Council meeting

The Bureau of Land Management is cancelling a previously announced Alaska Resource Advisory Council meeting.
Alaska
A bearded firefighter uses a red drip torch to light yellow, dead grass on fire.

Burning operations planned for military training lands in Interior Alaska to reduce wildfire threat

The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) and 11th Airborne Division (11th ABD) will soon implement multiple prescribed fires on military training lands ...
Alaska
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BLM extends winter season access in the White Mountains National Recreation Area and the Steese National Conservation Area

Until further notice, the Bureau of Land Management Eastern Interior Field Office is extending the winter season travel limitations in two popular areas.
Alaska
A streamlined white and grey bird with a black head and long tail feathers nests amid sedges and standing water

Bureau of Land Management Alaska Resource Advisory Council to hold meeting

The Bureau of Land Management will hold an Alaska Resource Advisory Council (RAC) meeting on May 24, 2023, in Anchorage.
Alaska

BLM seeks input on proposed fee changes for Dalton Highway campgrounds and the addition of new public use cabins.

Alaska
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Interior delays opening of lands in Public Land Order No. 7899

The Bureau of Land Management announced today that Interior is delaying the opening of lands in the Kobuk-Seward Peninsula Planning Area described in Public Land Order No. 7899 until August 31, 2024.
Alaska, Anchorage DO, Anchorage FO
Creek in woods

Public scoping period opens for Resource Management Plan amendment allowing e-bike use, new route designations within Campbell Tract

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced in the 

Alaska, Anchorage DO, Anchorage FO
Campbell Tract Moose Track trail

BLM seeks public input on consideration of e-bikes within Campbell Tract

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is preparing an environmental assessment for Campbell Tract, a 730-acre Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) i

Alaska
Paratroopers with open parachutes float through the sky and land on the grassy plain with snow-capped mountains in the background.

BLM asks for public comment on continued land withdrawal for Army’s Fort Wainwright Training Areas

A notice in the Federal Register today announced the filing of an application with the Bureau of Land Management for extension of a withdrawal of Fort Wainwright training areas for another 25 years or more and opens a 90-day public comment period.
Alaska, Anchorage DO, Anchorage FO
Sled dog pulling

BLM Campbell Tract welcomes Iditarod fans for ceremonial start activities

The Bureau of Land Management will host the finish of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ceremonial start on March 4 at the BLM Campbell Tract. 
Alaska
Person wearing backpack overlooks distant snowy crags

BLM seeks artist for weeklong residency on the remote Dalton Highway

Alaska
People fishing in a shallow river.

BLM Publishes Public Land Order for 20-year Extension of Withdrawal for Chugach National Forest’s Russian River

Alaska
Small area of industrial development structures is surrounded by open green tundra and pockets of pooled water.  Photo by Judy Patrick, courtesy of ConocoPhillips

Bureau of Land Management publishes final supplemental analysis for Willow Master Development Plan

ANCHORAGE, Alaska —The Bureau of Land Management Alaska State Office today released the final supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the proposed Willow Master Deve