Revoking D-1 Withdrawals

Starting in 2018, the BLM revoked the first set of d-1 withdrawals, per the recommendation of the Bay Resource Management Plan.

Listed below are the d-1 withdrawal revocations completed:

Goodnews Bay Area - PLO #7874 (October 4, 2018)

News Release October 4, 2018:
Federal Register Notice: Public Land Order No. 7874; Partial Revocation of Public Land Orders No. 5179, 5180, 5181, 5184, and 5188, Alaska
Goodnews Bay Land Status Map (Updated Aug 2, 2019)
Bay Resource Management Plan

Fortymile Area - PLO #7879 (July 10, 2019)

News Release June 26, 2019
Federal Register Notice: Public Land Order No. 7879; Partial Revocation of Public Land Orders No. 5173, 5178, 5179, 5180, 5184, 5186 and 5187, Alaska
Fortymile Area Land Status Map (Updated Aug 1, 2019), Fortymile Area Land Status with Legal Descriptions of Two Larger Areas Maps (3) (Updated Aug 1, 2019)
Eastern Interior Resource Management Plan

Bering Glacier Area - PLO #7880 (July 10, 2019)

News Release June 26, 2019
Federal Register Notice: Public Land Order No. 7880. Partial Revocation of Public Land Orders No. 5176 and 5179, Alaska
Bering Glacier Land Status Map (Updated Aug 2, 2019)

Kobuk-Seward Pen - PLO 7899 (January 19, 2021)

The Department extended the opening order for PLO No. 7899 by 60 days on February 18, 2021, to provide an opportunity to review the decisions and ensure the orderly management of the public lands (86 FR 10131). Subsequently, the Department identified certain procedural and legal defects in the decision-making process , including insufficient analysis under NEPA. The Department paused this PLO for two years to allow for further analysis.
News Release January 15, 2020
Federal Register Notice: Public Land Order and Partial Revocation of Public Land Orders: Alaska
Kobuk-Seward Land Status Map (10/13/2020)

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Chelsea Kreiner
Realty Specialist
(907) 271-4205
ckreiner@blm.gov

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Mineral Potential Information

For general mineral resource potential map data and information, visit USGS's GIS-based identification of areas that have resource potential for critical minerals in six selected groups of deposit types in Alaska. Open-File Report 2016-1191

Note: This report does not assess potential for the deposit types associated with the Fort Knox, Red Dog, Pogo, Greens Creek, Nixon Fork, or Pebble deposits. This report also does not include all economically important mineral deposit types for Alaska, only six selected groups.