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frontiers podcast, is the Bureau of Land Management in Alaska podcast show. It delivers exciting and insightful podcasts on BLM programs and topics important in Alaska. frontiers podcast connects with a wide audience, especially those who live, explore, and travel on our spectacular public lands in Alaska.

Episodes

It's All Liaison Work

Alaska frontiers podcast album artwork. It's All Liaison Work, meet BLM Alaska's Native Liaison. Aleut canoe and Kodiak island on watery background.

From the small Kodiak Island village of Akhiok, BLM Alaska's acting Native Liaison Ralph Eluska shares what it was like growing up, leading the Alaska Federation of Natives and bridging a cultural gap for the bureau since 2003.

NPR-A: the plan, the planner, the process

Alaska frontiers podcast album artwork: NPR-A: the plan, the planner, the process. Three figures around a table with the Alaska north slope shape in the background. s

The best laid plans don’t happen by accident, and they require some very skilled planners to lay them out.  We sat down with Stephanie Rice recently to go over the planning effort for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan and to get a glimpse into what makes Stephanie tick.

Meet BLM Alaska's Marine Mammal Expert

Alaska Frontiers podcast album artwork: Meet BLM Alaska's Marine Mammal Expert. Polar bear over Alaska north slope shape

BLM works hard on its permits and environmental impact statements, trying to make sure all the science that's needed is included. If the plans or permits are in the Arctic, the polar bear can be a large part of that science, and that means BLM Alaska biologist Craig Perham will be busy.