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A camp with small inflatable boats is set up on the gravel bar along the forest lined river.
BLM seeks input on draft management plan for Birch Creek Wild and Scenic River
The BLM is seeking public review and input on a draft comprehensive river management plan and environmental analysis for the Birch Creek Wild and Scenic River. Comments are due by November 8, 2023. 
Graphic of e-bike
BLM seeks input on preliminary environmental assessment for resource management plan amendment, E-bike use within Campbell Tract

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - In keeping with the Department of the Interior's goal to promote public land stewardship, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wi

Campsite at BLM's Marion Creek Campground. A person sits at a picnic table surrounded by with three tents. The site is surrounded by boreal forest made up of skinny spruce trees and deciduous trees such as birch, willow and poplar.
BLM closes Marion Creek Campground early due to bear activity

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Due to ongoing bear activity in and around Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Two hikers enjoy early fall colors on the Summit Trail near the Wickersham Dome Trailhead, White Mountains National Recreation Area, Alaska.
White Mountains National Recreation Area reopens due to reduced wildfire activity

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Due to reduced wildland fire activity associated with the Lost Horse Creek Fire (#296), the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Eastern Interior

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

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
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​.
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

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

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

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

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

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
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

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

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

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.
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
BLM extends winter season access in the White Mountains National Recreation Area and the Steese National Conservation Area
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

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Bureau of Land Management will hold an

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

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

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.