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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

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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
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 ...
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
The Bureau of Land Management will hold an Alaska Resource Advisory Council (RAC) meeting on May 24, 2023, in Anchorage.
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.
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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.
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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. 
Person wearing backpack overlooks distant snowy crags
BLM seeks artist for weeklong residency on the remote Dalton Highway
People fishing in a shallow river.
BLM Publishes Public Land Order for 20-year Extension of Withdrawal for Chugach National Forest’s Russian River
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

Bureau of Land Management seeks public input on draft environmental assessment for Campbell Creek Science Center Access Improvement Project

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Bureau of Land Management today released a draft environmental assessment that analyzes the effects of conceptual design alternatives

BLM seeks input on proposed fee modifications for White Mountains National Recreation Area and Taylor Highway recreation sites
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The BLM invites public comment on a new river management plan for the Birch Creek Wild and Scenic River
The Bureau of Land Management welcomes public comment to aid in resource management planning for the Birch Creek Wild and Scenic River that flows through BLM-managed public lands in central Alaska.
Group of 5 Fortymile caribou foraging for vegetation under the snow near the Steese National Conservation Area.
BLM increases harvest limit for the Fortymile Caribou Federal Subsistence Hunt
A red and yellow snowmobile riding upslope in front of a snow covered, rocky slope on a blue-sky day.
BLM approves travel management plans for the Steese National Conservation Area and the White Mountains National Recreation Area
Man and woman at table
BLM partners with Kawerak, Inc. in groundbreaking cultural resources co-stewardship funding agreement
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BLM Opens Fortymile Caribou Federal Subsistence Hunt on October 27
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 at midnight on October 27, 2022.
Campbell Tract Moose Track trail
Decision: Changes coming to how Campbell Tract is managed

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Anchorage Field Office signed a decision on the Rec

A person practices throwing a spear with an atlatl at an elk target.
International Archaeology Day celebration at Campbell Creek Science Center
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Campbell Creek Science Center (CCSC) is joining with the National Park Service, Alaska Consortium of Zooarchaeologists, and other partners to celebrate International Archaeology Day. 
BLM extends summer off-highway vehicle limitations for the White Mountains National Recreation Area and Steese National Conservation Area

FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Due to the lack of adequate snow cover in the White Mountains National Recreation Area and Steese National Conservation Area, the summer off-highway vehicle (OH

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BLM to burn debris along the Dalton Highway for forest health and wildfire management
In mid- to late October, the BLM will burn woody debris piles near the Dalton Highway at Mileposts 62 and 180 to reduce the risk of wildfire.