Preferred alternative would offer minimum acres required, creating smallest footprint of potential surface disturbance and limiting seismic exploration ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Wednesday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released the final Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), which analyzed a lease sale mandated […]
Comment accepted through August 18 GLENNALLEN, Alaska – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released the draft environmental assessment (EA) for the Castner Glacier Recreation Area Management Plan (RAMP), kicking off a 30-day public comment period that ends August 18, 2024. This comment period provides the public an opportunity to review and comment on […]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Monday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office announced approval of a new comprehensive management plan for the Birch Creek Wild and Scenic River near Central. The approved plan, which updates a 1983 River Management Plan, outlines the BLM’s approach for managing 111 miles of the Ikhèenjik River, which […]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Friday the Bureau of Land Management released its proposed plan to guide management of 13.3 million acres of public lands in central and northern Alaska, including portions of the central Yukon River watershed and the Dalton Highway corridor. The Central Yukon Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement reflects public input […]