Action follows through on Central Yukon Resource Management Plan recommendation ANCHORAGE, Alaska. The Secretary of the Interior has signed Public Land Order 7952 opening an additional 11.1 million acres of BLM-managed public lands in central Alaska for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veteran Land Allotment Program. With this order, the Department has increased the total […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK) reiterated their opposition to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) latest efforts to further restrict resource development across the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). In a letter sent Monday, the delegation voiced strong opposition to BLM’s request for information (RFI), the precursor […]
BETHEL, ALASKA — The Mother Kuskokwim Tribal Coalition celebrates the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s announcement Tuesday that it is moving forward with protections for 28 million acres of D1 lands across Alaska, including several million acres in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta region, and asks the Biden Administration to move forward with the coalition’s request […]
Tuesday, the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 17(d)(1) Environmental Impact Statement’s Record of Decision concluding a lengthy process and finalizing the Secretary of the Interior’s decision to retain protections on all the subject 28 million acres across Alaska. These D-1 lands include BLM-managed lands in five BLM […]