(Anchorage, AK) – The State of Alaska is challenging the 2020 Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) decision that found land in dispute at the northwestern boundary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) belongs to the federal government and not the State of Alaska. In 2016, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) denied the State’s […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Senate Indian Affairs Committee advanced bills, supported by U.S. Senator Murkowski (R-AK), to improve public safety in tribal communities, strengthen resources for victims of crime, and expand access to healthcare in rural communities. The Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victims Empowerment (SURVIVE) Act, of which Senator Murkowski is a […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]NCHORAGE – BLM Alaska conveyed 39,995 acres to the State of Alaska in the Goodnews Bay area recently pursuant to the Alaska Statehood Act of 1959. This is the largest single conveyance of land to the state in eight years. “This conveyance is just one of many we anticipate in the near future,” said Ted […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska State Office recently signed patents on more than 340,000 acres fulfilling BLM’s responsibility to convey lands to the State of Alaska and Alaska Native Corporations. The acres patented on May 31 were previously conveyed to the State by Tentative Approval (TA) or to an Alaska Native Corporation […]
Sealaska has received interim conveyance for final acreage promised under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). In a signing ceremony, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) State Director Bud Cribley signed the document on Friday March 6, 2015. “BLM is pleased to be part of this significant milestone toward the completion of the Alaska Land […]