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Alaska

Remediation Scheduled for Legacy Wells at Umiat

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Remediation work is scheduled to begin in March on legacy we

Alaska

BLM Hosts Iditarod Ceremonial Start Activities

ANCHORAGE – On Saturday, March 7, the Bureau of Land Management’s Campbell Tract

Alaska

BLM Hosts Public Meetings & Online Open House for Bering Sea-Western Interior RMP

ANCHORAGE -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host a Prelim

Alaska
Aerial photo of CD2 (which will be similar to the pad for GMT2)

BLM Approves Greater Mooses Tooth Unit Oil and Gas Development Project in Alaska

WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the proposed Greater Mooses Tooth Unit project (GMT1), opening the way for the fir

Alaska

BLM Alaska Seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Council 2015

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced it is seeking nominations for 5 positions on BLM’s Alaska Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the BLM on public land issues.  As p

Alaska

BLM Alaska Hosts "Women of the Iditarod" Tweet Chat

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management Alaska is partner

Alaska

BLM Artists in Residence to Give Presentations in Fairbanks

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Bureau of Land Management Artists in Residence

Alaska
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BLM Alaska Opens Public Comment on Proposed Areas of Critical Environmental Concern in the Eastern Interior Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement

BLM is considering changing the boundary of the proposed Fortymile Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) and designating a new ACEC on the Mosquito Flats, also in the Fortymile region.
Alaska

BLM Alaska Seeks White Mountains Artist in Residence

FAIRBANKS — The Bureau of Land Management is seeking an artist for

Alaska

North Slope Science Initiative seeks Science Technical Advisory Panel members

Anchorage—The North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI

Alaska
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National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Oil & Gas Lease Sale Generates Nearly $659,000

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today held a lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) that generated $658,978.20.
Alaska

BLM fulfills final Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act entitlements for four Gana-A 'Yoo villages

ANCHORAGE -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) f

Alaska

BLM Alaska Releases Guidance for Reclamation of Placer-Mined Streams

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska is providing guidance es

Alaska

BLM Issues Notice of Availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Greater Mooses Tooth Unit Development Project

ANCHORAGE – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to

Alaska
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BLM Releases Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Greater Mooses Tooth Oil and Gas Project in Alaska

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the proposed Greater Mooses Tooth Unit
Alaska

Ned Rozell Selected as BLM Artist in Residence in Eagle

FAIRBANKS — The Bureau of Land Management’s Eastern Interior Field

Alaska

BLM Completes Plugging of Legacy Wells at Umiat

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - BLM Alaska has completed plugging of three legacy wells and removal of wellheads from three additional legacy wells at Umiat in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A).

Alaska

Deputy Interior Secretary Michael Connor signs final Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act entitlement for Nunamiut Corporation

ANCHORAGE – Deputy Interior Secretary Michael Connor today signed t

Alaska
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Clarifications for Unit 13 Federal Subsistence - Paxson Closed Area

A recent BLM land status review has revealed that an additional 29,000 acres of lands in the vicinity of Paxson Lake, Alaska are unencumbered Federal public lands and are therefore open to Federal subsistence hunting. 
Alaska

BLM fulfills final Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act entitlement for Native Village of Newhalen

ANCHORAGE -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) r

National Office, Alaska

BLM Announces November NPR-A Oil & Gas Lease Sale

As part of President Obama’s effort to increase safe and responsible domestic oil production, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that it will hold an oil and gas lease sale for the

Alaska

BLM-Alaska Resource Advisory Council to meet in Anchorage September 29 & 30

ANCHORAGE – The BLM-Alaska Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet at the Office of Aviation Services located at 4405 Lear Court, Anchorage, Alaska. The meeting starts at 9:00 a.m.

Alaska

NANA Receives Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Land Patents

ANCHORAGE – At a September 15, 2014 signing ceremony, NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.

Alaska

North Slope Science Initiative Science Technical Advisory Panel to Meet in Anchorage

ANCHORAGE -- The North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) Science Tech

Alaska

BLM Fulfills Final Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Entitlement for Paimiut

ANCHORAGE —  The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) made an important land transfer to Paimiut Corp. this week.