Press Releases

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Alaska

BLM and Partners to Host 2014 Anchorage Weed Smackdown

This Saturday (Aug. 9) the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will team up with area weed warriors for the fourth annual Anchorage Weed Smackdown.
Alaska

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

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

Alaska

BLM Receives Proposal for Mineral Exploration on Lands Withdrawn for NOAA near Fort Knox Mine

The BLM's news release of July 11, 2014 incorrectly listed

Alaska

Seward Peninsula Rapid Ecoregional Assessment

The BLM today issued its first Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, or REA

Alaska

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

ANCHORAGE -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has made an important land transfer to The Kuskokwim Corporation, fulfilling the land entitlement for the Native Village of Chuathb

Alaska

Alaska Middle School Students Go "North for Science"

FAIRBANKS – Eight local middle school students are hea

Alaska

BLM Requests Nominations and Comments for NPR-A Oil and Gas Lease Sale Scheduled for November 2014

ANCHORAGE, AK—As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is ca

Alaska

Two BLM-Alaska Volunteers Win "Making a Difference" National Volunteer Awards

The Bureau of Land Management in Alaska was proud to honor two volunteers last week, one as the BLM’s National Lifetime Achievement Award winner and another as the National Youth Volunteer.

Alaska

1,760 students to attend Outdoor Week!

ANCHORAGE – The Bureau of Land Management’s Campbell Creek Science

Alaska

Notice of Tundra Closure for National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

The Bureau of Land Management’s Arctic Field Office today announced the closure of winter overland tundra travel for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) effective at 12:01 a.m., Monday, May 12, 2014.
Alaska

BLM Announces the Appointment of Rosie Barr to the BLM-Alaska Resource Advisory Council and Opens Second Call for Nominations for 5 New Members

ANCHORAGE – The Bureau of Land Management announced today that Rosie Barr of Anchorage has been appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewel, to the BLM-Alaska Resource

Alaska

BLM Seeks Nominations for Areas of Environmental Concern for Central Yukon planning area

FAIRBANKS -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking nominat

Alaska

BLM Seeks Nominations for Areas of Environmental Concern for Bering Sea-Western Interior planning area

ANCHORAGE -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking nominat

Alaska

BLM-Alaska Announces New Science Technical Advisory Panel Appointments

ANCHORAGE – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell recently made ap

Alaska

2014 Call for Artists: BLM's Artist-in-Residence Program in Eagle

FAIRBANKS — The Bureau of Land Management is looking to host an art

Alaska

Comment Period Ends Today for Proposed Production Well Project in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

ANCHORAGE – A 60-day public comment period on the

Alaska

BLM-Alaska Resource Advisory Council to meet in Fairbanks April 23 & 24

ANCHORAGE – The BLM-Alaska Resource Advisory Counc

Alaska

BLM Campbell Creek Science Center Final Fireside Chat of the Season

ANCHORAGE – The BLM Science Center will host its l

Alaska

BLM Selects First Artist for New White Mountains Artist in Residence Program

Fairbanks, AK—The Bureau of Land Management has se

Alaska

BLM Alaska to delay amendment to the Ring of Fire Resource Management Plan

The Bureau of Land Management is announcing a delay in the Haines Planning Area Amendment to the Ring of Fire Resource Management Plan. 

Alaska

New Artist in Residence Program in the White Mountains National Recreation Area

Fairbanks, AK— Applications are due this Friday for the Bureau of L

Alaska

Campbell Creek Science Center Fireside Chat Focuses on Working Dogs: from Arctic Racing to Bomb Detecting in the Afghan Desert

Anchorage – Dogs are some of the most adaptable mammal athletes around. They are able to perform as superior athletes in temperatures from minus 40 to 120 degrees and at altitudes of 20,000 feet.

Alaska

Public Meeting Schedule Set For Greater Mooses Tooth Unit Project in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

Anchorage-The BLM has scheduled public meetings and subsistence hea

Alaska

BLM-Alaska Resource Advisory Council Sub-Committee on Placer Mining to Meet

ANCHORAGE -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska Resource Ad

Alaska

BLM-Alaska Hosts Iditarod Ceremonial Start Activities

Anchorage – On Saturday, March 1, from 10:30 a.m.