Protecting Public Lands in Alaska

Take Action For Alaska Fish and Wildlife

lifting d1 protections could impact critical Salmon habitat (Photo Credit: Dave McCoy)

Unprecedented Opportunity to Protect 28 Million Acres of Alaska Public Lands

Alaska's fish, wildlife, and public lands are under threat! Across the state, 28 million acres of BLM-managed lands from Bristol Bay to the Yukon-Kuskokwim region provide subsistence resources for over 100 Alaska Native communities. These intact landscapes nourish incredible fish and wildlife biodiversity, and serve as massive carbon sinks for the planet. 

A "midnight decision" by the Trump Administration threatened to repurpose these lands for extractive industrial development. But now, we have a chance to stand up for our public lands. 

BLM just opened a 60-day public comment period as it reviews this sweeping rollback. The federal government needs to hear that Alaskans and conservation allies everywhere want these landscapes kept intact - so they can continue to support all five species of Pacific salmon, three of North America’s largest caribou herds, abundant moose populations, and a vast number of migratory bird species. 

Take Action for Alaska Fish and Wildlife

We have 60 days to show up in force to support these public lands, along with their carbon-storing peat bogs, estuaries, and muskeg. Protecting these lands from extractive development represents a generational opportunity to help the United States meet its 30x30 land protection goals.

Take Action for Our Climate Future

This is also our moment to protect the subsistence resources that support Alaska Native communities. Did you know that 80% of the food that sustains Alaska Native communities living off the road system comes directly from surrounding lands and waters? And that BLM’s land management planning decision would impact 75% of all federally recognized Tribes in Alaska?

Take Action for Alaska Native Tribes

Help us protect public land uses that support local communities, and prioritize clean water, healthy habitat, and food security over industrial development. Right now, BLM needs to hear that message loud and clear. We have 60 days to stand up for some of the last, intact large landscapes left on the planet.

Watch a brief film clip of Alaska Lands - Indigenous Food Security