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Land Exchange Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Information and Documents

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Alaska

Thank you for your interest in the potential land exchange for a road connecting King Cove and Cold Bay through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and the Congressionally designated Izembek Wilderness. 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has prepared the draft SEIS at the request of the Secretary of the Interior and will be accepting public comments. You can review the draft SEIS and related documents by visiting this Regulations.gov page.

How to Submit Public Comments

The public comment period opens on November 15, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Public comments will be accepted until December 30, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

There are three ways to submit public comments:

  • On the Regulations.gov page announcing the availability of the draft SEIS.

  • By U.S. mail: 

Public Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R7–NWRS–2023–0072; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/3W; 5275 Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, VA 22041–3803.

  • By testifying at public meeting that will be held during the public comment period. 

 

Public Meetings and ANILCA Section 810 Hearings

Coming soon! The locations, dates, times and information on how to participate in public meetings and Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) Section 810 Subsistence Hearings will be posted on this web page.

Once the public comment period closes, the Service will review the comments received and revise the Draft SEIS, as appropriate, to prepare the final SEIS.

The draft SEIS supplements the Service’s 2013 EIS on the impacts of a then-proposed land exchange and road corridor and the viability of alternatives to provide safe and reliable transportation for noncommercial health, safety and subsistence uses between the City of King Cove and the airport at Cold Bay, Alaska. 

In addition to the action alternatives presented in the 2013 EIS, this draft SEIS includes updated analysis and an additional new land exchange alternative for consideration. While alternatives 2 and 3 were brought forward from the 2013 EIS, they are no longer viable alternatives and were included for comparison purposes only.

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Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska's Izembek National Wildlife Refuge lies between the highly productive waters of the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska. The heart of the refuge is Izembek Lagoon, a coastal ecosystem that's home to one of the world's largest eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds. Hundreds of thousands of waterfowl,...
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Opens Public Comment Period for Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Land Exchange Involving Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public input on a draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) evaluating the effects of a proposed land exchange involving certain lands owned by King Cove Corporation and lands owned by the Interior Department located...
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