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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Rat Eradication on Four Islands in Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working on an environmental impact statement (EIS) for potential alternative actions (ranging from no action to various methods of eradication) to address nonnative invasive rats on four Aleutian Islands (Great Sitkin, Amchitka, Kiska, and Attu) within Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. The scoping period ended on November 7, 2024. For more information about the proposed project, visit: Rat Eradication on Four Aleutian Islands EIS

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Public Meetings and ANILCA 810 Subsistence Hearings for Izembek SEIS

The draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Potential Land Exchange for a Road Between King Cove and Cold Bay is now available. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public comments. For more information and to view public meeting and hearing details, visit Land Exchange Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Information and Documents.

NOTICE: Comment period extended 45 days: Comment period end date has changed from December 30, 2024 to February 13, 2025.

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Coastal Plain Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

December 9, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management issued the Record of Decision for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and announced the lease sale:  Congressionally mandated lease sale announced for Alaska’s Coastal Plain | Bureau of Land Management

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