!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

Steese National 

Conservation Area

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

White Mountains

National Recreation Area

8

10

23

3 7 2

4 3

4 5 6

2

5 8

66

5

9

6

7

8

4

11

13

10

14

12

16

3

17

15N

1E

15N

1W

1S

1N

1W

Jim River

Middle F ork

Chena Ri ver

Hodz ana Slough

ChandalarR iver

McManus Cree k

Lo w er Birch

C re ek Slough

Preacher Cre e k

Champion C reek

West Fork

Chena River

Upper Mouth

Birch Creek

Tan anaRi v er

Victoria Creek

Chena River

Lower M outh

Birc h Cr eek

Tatalina Rive r

Tolovana R iver

Hod zana Riv er

Chatan i ka Riv er

Yukon River

Bea verC reek

AY

PARKS HIGHWAY

CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD

DA LTON HIGHWAY

STEESE HIGHWAY

ELLIOTT HIGHWAY

Minto

Chena Hot

Springs

Fairbanks

Ester

Fox

Livengood

Beaver

Stevens

Village

146°W

146°W

147°W

147°W

148°W

148°W

149°W

149°W

66°N

66°N

65°N

65°N

0 6 12 18 24 2 4

Miles

Map 1 Land Status - White Mountains Planning Area The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

White Mountains

Planning Area

Land Status 

(Current as of April 2016)

Please note: 

Due to the scale of map, small land parcels 

 may not be visible.

Nome Creek Road

White Mountains Planning Area

 - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska Native Allotment

Private

White Mountains Planning Area Boundary

Federal Mining Claims (BLM land)

Wild & Scenic River Corridor

State of Alaska

Native Patent

US Fish & Wildlife Service

BLM - State Selected

BLM - Managed Land

!

!

9

11

11

24

1E RICHARDSON HIGHW
!

!

Beaver

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

White Mountains

National Recreation Area

Nome Creek Road

Preacher Cr

Yukon River

Champion Cr ee k

Tolov ana River Tatalina Riv er

Vict oria Cr eek

Chatanika Ri ver

Be a ver Creek

15N

1E

15N

1W

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

3 2 2 3 4 5 6

4

4

5

5

STE ESE HIGHWAY

ELLIOTT

H

GI HWAY

190804020303

190804020409 190804020404

190804020502

190804020103

190804020506

190804011005

190804020507

190804011102

190804011103

190804020508

190804020706

190804020601

190804020603

190804020708

190804020604 190804020605

190804020304

Fox

Livengood

147°W

147°W

148°W

148°W

66°N

66°N

65°N

65°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

Map 2 Conservation & Restoration Watersheds - White Mountains Planning Area

White Mountains

Planning Area

Riparian Conservation Area

& High Priority Restoration

Watersheds

High Priority Restoration Watersheds

Riparian Conservation Areas

The Riparian Conservation Areas' and Resoration

Watersheds' labels are the "HUC 12" number for

the 6 level watersheds.

 Example: 190405030602

White Mountains Planning Area

 - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

Land Status ( April 2016 )

White Mountains Planning Area Boundary

National Recreation Area

Wild & Scenic River Corridor

US Fish & Wildlife Service

State of Alaska

Native Allotment / Private

BLM - Managed Land

Creek

eek
!

!

!0

!=

!= !=

!B

!j !9

!=

!B

!j

!9 !9

!=

!=

!B !=

!=

!=

!=

!=

!0

!=

!B

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

White

Mountains

National

Recreation

Area

Beaver Creek

Wild River

Preacher

Yuko n Rive r

Champion Cr ee k

Tolovana River Tatalina Riv er

Vict oria Cr eek

Chatanika River

Be aver Creek

Summit

Borealis

- LeFevre

Cache

Mountain Richard's

McKay

Creek

(MP42)

Davidson

Ditch

(MP 57)

Cripple

Creek

(MP 60)

Fred Blixt

(MP 62)

Wickersham

Dome

(MP 28)

U.S. Creek

Road

Overlook

Ophir

Creek

Mount

Prindle

Wolf Run

Colorado

Colorado Creek

Creek Trail

(MP 57) Caribou

Bluff

Lee's

Moose

Creek

Eleazar's

Windy

Gap

Wickersham

Creek

Crowberry

US Creek

(MP 57)

15N

1E

15N

1W

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

2 2 3 4 5 6 4 3

5

Fox

Livengood

STEE SE HIGHWAY

E

L

LIO

TT

HIGHWAY

147°W

147°W

148°W

148°W

66°N

66°N

65°N

65°N

0 2 4 6 12

Miles

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

Map 3 Visual Resource Management - White Mountains Planning Area

White Mountains

Planning Area

Campground

Recreation Cabin

Trail Shelter

Trailhead

Wayside

!9

!=

!0

!B

!j

Visual Resource Management

Class

White Mountains Planning Area

 - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

Land Status ( April 2016 )

Trails

White Mountains Planning

Area Boundary

National Recreation Area

Class II

Class III

Class I

Class IV

US Fish & Wildlife Service

State of Alaska

Native Allotment / Private

Wild & Scenic River Corridors

 Creek
!

!

!0

!=

!= !=

!B

!j !9

!=

!B

!j

!9 !9

!=

!=

!B !=

!=

!=

!=

!=

!0

!=

!B

White

Mountains

National

Recreation

Area

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

White-Crazy Mountains Proposed Wilderness Area

Champion Cr ee k

Tolov ana River Tatalina Riv er

Vict oria Cr eek

Chatanika Riv er

Be a ver Creek

Preacher

Yukon River

Summit

Borealis

- LeFevre

Cache

Mountain Richard's

McKay

Creek

(MP42)

Davidson

Ditch

(MP 57)

Cripple

Creek

(MP 60)

Fred Blixt

(MP 62)

Wickersham

Dome

(MP 28)

U.S. Creek

Road

Overlook

Ophir

Creek

Mount

Prindle

Wolf Run

Colorado

Colorado Creek

Creek Trail

(MP 57) Caribou

Bluff

Lee's

Moose

Creek

Eleazar's

Windy

Gap

Wickersham

Creek

Crowberry

US Creek

(MP 57)

15N

1E

15N

1W

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

2 2 3 4 5 6 3 4

5

STEESE HIGHWAY

ELLIOTT HIGHWAY

Fox

Livengood

147°W

147°W

148°W

148°W

66°N

66°N

65°N

65°N

0 2 4 6 12

Miles

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

Map 4 Wilderness Characteristics - White Mountains Planning Area

White Mountains

Planning Area

Campground

Recreation Cabin

Trail Shelter

Trailhead

Wayside

!9

!=

!0

!B

!j

Trail

Wilderness Characteristics

Areas inventoried that have wilderness

characteristics and emphasize other

multiple uses while applying

management restrictions to reduce

impacts to wilderness characteristics

Areas inventoried that have wilderness

characteristics and emphasize other

multiple uses as a priority over

wilderness characteristics

Areas inventoried that do not have

wilderness characteristics

Land Status ( April 2016 )

White-Crazy Mountains Proposed

Wilderness Area (US Fish & Wildlife)

Wild & Scenic River Corridor

White Mountains Planning Area

 - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

National Recreation Area

Native Allotment / Private

US Fish & Wildlife Service

State of Alaska

White Mountains

Planning Area

Boundary

 Creek
!

!

Yukon Flats 

National Wildlife Refuge

White Mountains

National Recreation

Area

Mt Prindle

RNA

Serpentine

Slide RNA

Limestone

Jags RNA

Preache

Yukon River

Ch ampion Creek

Tolovana Rive r

Tatalina River

Victoria Creek

Chatanika River

Beaver C r eek

1N

1E

15N

1E

15N

1W

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

2 3 4 5 6

7

2 4 3

5

Fox

Livengood

STEESE HIGHWAY

ELLIOTT

HIG

HWAY

147°W

147°W

148°W

148°W

66°N

66°N

65°N

65°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area rreferencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

Map 5

White Mountains

Planning Area

Crucial caribou and Dall sheep habitat - White Mountains Planning Area

Land Status (April 2015)

Existing Research Natural Area (RNA)

Crucial caribou and Dall sheep habitat

White Mountians Planning Area

 - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

White Mountains Planning Area Boundary

National Recreation Area

Wild & Scenic River Corridor

US Fish & Wildlife Service

State of Alaska

Native Allotment / Private

BLM - Managed Land

r Creek
!

!

White Mountains

National Recreation

Area

Yukon Flats

National Wildlife Refuge

15N

1E

15N

1W

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

2 2 3 4 5 6 4 3

5

Fox

Livengood

Preacher

Yukon River

Champion Creek

TolovanaRiver Tatalina River

VictoriaCreek

Chatanika River

Beave r Creek

STEESE HIGHWAY

ELLIOTT HIGHWAY

147°W

147°W

148°W

148°W

66°N

66°N

65°N

65°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

Map 6 Sensitive Caribou Winter Range - White Mountains Planning Area

White Mountains

Planning Area

White Mountains Planning Area

 - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

White Mountains Planning Area Boundary

National Recreation Area

Wild & Scenic River Corridors

Sensitive Caribou Winter Range

Land Status ( April 2016 )

Native Allotment / Private

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

State of Alaska

BLM - Managed Land

 Creek
!

!

White

Mountains

National 

Recreation

Area

Steese National 

Conservation Area

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

Yukon River Hodzana Slough

Twelvemile Creek

Chena River

Middl e Fo rkChe na River

Tatalina Rive r

McManus Creek

Cha mpion Creek

We s t Fork

ChenaRiver

Tolovana River

Pre acher Creek

Victoria Cr eek

Chat anika Riv er

B eaver Creek

1N

1E

15N

1E

15N

1W

2

3

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

7

8

8

9

3 2 9

CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD

ELLIOTT HIGHWAY

STEESE HIGHWAY

Chena Hot

Springs

Fox

146°W

146°W

147°W

147°W

148°W

148°W

66°N

66°N

65°N

65°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

Map 7 Caribou Distribution and Dall Sheep Ranges - White Mountains Planning Area

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

White Mountains

Planning Area

White Mountains Planning Area

 - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

White Mountains Planning Area Boundary

National Recreation Area

Wild & Scenic River Corridors

Caribou Calving/Post-calving Distribution

Source: Kernel Density Analysis (by BLM) of 1982-2008 

conventional telemetry data.

White Mountains Herd

Dall Sheep Year-long Distribution

Source: BLM/USFWS and NPS telemetry studies GPS collars 

(2004-2009, and 2000-2001 respectively).

White Mountains and Steese Area

Land Status ( April 2016 )

Native Allotment / Private

US Fish & Wildlife Service

State of Alaska

BLM - Managed Land
!

!

White

Mountains

National 

Recreation

Area

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

Preacher 

Yukon River

Ch ampion Cre ek

To lovana Rive r

Tatalina River

Victoria Creek

Chatanika River

Be a ver Creek

15N

1E

15N

1W

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

4 3 2 2 3 4 5 6

5

Livengood

ELLIOTT HIGHWAY

STEESE HIGHWAY

146°30'W

146°30'W

147°W

147°W

147°30'W

147°30'W

148°W

148°W

148°30'W

148°30'W

66°N

66°N

65°30'N

65°30'N

65°N

65°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

Map 8 Lands for Retention - White Mountains Planning Area

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

White Mountains

Planning Area

Lands for Retention

White Mountains Planning Area Boundary

National Recreation Area

Wild & Scenic River Corridors

White Mountains Planning Area

 - Record of Decision

Zone 1 Lands Bureau of Land Management - Alaska Land Status ( April 2016 )

Native Allotment / Private

US Fish & Wildlife Service

State of Alaska

State Selected

BLM - Managed Land

Creek
!

!

White

Mountains

National

Recreation

Area

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

Yuk o n Ri v e r

Ch ampion Creek

Tolovana Riv er

Tatalina River

Victoria Creek

Chatanika Ri ver

Be a ver Creek

Preacher

15N

1E

15N

1W

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

2 3 4 5 6

7

4 3 2

5

STEESE HIGHWAY

ELL OI TT HIGHWAY

Fox

Livengood

146°30'W

146°30'W

147°W

147°W

147°30'W

147°30'W

148°W

148°W

148°30'W

148°30'W

66°N

66°N

65°30'N

65°30'N

65°N

65°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

Map 9 Withdrawals and Proposed New FLPMA Withdrawals - White Mountains Planning Area

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

White Mountains

Planning Area

White Mountains Planning Area Boundary

National Recreation Area

Wild & Scenic River Corridors

Land Status ( April 2016 )

US Fish & Wildlife Service

State of Alaska

Native Allotment / Private

White Mountains Planning Area

 - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

BLM Managed Land

Withdrawn by ANILCA

Recommend New FLPMA withdrawals

Recommend Lifting ANCSA withdrawals

 Creek
!

!

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

White Mountains

National Recreation

Area

2 3 4 3 2 4 5 6

5

9

6

7

4

8

11

13

10

14

12

15N

1E

15N

1W

Yuko n Riv er

Ch ampion Creek

Tolovana Riv er

Tatalina River

Victori a Creek

Cha tanika River

Be a ver Creek

Preacher

ELLIOTT

HIG

H

WAY

STEESE HIGHWAY

Livengood

147°W

147°W

148°W

148°W

66°N

66°N

65°N

65°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

Map 10 Leasable & Locatable Minerals - White Mountains Planning

White Mountains

Planning Area

Riparian Conservation Areas

Fluid Leasable &Locatable Minerals

Open to Leasables and Locatables

Closed to Leasables and Locatables

White Mountains Planning Area Boundary

National Recreation Area

Land Status ( April 2016 )

US Fish & Wildlife Service

State of Alaska

Native Allotment / Private

White Mountains Planning Area

 - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

Nati

7

16

 Creek
!0

!=

!= !=

!B

!j !9

!=

!B

!j

!9 !9

!=

!=

!B !=

!=

!=

!=

!=

!0

!=

!B

!

!

!X

Mt. 

Prindle

RNA

Serpentine

Slide

RNA

Limestone

Jags

RNA

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

White Mountains

National Recreation 

Area

Beaver Creek

Wild River

3 2 2 3 4 5 6

5

9

6

7

8

4

11

13

10

14

12

3

15N

1E

15N

1W

Preacher 

Yuko n Riv e r

Cham pion Creek

Tolovana River Tatalina River

Victori a Creek

Ch atanika Rive r

Be a ver Creek

Summit

Borealis

- LeFevre

Cache

Mountain Richard's

McKay

Creek

Davidson

Ditch

Cripple

Creek

Fred

Blixt

Wickersham

Dome

U.S. Creek

Road

Overlook

Ophir

Creek

Mount

Prindle

Wolf Run

Colorado

Colorado Creek

Creek

Trail Caribou

Bluff

Lee's

Moose

Creek

Eleazar's

Windy

Gap

Wickersham

Creek

Crowberry

US Creek

STEESE HIGHWAY

ELLIOTT HIGHWAY

Fox

Livengood

147°W

147°W

148°W

148°W

66°N

66°N

65°N

65°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 1986 and 2016

Map 11

White Mountains

Planning Area

Campground

Recreation Cabin

Trail Shelter

Trailhead

Wayside

!9

!=

!0

!B

!j

Interm Travel Management - White Mountains Planning Area

Management Units

See table in map for explanantion of

OHV designation

Research Natural Areas (RNA)

Primitive

Semi-Primitive Motorized

White Mountains Planning Area

 - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

Wild & Scenic River Corridor

National Recreation Area

White Mountains Planning Area Boundary

UTV Trails

Trails

Trail No motorized

Management Unit OHV Limitations OHV Limitations

Summer ( May 1 - October 14 ) Winter ( October 15 - April 30 )

Primitive, Research Natural Area, and Beaver 

Creek Wild & Scenic River Corridor No summer use of OHVs

Open to winter use of snowmobiles weighing 

1,000 pounds or less curb weight and 50 inches or 

less in width

Semi-primitive motorized

Open to OHVs weighing 1000 pounds curb weight 

or less and 50 inches or less in width

Open to winter use of snowmobiles weighing 

1,000 pounds or less curb weight and 50 inches or 

less in width

Summit and Tabletop Trails Closed to all motorized vehicles year round Closed to all motorized vehicles year round

Designated UTV Trails

Open to UTVs 64 inches or less in width and 1,500 

pounds curb weight or less Closed to UTVs, open to snowmobiles

Nome Creek Tailings

Open to UTVs 64 inches or less in width and 1,500 

pounds curb weight or less Closed to UTVs, open to snowmobiles

Summer OHV closure area

!X Caves

Secondary Roads

Land status ( April 2016 )

US Fish & Wildlife Service

State of Alaska

Native Allotment / Private

Other BLM Land

7

16

Creek
! !

!

!

!0

!=

!= !=

!B

!j !9

!B

!j

!9 !9

!=

!=

!B !=

!=

!=

!=

!=

!0

!=

!B

"!=

!X

Yukon Flat National Wildlife Refuge

White Mountains

National Recreation

Area

Steese

National

Conservation

Area

Cache Mountain RMZ

White Mountains

Foothills RMZ

White Mountains Highlands RMZ

Nome Creek

RMZ

Beaver Creek RMZ

White Mountains

Spine area

Wickersham

Dome-Blixt RMZ

Limestone

Jags RNA

Serpentine

Slide RNA

Mount

Prindle

RNA

White Mountains

Foothills RMZ

Lee's

Summit 

Crowberry

Windy Gap

Eleazar's

Wolf Run 

Richard's

Moose Creek

Ophir Creek

Mount

Prindle

Caribou Bluff 

Cache

Mountain

Colorado Creek 

Wickersham Creek 

McKay Creek

(MP 42)

Borealis - LeFevre 

Cripple Creek (MP 60)

US Creek &

Davidson Ditch (MP 57)

Wickersham Dome

(MP 28)

US Creek Road

Overlook

Colorado Creek Trail

(MP 57)

Preacher C

Tanana River

Champio n Creek

Tolovana River

Chen a River

Tatalina Ri ver

Vict oria Cr eek

Chatanika River

Beav er Cr eek

Fred Blixt

(MP 62)

Bear CreekTrail

Windy CreekTrail

Fossil GapTrail

Big BendTrail

Qu artz CreekTra il

McKayCreek Trail

Summit Trail

Fossil Creek Trail

Wickersham CreekTrail

Cache Mountain LoopTrail

Colorado CreekTrail

Trail CreekTrail

1N

1E

1N

1W

1S

1E

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

2 3 4 5

6 7

Fairbanks

Ester

Fox

Livengood

PARKS HIGHWAY

CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD

STEESE H IGHWAY

ELLIOTT

HIGHWAY

RICHARDSON HIGHWAY

147°W

147°W

148°W

148°W

65°N

65°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

White Mountains

Planning Area

Map 12 Recreation and Travel Management - White Mountains Planning Area

Recreation Management Zone (RMZ)

!9 Campground

!= Recreation Cabin

!0 Trail Shelter

!B Trailhead

!j Wayside

Interim management - No Action Alternative (see 

Map 11), except for the designations of UTV trails.

Nome Creek tailings area cross country UTV use

allowed.

UTV Trails

Trails

!j

!9

Nome Creek Road

Nome Creek Tailing Area

Quartz

Creek

Trail

US Creek Road

White Mountains Nation al Recreation Area

Quartz

CreekTrail

U.S. Creek

Road

Overlook

Mount

Prindle

Summer OHV closure area

OHV area designation: Limited Travel management

plan deferrred.

White Mountains Planning Area

 - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

Land status ( April 2016 )

White Mountains Planning Area Boundary

Wild & Scenic River Corridors

US Fish & Wildlife Service

State of Alaska Native Allotment / Private

Frontcountry

Backcountry

Semi-Primitive

Primitive

Research Natural Area (RNA)

Middlecountry

!X Caves

Recreation Management Area

Special Recreation Management Area

Other (remaining BLM Land)

Nome Creek Tailings - Open to

Cross-Country OHV Travel

!

reek