March 2019

DRAFT

Volume 3: Part 1, Maps for Chapters 1 and 2

Prepared by: 

US Department of the Interior

Bureau of Land Management

In Cooperation with: 

State of Alaska

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Native Village of Chuathbaluk

Estimated Lead Agency Total Costs 

Associated with Developing and 

Producing this EIS: $5,941,000

U.S. Department of the Interior 

Bureau of Land Management 

Bering Sea - Western Interior

Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
Mission

To sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the

public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and 

future generations.

CoverPhoto:Old Woman Mountain, located on the 

Iditarod National Historic Trail between the Yukon River

and the Bering Sea. Photo by Kevin Keeler (BLM).

DOI-BLM-AK-A010-2013-0039-RMP-EIS 

BLM/AK/PL-19/004+1610+A020
Bering Sea-Western Interior 

Draft Resource Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement

Volume 3: Maps, Part 1 (Maps for Chapters 1-2)

Prepared by:

U.S. Department of the

Interior Bureau of Land

Management Anchorage,

Alaska

In cooperation with:

State of Alaska

US Fish and Wildlife Service 

Native Village of Chuathbaluk 

March 2019 Estimated Lead Agency 

Total Costs Associated with Developing 

and Producing this EIS: $5,941,000
BSWI Draft RMP/EIS Volume 3: Maps

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Table of Contents

Volume 1 – Executive Summary, Chapters 1-3, and Appendices A-L 

Volume 2 – Appendices M-O 

Volume 3 – Maps

Volume 3 – Part 1: List of Maps for Chapters 1 and 2 

Chapter 1. Introduction 

Map 1-1: Bering Sea-Western Interior Plan Area and Existing Planning Efforts 

Map 1-2: Bering Sea-Western Interior Plan Area Land Managers – Planning Area Overview

Map 1-3: Wildlife Management Units and Locatable and Leasable Minerals – Planning Area 

Overview

Map 1-4: Ecoregions – Planning Area Overview

Chapter 2. Alternatives 

Map 2-1: Permafrost Distribution – Planning Area Overview

Map 2-2: High Value Watersheds – Alternative B

Map 2-3: High Value Watersheds – Alternative C 

Map 2-4: High Value Watersheds – Alternative D

Map 2-5: Select Land Cover Classes – Planning Area Overview

Map 2-6: Landscape Intactness Model – Planning Area Overview

Map 2-7: BLM Special Status Plants – Planning Area Overview

Map 2-8: Ecoregions – Planning Area Overview

Map 2-9: Moose Habitat – Planning Area Overview

Map 2-10: Caribou Habitat – Planning Area Overview

Map 2-11: Dall Sheep, Bison, & Muskox Habitat – Planning Area Overview

Map 2-12: Landscape Connectivity Corridors – Land Facet Modeling - Linkages between Innoko and 

Yukon Delta National Refuges – Alternatives B & C

Map 2-13: Potential Fossil Yield Classification – Planning Area Overview

Map 2-14: Visual Resources Management (VRM) – Alternative B

Map 2-15: Visual Resources Management (VRM) – Alternative C

Map 2-16: Visual Resources Management (VRM) – Alternative D

Map 2-17: Lands Managed for Wilderness Characteristics – Alternative B

Map 2-18: Lands Managed for Wilderness Characteristics – Alternative C

Map 2-19: Lands Managed for Wilderness Characteristics – Alternative D

Map 2-20: Commercial Woodland Harvest Area – Alternative B

Map 2-21: Commercial Woodland Harvest Area – Alternative C

Map 2-22: Commercial Woodland Harvest Area – Alternative D

Map 2-23: Casual Use Subsistence Woodland Harvest Areas – Alternatives B & C

Map 2-24: Grazing – Alternative B

Map 2-25: Grazing – Alternative C

Map 2-26: Grazing – Alternative D

Map 2-27: Locatable Mineral Decisions – Alternative B

Map 2-28: Locatable Mineral Decisions – Alternative C & D

Map 2-29: Salable Mineral Decisions – Alternative B

Map 2-30: Salable Mineral Decisions – Alternative C

Map 2-31: Salable Mineral Decisions – Alternative D

Map 2-32: Leasable Mineral Potential – Planning Area Overview
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Map 2-33: No Surface Occupancy (NSO) Leasables – Alternative B

Map 2-34: No Surface Occupancy (NSO) Leasables – Alternative C

Map 2-35: No Surface Occupancy (NSO) Leasables – Alternative D

Map 2-36: Proposed FLPMA Withdrawals for the Iditarod National Historic Trail – 

Alternatives B & C 

Map 2-37: Lands and Realty – Alternative B

Map 2-38: Lands and Realty – Alternative C

Map 2-39: Lands and Realty – Alternative D

Map 2-40: FLPMA Right-of-Way (ROW) Exclusion and Avoidance Areas – Alternative B

Map 2-41: FLPMA Right-of-Way (ROW) Exclusion and Avoidance Areas – Alternative C

Map 2-42: FLPMA Right-of-Way (ROW) Exclusion and Avoidance Areas – Alternative D

Map 2-43: Recreation Management Areas (RMAs) – Alternative B

Map 2-44: Recreation Management Areas (RMAs) – Alternative C 

Map 2-45: Recreation Management Areas (RMAs) – Alternative D

Map 2-46: Travel and Transportation Management – Alternative B

Map 2-47: Travel and Transportation Management – Alternatives C & D 

Map 2-48: Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs) – Alternative B

Map 2-49: National Conservation Lands Iditarod National Historic Trail Proposed National Trail 

Management Corridor – Alternative B

Map 2-50: National Conservation Lands Iditarod National Historic Trail Proposed National Trail 

Management Corridor – Alternatives C & D

Map 2-51: Wild & Scenic Rivers (WSR) – Alternative B

Map 2-52: Wild & Scenic Rivers (WSR) – Alternatives C & D
BSWI Draft RMP/EIS Bering Sea-Western Interior Plan Area and Existing Planning Efforts

Planning Area Overview 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Existing Land Use Plans 

1986 Central Yukon RMP 

1981 Southwest

Management Framework 

Plan 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2016, 2017 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

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Bering Sea-Western Interior Plan Area Land Managers 

Planning Area Overview 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Land Manager

BLM-managed Lands

U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service 

U.S. Forest Service 

National Park Service 

Native Allotment 

Native Lands (Patented 

or Interim Conveyed)

Private 

State (Patented or 

Interim Conveyed)

Water 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
Wildlife Management Units and Locatable and Leasable Minerals

Planning Area Overview 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

23Z 

24D 

Norton Basin 

22B 

22A 

Gal

Bas

ena

in 

21D 

21B 

21E 

Innoko

Basin 

21A 

19D 

Minchumina 

Basin 

20C 

19C 

18Z 16B Holitna Basin

Hot

Bethel Basin Spring 

19A 

Upper 

Creek Chuilnuk 

River 

19B 

Locatable Mineral

Potential 

Medium 

High

Geothermal Potential 

k Hotsprings 

Geothermal Regions 

Leasable Potential 

Oil/Gas Basins 

Coal and Coal Gas 

Potential 

Coal Basins/Districts 

Game Management

Units (AK Dept of Fish & 

Game)

BLM-managed Lands

U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service 

U.S. Forest Service 

National Park Service 

Native Allotment 

Native Lands (Patented 

or Interim Conveyed)

Private 

State (Patented or 

Interim Conveyed)

Water 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2016, 2017, 

2018; ADF&G 2016; DGGS 1983;

INEEL 2003; Merritt & Hawley 1986 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

17B 

09B 

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
BLM-managed Land 

Other Land 

Ecoregions 

Planning Area Overview 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Ecoregions 

R

Kobuk

idges

Va

and 

Seward lleys 

Peninsula 

Ahklun Mountains 

Alaska Range

Kobuk Ridges and 

Valleys

Kuskokwim

Mountains 

Lime Hills 

Nulato Hills 

Seward 

Tanana-Kuskokwim

Lowlands 

Yukon River Lowlands 

Yukon-Kuskokwim

Delta 

Yukon 

Ri

Low

ver 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route

Iditarod National Historic Nulato lands Trail Connecting/Side Trails

Hills 

Tanana-Kuskokwim

Lowlands 

Kuskokwim

Mountains 

Yukon-Kuskokwim 

Delta 

Alaska 

Range 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017;

Nowacki et al. 2001 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without

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H

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ills 

Ahkl notification. 

Mount

un 

ns ai 

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
Permafrost Distribution 

Planning Area Overview 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS BLM-managed Land 

Other Land 

Lowland and Upland 

Area generally free of 

permafrost 

Lowland and Upland 

Area underlain by 

isolated masses of 

permafrost 

Lowland and Upland 

Area underlain by 

moderately thick to thin 

permafrost 

Lowland and Upland 

Area underlain by 

numerous isolated 

masses of permafrost 

Mounta

under 

inous Area 

lain by 

discontinuous 

permafrost 

Mounta

under 

inous Area 

lain by isolated 

masses of permafrost 

Permafrost Distribution 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side Trails 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017;

NSIDC 1998 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
High Value Watersheds 

Alternative B 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

High Value Watershed Ranking 

(Alternative B)

Proposed BLM decision would apply

along 21,382 miles of stream within

identified watersheds 

High - 195 HUC12/Level 6 

Watersheds (12,982 Stream 

Miles)

Medium-High - 35 

HUC12/Level 6 Watersheds 

(1,906 Stream Miles)

Medium - 167 HUC12/Level

6 Watersheds (6,494 

Stream Miles)

Watersheds Assessed for 

High Value Watersheds -

724 HUC12/Level 6 

Watersheds (47,472 Stream 

Miles)

Essential Fish Habitat

(Anadromous Rivers and 

Streams - 3,862 Miles)

Essential Fish Habitat

(Anadromous Lakes - 34

Acres)

BLM-managed Lands

U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service 

U.S. Forest Service 

National Park Service 

Native Allotment 

Native Lands (Patented or 

Interim Conveyed)

Private 

State (Patented or Interim

Conveyed)

Water 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2017, 2018;

ADF&G 2016; USGS 2016 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
High Value Watersheds 

Alternative C 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

High Value Watershed Ranking 

(Alternative C)

Proposed BLM decision would apply

along 14,888 miles of stream within

identified watersheds 

High - 195 HUC12/Level 6 

Watersheds (12,982 Stream 

Miles)

Medium-High - 35 

HUC12/Level 6 Watersheds 

(1,906 Stream Miles)

Watersheds Assessed for 

High Value Watersheds -

724 HUC12/Level 6 

Watersheds (47,472 Stream 

Miles)

Essential Fish Habitat

(Anadromous Rivers and 

Streams - 3,015 Miles)

Essential Fish Habitat

(Anadromous Lakes - 34

Acres)

BLM-managed Lands

U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service 

U.S. Forest Service 

National Park Service 

Native Allotment 

Native Lands (Patented or 

Interim Conveyed)

Private 

State (Patented or Interim

Conveyed)

Water 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2017, 2018;

ADF&G 2016; USGS 2016 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
High Value Watersheds 

Alternative D 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

High Value Watershed Ranking 

(Alternative D)

Proposed BLM decision would apply

along 12,982 miles of stream within

identified watersheds 

High - 195 HUC12/Level 6 

Watersheds (12,982 Stream 

Miles)

Watersheds Assessed for 

High Value Watersheds -

724 HUC12/Level 6 

Watersheds (47,472 Stream 

Miles)

Essential Fish Habitat

(Anadromous Rivers and 

Streams - 2,776 Miles)

Essential Fish Habitat

(Anadromous Lakes - 34

Acres)

BLM-managed Lands

U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service 

U.S. Forest Service 

National Park Service 

Native Allotment 

Native Lands (Patented or 

Interim Conveyed)

Private 

State (Patented or Interim

Conveyed)

Water 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2017, 2018;

ADF&G 2016; USGS 2016 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
Select Land Cover Classes 

Planning Area Overview 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Sparsely Vegetated 

Areas 

White Spruce on Welldrained Floodplains 

Tall Shrub, Low Shrub,

and Floodplains 

(Generalized Moose 

Habitat)

Lichen Habitats

(Generalized Caribou 

Habitat) and/or Dwarf

Shrub 

Herbaceous Wetlands 

BLM-managed Lands

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

Unalakleet 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2017;

AKNHP 2014, 2016 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

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notification. 

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South

Fork Kuskokw

Tatina R iver 

m 

River 

Landscape Intactness Model

Planning Area Overview 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Landscape Intactness BLM-managed Land Non BLM- managed Land 

Highest Intactness 

High Intactness 

Vulnerable 

Areas of no color indicate

landscapes not considered 

currently intact. 

Iditarod National Historic Trail

Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic Trail

Connecting/Side Trails 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017;

AKNHP 2014 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

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Standards. This product was developed through 

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notification. 

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
BLM Special Status Plants

Planning Area Overview 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Special Status Plant

Taxonomy

Douglasia beringensis

(Bering dwarf-primrose)

Koeleria asiatica 

(Eurasian Junegrass)

Smelowskia pyriformis

(Candytuft)

BLM-managed Lands

U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service 

U.S. Forest Service 

National Park Service 

Native Allotment 

Native Lands (Patented 

or Interim Conveyed)

Private 

State (Patented or 

Interim Conveyed)

Water 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017;

AKNHP 2013 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
BLM-managed Land 

Other Land 

Ecoregions 

Planning Area Overview 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Ecoregions 

R

Kobuk

idges

Va

and 

Seward lleys 

Peninsula 

Ahklun Mountains 

Alaska Range

Kobuk Ridges and 

Valleys

Kuskokwim

Mountains 

Lime Hills 

Nulato Hills 

Seward 

Tanana-Kuskokwim

Lowlands 

Yukon River Lowlands 

Yukon-Kuskokwim

Delta 

Yukon 

Ri

Low

ver 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route

Iditarod National Historic Nulato lands Trail Connecting/Side Trails

Hills 

Tanana-Kuskokwim

Lowlands 

Kuskokwim

Mountains 

Yukon-Kuskokwim 

Delta 

Alaska 

Range 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017;

Nowacki et al. 2001 

L

H

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ills 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without Ahkl notification. 

Mount

un 

i ns a

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
Tatina River 

South Fork Ku

River skokw

Wildlife | Moose Habitat

Planning Area Overview 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Moose Habitat BLM-managed

General

Distribution 

Known Calving 

Concentrations 

Known Rutting 

Concentrations 

Known Winter 

Concentrations 

Proposed Innoko Bottoms 

Priority Wildlife Habitat Area 

Iditarod National Historic Trail

Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic Trail

Connecting/Side Trails Land 

Non BLMmanaged Land 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2012, 2017;

AKNHP 2014 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South Fork Ku

Tatina River 

skokw

River 

Wildlife | Caribou Habitat

Planning Area Overview 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Caribou Herd and Range 

Total Range 

Winter 

Range Summer

Range Calving 

Ground 

Known Caribou Migration 

Route 

Proposed Innoko 

Bottoms Priority Wildlife

Habitat Area 

BLM-managed Land

mi

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

Western 

Arctic 

Sunshine 

Mountains 

Denali 

Tonzona 

Beaver 

Mountains 

FarewellBig River 

Rainy 

Pass 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2012, 2017;

ADF&G 2008; RDI 2005 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or

Mulchatna aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South Fork Ku

River 

Tatina River 

skokw

Wildlife | Dall Sheep, Bison, & Muskox Habitat

Planning Area Overview 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Wildlife Habitat 

Plains Bison Range 

Wood Bison Core Range 

Wood Bison Extent

Range

Muskox Range

Dall Sheep Distribution 

BLM-managed Land

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

m i

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2012, 2017;

ADF&G 1985, 2011, 2016; RDI 2005 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
Landscape Connectivity Corridors | Land Facet Modeling - Linkages Between Innoko and Yukon Delta National Refuges 

Alternatives B & C 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Connectivity Corridors 

Most Permeable:

0-1%

Wider Linkage:

2-5%

Alternative B 

Manage for both 

Nort

Sou

h and 

th Connectivity

Corridors 

Alternative C 

Manage for just

South Connectivity

Corridor 

BLM-managed Land

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2012, 2017;

USFWS 2015 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South

Fork Kuskokw

Tatina R iver 

m 

River 

Potential Fossil Yield Classification 

Planning Area Overview 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Potential Fossil

Yield Classification BLM-managed Land 

Other Land 

PFYC Class 1 

PFYC Class 2 

PFYC Class 3 Nome 

PFYC Class 4 Not Present 

PFYC Class 5 Not Present 

Unknown 

Snow or Ice 

Water 

Iditarod National Historic Unalakleet Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

McGrath 

i 

Aniak 

Anchorage 

Bethel 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2017 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
ver iR tleeaklUna

River South Fork Ku

Tatina River 

skokw

Visual Resource Management (VRM)

Alternative B 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Visual Resource

Management Class 

VRM Class I (1,335,771 

acres)

VRM Class II (6,490,087 

acres)

VRM Class III (3,516,066 

# acres) Old Woman Mountain 

VRM Class IV (2,123,971 

acres)

Iditarod National Historic Nome Trail Primary Route 

Nulato Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side

Trails 

Kaltag 

Unalakleet 

Lake Minchumina 

Stebbins

St. Michael 

Kotlik 

Emmonak

Alakanuk Grayling Takotna Nikolai

Sheldon Point McGrath 

Anvik Shageluk 

Iditarod

Flat 

St. Mary's Scammon Bay Mountain VillagePitkas Point Holy Cross 

Pilot Station 

Marshall

Hooper BayChevak Russian Mission Crooked Creek Pike Lake 

Red Devil

Sleetmute

Upper Kalskag Chuathbaluk 

Lower Kalskag Aniak 

mi

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017, 2018

Newtok Lime Village

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Management the accuracy,

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Or 

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2-14

v

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
Unalak r ive Rt lee

North Fork Unalakleet River

South Fork Ku

River 

Tatina River 

skokw

Visual Resource Management (VRM)

Alternative C 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

erman Riv Old Wo

Visual Resource

Management Class 

VRM Class I (46,953 

acres)

VRM Class II (2,766,229 

acres)

VRM Class III (6,095,778 

acres)

VRM Class IV (4,556,934 

acres)

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Pike Lake 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy

Standards. This product was developed through

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-15

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
Unalak r ive Rt lee

North Fork Unalakleet River

South Fork Ku

River 

Tatina River 

skokw

Visual Resource Management (VRM)

Alternative D 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

erman Riv Old Wo

Visual Resource

Management Class 

VRM Class I (46,953 

acres)

VRM Class II (679,553 

acres)

VRM Class III (6,140,235 

acres)

VRM Class IV (6,599,152 

acres)

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Old Woman Mountain 

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Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side

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Pike Lake 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy

Standards. This product was developed through

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-16

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South

Fork Kuskok

w

Tatina R iver 

m 

River 

Lands Managed for Wilderness Characteristics 

Alternative B 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Top-Level Protection 

(277,489 acres)

Mid-Level Protection 

(12,040,490 acres)

Low-Level Protection 

(1,148,024 acres)

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails

Nome Top-Level Protection: Lands 

managed to protect wilderness 

Nulato characteristics as a priority

over other resource values and 

multiple uses. 

Mid-Level Protection: Lands 

Kaltag managed to emphasize other 

resource values and multiple

uses while applying management 

restrictions to reduce impacts

Unalakleet 

Lake 

Minchumina Low-Level Protection: Lands 

managed to emphasize other 

on wilderness characteristics 

Stebbins 

St. Michael resource values and multiple 

uses as a priority over protecting 

wilderness characteristics 

Kotlik 

Emmonak 

Alakanuk Grayling Takotna Nikolai

Sheldon Point McGrath 

Anvik Shageluk 

Iditarod 

Flat 

Mountain

Scammon Bay Village St. Mary's Holy Cross 

Pitkas Point 

Pilot Station 

Marshall

Hooper Bay Russian 

Chevak Mission Crooked Creek 

Red Devil 

Upper Kalskag Aniak Sleetmute Stony River 

Lower Kalskag Chuathbaluk 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

Newtok Lime Village 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Anchorage Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or Tuluksak 

Nunapitchuk completeness of these data for individual or

Akiak aggregate use with other data. Original data

Tununak Bethel were compiled from various sources. This

Akiachak information may not meet National Map Accuracy Toksook Bay Nightmute Standards. This product was developed through 

Napakiak digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

Tuntutuliak 

Chefornak 

Eek 

Kipnuk 

Kongiganak 

Kwigillingok 

i 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-17

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South

Fork Kuskok

w

Tatina R iver 

m 

River 

Lands Managed for Wilderness Characteristics 

Alternative C 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Mid-Level Protection 

(8,105,942 acres)

Low-Level Protection 

(5,360,060 acres)

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

Mid-Level Protection: Lands 

managed to emphasize other 

resource values and multiple Nome uses while applying management 

restrictions to reduce impacts Nulato on wilderness characteristics 

Low-Level Protection: Lands 

managed to emphasize other 

Kaltag resource values and multiple 

uses as a priority over protecting 

wilderness characteristics 

Unalakleet 

Lake

Minchumina 

Stebbins 

St. Michael 

Kotlik 

Emmonak 

Alakanuk Grayling Takotna Nikolai

Sheldon Point McGrath 

Anvik Shageluk 

Iditarod 

Flat 

Mountain

Scammon Bay Village St. Mary's Holy Cross 

Pitkas Point 

Pilot Station 

Marshall

Hooper Bay Russian 

Chevak Mission Crooked Creek 

Red Devil 

Upper Kalskag Aniak Sleetmute Stony River 

Lower Kalskag Chuathbaluk 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

Newtok Lime Village 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Anchorage Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or

aggregate use with other data. Original data

Tuluksak 

Nunapitchuk Akiak 

Tununak were compiled from various sources. This Bethel Akiachak information may not meet National Map Accuracy Toksook Bay Standards. This product was developed through Nightmute Napakiak digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

Tuntutuliak 

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0 25 50 Miles 

2-18

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South

Fork Kuskok

w

Tatina R iver 

m 

River 

Lands Managed for Wilderness Characteristics 

Alternative D 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

No Protection Areas 

(13,465,894 acres)

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

Nome 

Nulato 

Kaltag 

Unalakleet 

Lake

Minchumina 

Stebbins 

St. Michael 

Kotlik 

Emmonak 

Alakanuk Grayling Takotna Nikolai

Sheldon Point McGrath 

Anvik Shageluk 

Iditarod 

Flat 

Mountain

Scammon Bay Village St. Mary's Holy Cross 

Pitkas Point 

Pilot Station 

Marshall

Hooper Bay Russian 

Chevak Mission Crooked Creek 

Red Devil 

Upper Kalskag Aniak Sleetmute Stony River 

Lower Kalskag Chuathbaluk 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

Newtok Lime Village 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Anchorage Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or

aggregate use with other data. Original data

Tuluksak 

Nunapitchuk Akiak 

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Tuntutuliak 

Chefornak 

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Kwigillingok 

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0 25 50 Miles 

2-19

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South

Fork Kuskokw

Tatina R iver 

m 

River 

Commercial Woodland Harvest Area 

Alternative B 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Commercial Woodland Harvest

Area (Alternative B)

Permitted Commercial

Woodland Harvesting Area 

Permits Grant

by-case Bas 

ed on Caseis 

Closed to Commercial

Woodland Harvest; Closed 

to Commercial Woodland 

Harvest 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side Trails 

i 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-20

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South

Fork Kuskokw

Tatina R iver 

m 

River 

Commercial Woodland Harvest Area 

Alternative C 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Commercial Woodland Harvest

Area (Alternative C)

Permitted Commercial

Woodland Harvesting Area 

Permits Grant

by-case Bas 

ed on Caseis 

Closed to Commercial

Woodland Harvest 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side Trails 

i 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-21

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South

Fork Kuskokw

Tatina R iver 

m 

River 

Commercial Woodland Harvest Area 

Alternative D 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Commercial Woodland Harvest

Area (Alternative D)

Permitted Commercial

Woodland Harvest Area 

Permits Grant

by-case Bas 

ed on Caseis 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side Trails 

i 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-22

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South

Fork Kuskok

w

Tatina R iver 

m 

River 

Casual Use Subsistence Woodland Harvest Areas 

Alternatives B & C 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Casual Use Subsistence 

Woodland Harvest Areas 

(Alternatives B & C)

Casual

Subs

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istence Woodland 

Harvest Areas 

Permits grant

by-case bas 

ed on caseis 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

i 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-23

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South

Fork Kuskokw

Tatina R iver 

m 

River 

Grazing 

Alternative B 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Grazing (Alternative B)

A

C

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losed to Grazing 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

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Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-24

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South

Fork Kuskokw

Tatina R iver 

m 

River 

Grazing 

Alternative C 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Grazing (Alternative C)

Closed to Grazing 

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Grazing on a Case-byCase Basis 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

i 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-25

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South

Fork Kuskokw

Tatina R iver 

m 

River 

Grazing 

Alternative D 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Grazing (Alternative D)

A

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Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

i 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-26

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South Fork Ku

River 

Tatina River 

skokw

Locatable Mineral Decisions 

Alternative B 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Locatable Mineral

Decisions (Alternative B)

Open to Locatable

Mineral Entry 

Withdrawn from 

Locatable Mineral Entry 

Locatable Mineral

Potential 

Medium 

High 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

m i

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-27

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South Fork Ku

River 

Tatina River 

skokw

Locatable Mineral Decisions 

Alternatives C & D 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Locatable Mineral Decisions 

(Alternatives C & D)

Open to Locatable Mineral

Entry 

Withdrawn from Locatable

Mineral Entry 

Locatable Mineral

Potential 

Medium 

High 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side Trails 

m i

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-28

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South Fork Ku

River 

Tatina River 

skokw

Salable Mineral Decisions 

Alternative B 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Salable Mineral

Decisions 

(Alternative B)

Closed to Salable 

Open to Salable 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

m i

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-29

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South Fork Ku

River 

Tatina River 

skokw

Salable Mineral Decisions 

Alternative C 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Salable Mineral Decisions 

(Alternative C)

Closed to Salable 

Open to Salable on a

Case-by-case Basis 

Open to Salable 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

m i

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-30

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South Fork Ku

River 

Tatina River 

skokw

Salable Mineral Decisions 

Alternative D 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Salable Mineral

Decisions 

(Alternative D)

Closed to Salable 

Open to Salable 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

m i

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-31

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
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Planning Area Overview 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Leasable Potential 

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Coal Basins/Districts

GeothermalRegions 

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Iditarod National Historic

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Minchumina Basin 

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2-32

v

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BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
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No Surface Occupancy (NSO) Leasables

Alternative B 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Leaseable Mineral

Decisions 

Open to Leasing Subject

to Standard Stipulations 

NSO Leaseable (Subject

to Valid and Existing

Rights)

Closed to Leaseable

Leasable Potential

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Iditarod National Historic 

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Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side

Trails

Norton Basin 

Innoko Basin 

Minchumina Basin 

m i

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2016, 2017,

2018; DGGS 1983; INEEL 2003;

Upper Chuilnuk River Merritt & Hawley 1986

Hot Spring Creek Holitna Basin No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or

Bethel Basin completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy

Standards. This product was developed through

digital means and may be updated without

notification.

Nelson 

D

Island

istrict 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-33

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
Unalakleet R North Fork Unalakleet River

er iv

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n 

s

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M i n c h u m i

No Surface Occupancy (NSO) Leasables

Alternative C 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Old Woman River

Leaseable Mineral

Decisions 

Open to Leasing Subject

to Standard Stipulations 

NSO Leaseable (Subject

to Valid and Existing

Rights)

Closed to Leasable

Leasable Potential 

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Iditarod National Historic 

i 

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Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side

Trails

Norton Basin 

Innoko Basin 

Minchumina Basin 

m i

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2016, 2017,

2018; DGGS 1983; INEEL 2003;

Upper Chuilnuk River Merritt & Hawley 1986

Hot Spring Creek Holitna Basin No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or

Bethel Basin completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy

Standards. This product was developed through

digital means and may be updated without

notification.

Nelson 

D

Island

istrict 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-34

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
Unalakleet R North Fork Unalakleet River

er iv

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No Surface Occupancy (NSO) Leasables 

Alternative D 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Leaseable Mineral

Decisions 

Open to Leasing Subject

to Standard Stipulations 

NSO Leaseable (Subject

to Valid and Existing 

Rights)

Closed to Leasable

Leasable Potential

Old Woman River

Nulato 

Gal

Bas

ena 

i n 

k Geothermal Hotsprings 

Coal Basins/Districts

Geothermal Reg ons 

Oil/Gas Basins 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

/Side 

i 

Kaltag 

Trail Connecting 

Trails

Norton Basin

Lake

Minchumina 

Stebbins 

St. Michael 

Innoko Basin 

Kotlik

Emmonak 

Alakanuk 

Sheldon Point Grayling Takotna Nikolai 

Anvik Shageluk Minchumina Basin 

mi

Iditarod 

Flat 

Mountain Village 

Scammon Bay St. Mary's Holy Cross 

Pitkas Point 

Hooper Bay Pilot StationMarshall

Chevak Russian Mission Crooked Creek 

Red Devil 

Upper Kalskag Stony River 

Sleetmute 

Lower Kalskag Chuathbaluk Data Sources: BLM GIS 2016, 2017,

2018; DGGS 1983; INEEL 2003;

Upper Chuilnuk River Merritt & Hawley 1986 

Lime Village Holitna Basin Newtok Hot Spring Creek Tuluksak No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management the reliability, or 

ndi idual or 

as to

t e use with other data. gina l da 

were compiled from various

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Bethel Basi n Nunapitchuk compl 

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Nightmute St

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notifi cation. 

and may be updated w t t Napakiak s c t t 

Tuntutuliak 

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Chefornak 

Kipnuk 

Kwigillingok 

Kongiganak 

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2-35

v

i

i

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
akleet River l an U

Pit

Salmon Riv

North Fork Unalakleet River 

Old Woman River 

ka Fork M

er 

Ton

idd

lhona Creek 

le Fork

Kuskokwim River 

Sull

Bear Cre

iv

Shee

an C

p Cr

r

e

e

e

e

e

k 

k 

k 

South Fork Kuskokwim

River 

Tatina River 

Proposed FLPMA Withdrawals for the Iditarod National Historic Trail

Alternatives B & C 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Proposed FLPMA

Withdrawal* 

BLM Public Shelter 

Proposed Kaltag Portage 

FLPMA Withdrawal (1,897

Acres; 16 Miles Primary INHT) × Cabin 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod Contemporary

Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecti /Side 

×

Old 

Trails 

ng

BLM-managed Lands

U.S. Fish and Wildlif e

Service 

U.S. Forest Service 

National Park Service 

Native Allotment 

Native Lands (Patented

or Interim Conveyed)

Private

State (Patented or

Interim Conveyed)

Water

*Proposed FLMPA Withdrawal for

Locatable, Leasable and Saleable

Mineral Entry under Alternative B.

For Alternative C, the determination

on whether the withdrawal would

include Locatable,Leasable,

and/or Saleable would be determined when the withdrawal is

proposed.

Woman

Publi

Shelt

c 

Cabi 

er 

Proposed Farewe

FLPMA Wi hdrawa

Acres; 21 Mi 

ll Burn

l (

mary 

2,732

INHT) 

t

les Pr i n 

Foothills Publi

Shelter Cabi 

c × n 

Tripod Flats Public 

Shelter Cabin 

Old Woman Public

Shelter Cabin 

Proposed Rohn FLPMA

Withdrawal (363 Acres;

1 Mile Pr mary INHT) 

× 

i

Bear Creek Public

Shelter Cabin 

Rohn

Publi

Shelt

c 

Cabin

er Rohn Publi

Shelter Cab

c

in 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2010, 2017,

2018; ADNR 2011 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy

Standards. This product was developed through

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-36

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
North Fork Unalakleet River 

nalakleet

River 

U

Pit

Sal

ka Fork M

Old Woman River 

m

Ton

id

o

d

lhona Creek 

n

le

R

F

iv

Bear

Creek 

e

o

r 

rk Kuskokwim River 

Sullivan

Cre

e

k 

h

e

ep Creek 

South Fork Kuskokwim River 

Ta

tina

Riv

e

r 

Lands and Realty

Alternative B 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Withdrawal Status 

Proposed Withdrawal 

Retained Withdrawal 

Revoked Withdrawal 

Unalakleet Administrative 

G Sites (Proposed

Withdrawal)

× BLM Public Shelter

Old 

Woman

Publi 

Shelt

c 

Cabin

er 

× Cabin

17(b) Site 

(b) 

# 

17 Easement 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecti /Side S 

Bear

Creek 

Publi 

Shelt

c 

Cabin

er × 

ng

Trails

BLM-managed Lands

U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service 

U.S. Forest Service 

National Park Service 

Native Allotment 

Native Lands (Patented 

or Interim Conveyed)

Private

Administrative

Sites (Bunkhouse 

G Unalakleet 

State (Patented or 

and Garage) Interim Conveyed)

Water 

Withdrawals include PLOs,

ANCSA 17(d)(1) withdrawals, 

× 

FLPMA withdrawals, and 

mineral withdrawals that 

are newly proposed, identif

f inment identified

Rohn ied Publi or reta

Shel 

c 

Cabi

ter 

n f 

, or

or revocation under Alternative B.

Data Source: BLM GIS 2010, 2017,

2018; Esri et al. 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy

Standards. This product was developed through

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-37

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
North Fork Unalakleet River 

nalakleet

River 

U

Pit

Sal

ka Fork M

Old Woman River 

m

Ton

id

o

d

lhona Creek 

n

le

R

F

iv

Bear

Creek 

e

o

r 

rk Kuskokwim River 

Sullivan

Cre

e

k 

h

e

ep Creek 

South Fork Kuskokwim River 

Ta

tina

Riv

e

r 

Lands and Realty

Alternative C 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Withdrawal Status 

Proposed Withdrawal 

Retained Withdrawal 

Revoked Withdrawal 

Unalakleet Administrative 

G Sites (Proposed

Withdrawal)

× BLM Public Shelter

Old 

Woman

Publi 

Shelt

c 

Cabin

er 

× Cabin

17(b) Site 

(b) 

# 

17 Easement 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecti /Side

Trails

S 

Bear

Creek 

ng

Publi 

Shelt

c 

Cabin

er × 

BLM-managed Lands

U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service 

U.S. Forest Service 

National Park Service 

Native Allotment 

Native Lands (Patented 

or Interim Conveyed)

Private

Administrative

Sites (Bunkhouse 

G Unalakleet 

State (Patented or 

and Garage) Interim Conveyed)

Water 

Withdrawals include PLOs,

ANCSA 17(d)(1) withdrawals, 

× 

FLPMA withdrawals, and 

mineral withdrawals that 

are newly proposed, identif

f inment identified or reta

f 

Rohn ied Publi

Shel 

c 

Cabi

ter , or

or revocation under Alternative C. n 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2010, 2017,

2018; Esri et al. 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy

Standards. This product was developed through

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-38

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
North Fork Unalakleet River 

nalakleet

River 

U

Pit

Sal

ka Fork M

Old Woman River 

m

Ton

id

o

d

lhona Creek 

n

le

R

F

iv

Bear

Creek 

e

o

r 

rk Kuskokwim River 

Sullivan

Cre

e

k 

h

e

ep Creek 

South Fork Kuskokwim River 

Ta

tina

Riv

e

r 

Lands and Realty

Alternative D 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Withdrawal Status 

Retained Withdrawal 

Revoked Withdrawal 

Unalakleet Administrative 

G Sites (Proposed

Withdrawal)

BLM Public Shelter × 

× Cabin

Old # 17(b) Site 

17 Easement (b)

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Pri tmary Rou 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side

Trail 

e

Woman

Publi

Shelt

c 

Cabi 

er 

n 

S 

Bear s 

BLM-managed Lands

U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service

U.S. Forest Service 

National Park Service 

Native Allotment 

Native Lands (Patented 

or Interim Conveyed)

Private 

State (Patented or

Administrative 

G Unalakleet 

Interim Conveyed) Sites (Bunkhouse

and Garage) Water 

Withdrawals include PLOs,

ANCSA 17(d)(1) withdrawals,

FLPMA withdrawals, and

that imineral withdrawals 

are identified f 

× 

or reta tnmen 

or identified for revoca 

under Alt tive D. 

,

ion

Creek 

Publi

Shelt

c 

Cabi 

er × n 

Rohn 

t 

erna Publi

Shel 

c 

Cabi

ter 

n 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2010, 2017,

2018; Esri et al. 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy

Standards. This product was developed through

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-39

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South Fork Kuskokwim River 

Ta

tina

Riv

e

r 

FLPMA Right-of-Way (ROW) Exclusion and Avoidance Areas 

Alternative B 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

FLPMA ROW Management

(Alternative B)

ROW Exclusion Area 

(1,464,069 acres)

ROW Avoidance 

Area* (8,824,848 

acres)

Open t

Loca 

o

ROW

tion (3,176,977 

acres)

BLM Public Shelter × Cabin 

Iditarod National

Historic Trail Primary 

Route 

Iditarod National

Historic Trail

Connecting/Side Trails 

Iditarod Contemporary 

Route 

*ROW Avoidance Areas include

all ACECs except the Nulato River

ACEC. For Nulato, the ROW

Avoidance Area is the portion of

the ACEC upstream of the Village

of Nulato.

×

Rohn

Publi

Shelt

c 

Cabin

er 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2010, 2017, 

2018; ADNR 2011 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-40

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South Fork Kuskokwim 

River 

Tatina River 

FLPMA Right-of-Way (ROW) Exclusion and Avoidance Areas 

Alternative C 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

FLPMA ROW Management

(Alternative C)

ROW Avoidance Area* 

(7,645,532 acres)

ROW Avoidance for 

Linear Realty Actions 

(576,038 acres)

Open t

Loca 

o ROW

tion (5,820,362 

acres)

BLM Public Shelter × Cabin 

Iditarod National

Historic Trail Primary 

Route 

Iditarod National

Historic Trail

Connecting/Side Trails 

Iditarod Contemporary 

Route 

×

Rohn

Publi

Shelt

c 

Cabin

er 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2010, 2017, 

2018; ADNR 2011 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-41

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South Fork Kuskokwim 

River 

Tatina River 

FLPMA Right-of-Way (ROW) Exclusion and Avoidance Areas 

Alternative D 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

FLPMA ROW Management

(Alternative D)

ROW Permitted on a

Case-by-Case Basis

(100,643 acres)

ROW Avoidance Area 

(5,130,927 acres)

Open t

Loca 

o ROW

tion (8,234,323 

acres)

BLM Public Shelter × Cabin 

Iditarod National

Historic Trail Primary 

Route 

Iditarod National

Historic Trail

Connecting/Side Trails 

Iditarod Contemporary 

Route 

×

Rohn

Publi

Shelt

c 

Cabin

er 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2010, 2017, 

2018; ADNR 2011 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-42

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South

Fork Kuskokw

Tatina R iver 

m 

River 

Recreation Management Areas (RMAs)

Alternative B 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Recreation Management 

Area (Alternative B)

Iditarod NHT Special

Recreation Management

Area (SRMA)

Extensive Recreation 

Management Area 

(ERMA)

Community Focus Zone 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod Contemporary 

Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails

i 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2017, 2018;

ADNR 2011 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-43

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South

Fork Kuskokw

Tatina R iver 

m 

River 

Recreation Management Areas (RMAs)

Alternative C 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Recreation Management 

Area (Alternative C)

Iditarod NHT Special

Recreation Management

Area (SRMA)

Extensive Recreation 

Management Area 

(ERMA)

Community Focus Zone 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod Contemporary 

Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails

i 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2017, 2018;

ADNR 2011 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-44

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
South

Fork Kuskokw

Tatina R iver 

m 

River 

Recreation Management Areas (RMAs)

Alternative D 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Recreation Management 

Area (Alternative D)

Iditarod NHT Special

Recreation Management

Area (SRMA)

Extensive Recreation 

Management Area 

(ERMA)

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod Contemporary 

Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

i 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2017, 2018;

ADNR 2011 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-45

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
Travel and Transportation Management

Alternative B 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Travel and Transportation 

Management (Alternative B)

Unalakleet WSR Corridor 

Lands with Wilderness 

Characteristics Travel

Management Area 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Travel Management

Area* 

OHV Area Designation -

Limited 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod Contemporary 

Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

Roads 

*The Rohn Site is within the

INHT TMA but has specific

management decisions beyond

those included in the INHT TMA,

per Section 2.8.18, Table 2-20.

No data available for known 

Kuskokwim and Yukon 

Rivers intervillage surface 

travel routes. 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017, 2018;

ADNR 2011; ADOT&PF 2012 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-46

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
Travel and Transportation Management

Alternatives C & D 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Travel and Transportation 

Management (Alternatives 

C and D)

Unalakleet WSR Corridor 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Travel Management

Area* 

OHV Area Designation -

Limited 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod Contemporary 

Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

Roads 

*The Rohn Site is within the

INHT TMA but has specific

management decisions beyond

those included in the INHT TMA,

per Section 2.8.18, Table 2-20.

No data available for known 

Kuskokwim and Yukon 

Rivers intervillage surface 

travel routes. 

Data Sources: BLM GIS 2017, 2018;

ADNR 2011; ADOT&PF 2012 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-47

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs)

Alternative B 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Inglutalik

River ACEC 

Ungalik

River ACEC 

Shaktoolik

River ACEC 

Tagagawik

River ACEC 

Kateel

River ACEC 

Gisasa 

River ACEC 

Areas of Critical

Environmental Concern 

(ACECs)

BLM-managed Lands

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Primary Route 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side 

Trails 

Navigable waters are not

subject to BLM management 

actions up to the ordinary 

high water line. 

Nulato River ACEC 

Unalakleet River 

Watershed ACEC 

Anvik River 

Watershed ACEC 

Sheefish 

Spawning ACEC 

Anvik Traditional

Trapping Area ACEC 

Swift River Whitefish 

Spawning ACEC 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy 

Standards. This product was developed through 

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-48

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
k 

Egavik Cree

r 

Riv

r 

e

e iv

h R

Rodo

tr o

r 

N

e iv

kleet R

la

Una

k 

Salm

ree

o

C

Ton

n R

k

r e

lhona Creek 

n

v

i

n Ri

v

it

e

S

r 

ko u

Bear Cree

Y

k 

Sheep Creek Sullivan Creek 

South Fork Kuskokwim

River 

Tatina River 

National Conservation Lands Iditarod National Historic Trail Proposed National Trail Management Corridor

Alternative B 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Iditarod NHT National Trail

Management Corridor 

Proposed NTMC-Iditarod

National Historic Trail

(Alternative B) 

×

Tr

F 

pod 

l 

Pub

s

li

Shelt

c 

Cabin

er 

i 

ta × Cabin

Idit 

Trail 

BLM Public Shelter

arod National Historic

Pri t

×

Old 

Woman

Publi

Shelt

c 

Cabi 

er 

n 

mary Rou e

Iditarod Contemporary

Rout e 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecting/Side

Trails 

BLM-managed Lands

U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service 

Foothills Publi U.S. Forest Servi

Shelter Cabi 

c ce

n 

× 

National Park Service

Tripod Flats Publi

Shelter Cabi 

c Native Allotment

n 

Old Woman Public

Shelter Cabi n 

Native Lands (Patented 

or Interim Conveyed)

Private

State (Patented or

Proposed Kaltag Port I im Conveyed)

36 M

241,512 Acres

age NTMC 

iles Primary INHT 

nter 

Water 

Proposed Farewell Burn NTMC 

21 M

46,591 Acres

iles Primary INHT 

Bear Creek Public

Shelter Cabin 

×

Rohn

Publi

Shelt

c 

Cabin

er Rohn Publi

Shelter Cab

c

in 

Proposed Rohn NTMC

1 M 

363 Acres 

ile Primary INHT Data Sources: BLM GIS 2010, 2017,

2018; ADNR 2011 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

aggregate use with other data. Original data 

were compiled from various sources. This

information may not meet National Map Accuracy

Standards. This product was developed through

digital means and may be updated without 

notification. 

0 25 50 Miles 

2-49

BSWI Draft RMP/EIS 
k 

Egavik Cree

r 

Riv

r 

e

e iv

h R

Rodo

tr o

r 

N

e iv

kleet R

P

a

i

l

t

Una

ka Fo

k 

Sa

r

lm

ree

k M

o

C

n R

k

r e

i

n

v

d

i

d

n Ri

v

it

e

S

le

r 

Fork Kuskokwim River 

ko

Bear Creek 

uY

Sullivan Cree

Sheep k 

South Fork Kuskokwim

River 

Tatina River 

National Conservation Lands Iditarod National Historic Trail Proposed National Trail Management Corridor

Alternatives C & D 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | ALASKA | BERING SEA- WESTERN INTERIOR RMP/EIS 

Iditarod NHT National Trail

Management Corridor

Proposed NTMC-Iditarod

National Historic Trail

(Alternatives C and D)

× BLM Public Shelter

Tri

F 

pod

l

Pub

s 

Shelt

c 

Cabin

er 

ta 

li 

× Cabin

Iditarod National Historic

× Trail Primary Route

Old 

Woman

Publi

Shelt

c 

Cabi 

er 

n 

Iditarod Con

Rout 

temporary

e 

Iditarod National Historic

Trail Connecti /Side

Trails 

ng

BLM-managed Lands

U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Creek 

Service 

U.S. Forest Service

Foothills Publi

Shelter Cabi 

c National Park Service n 

× 

Native Allotment

Tripod Flats Public 

Shelter Cabin 

Old Woman Public

Shelter Cabin 

Native Lands (Patented

or Interim Conveyed)

Private

State (Patented or

Interim Conveyed)

Proposed Kaltag Port Water

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actions up to the ordinary 

high water line. 

Data Source: BLM GIS 2017, 2018 

No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land

Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or 

completeness of these data for individual or 

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Map Descriptions

Chapter 1 Description of Maps

Map Number and 

Title

Map Description

1-1: Bering SeaWestern Interior Plan 

Area and Existing 

Planning Efforts

Map 1-1 shows a planning area overview for the Bering Sea-Western Interior (BSWI) Planning Area 

(planning area) and existing planning efforts. Existing land use plan areas shown are the 1986 Central 

Yukon Resource Management Plan (RMP), north and east of the planning area, and the 1981 Southwest 

Management Framework Plan. A small portion of the 1986 Central Yukon RMP overlaps the 1981 

Southwest Management Framework Plan in the northern area of the planning area along the Kateel River 

and northern portions of the North River and Unalakleet River. The map also shows the Iditarod National 

Historic Trail (INHT) primary and connecting routes that cross these two existing planning areas. Most of 

the primary route is within the Southwest Management Framework Planning Area.

1-2: Bering SeaWestern Interior Plan 

Area Land Managers 

– Planning Area 

Overview 

Map 1-2 shows the land managers and management areas within the planning area. These land 

managers include the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. 

Forest Service, National Park Service, State, Native Lands (allotment, patented or interim conveyed), and 

private land. The map also shows water and the INHT primary and connecting routes. USFWS national 

wildlife refuges (Yukon Delta and Innoko NWRs) make up a large portion of the planning area, followed by 

BLM- and State-managed areas and Native-managed lands. National Park Service and private-managed 

lands make up the smallest portion of managed lands. The Innoko NWR is located just east of the Yukon 

River in the northern portion of the planning area, and the Yukon Delta NWR encompasses the western 

third of the planning area, approximately. BLM-managed lands are largely situated in the middle of the 

planning area, extending north to encompass the Kateel River and east past McGrath and Nikolai.

1-3: Wildlife 

Management Units 

and Locatable and 

Leasable Minerals – 

Planning Area 

Overview 

Map 1-3 shows wildlife management units and locatable and leasable minerals areas. Within the planning 

area, wildlife management units include the NWRs and Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) 

Management Units. Land managers are also shown along with the INHT primary and connecting routes. 

Most of the planning area consists of wildlife management units: 18Z, 19A, 19B, 19C, 19D, 21A, 21E, 

22A. Medium locatable mineral potential area is primarily in the central and eastern portion of the planning 

area near the Kuskokwim River and Alaska Range, while smaller high locatable mineral potential areas 

are scattered throughout the same area. There are two geothermal potential hot springs in the Hot Spring 

Creek and Upper Chuilnuk River region. A geothermal region occurs in the far northern portion of the 

planning area. Four potential oil/gas basins are shown, one in the Yukon Delta, two in the eastern and 

one in the north central portion of the planning area, and smaller coal basins are located in the far north 

and eastern planning area.

1-4: Ecoregions – 

Planning Area 

Overview 

Map 1-4 shows ten ecoregions within the planning area. The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and Nulato Hills 

ecoregions occur in the Yukon Delta; the Nulato Hills region extends to the northwestern boundary of the 

planning area, and small portions of the Seward and Kobuk Ridges and Valleys region are present in the 

far northwest. The remaining six ecoregions occupy the central and eastern portions of the planning area 

and represent lowlands, hills, and mountain areas extending to the Alaska Range.
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Chapter 2 Description of Maps

Map Number and 

Title

Map Description

2-1: Permafrost 

Distribution – Planning 

Area Overview

Map 2-1 shows the distribution of the following permafrost categories within the planning area (both BLMmanaged land and other land): lowland and upland area generally free of permafrost, lowland and upland 

area underlain by isolated masses of permafrost, lowland and upland area underlain by moderately thick 

to thin permafrost, lowland and upland area underlain by numerous isolated masses of permafrost, 

mountainous area underlain by discontinuous permafrost, and mountainous area underlain by isolated 

masses of permafrost. Most of the planning area consists of lowland and upland areas underlain by 

moderately thick to thin permafrost. Lowland and upland area underlain by numerous isolated masses of 

permafrost occurs along a portion of the Innoko River, along the Kuskokwim River, and throughout much 

of the southeastern portion of the planning area. Mountainous area underlain by discontinuous permafrost 

occurs in the Nulato Hills just north of the Unalakleet River, the Kuskokwim Mountains west of Takotna 

and at the northern edge of the planning area, and over a large section of the Alaska Range and Lime 

Hills north and east of Lime Village. Mountainous area underlain by isolated masses of permafrost occurs 

in the Alaska Range and Lime Hills east and south of Lime Village and in the Kuskokwim Mountains 

southeast of Aniak. One small section of lowland and upland area generally free of permafrost is located 

at the southern edge of the planning area, and two small sections of lowland and upland area underlain by 

isolated masses of permafrost are also located at the southern edge of the planning area. The map also 

shows the location of the INHT primary and connecting routes.

2-2: High Value 

Watersheds – 

Alternative B

Map 2-2 shows the locations of High Value Watersheds, as proposed under Alternative B, and their 

ranking (High, Medium-High, or Medium), and the watersheds assessed for High Value Watersheds. The 

map states that the proposed BLM decision would apply along 21,382 miles of stream within the identified 

watersheds. This map also shows land ownership and Essential Fish Habitat. With the exception of a few 

Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 12/Level 6 Watersheds, all watersheds are located outside the Yukon Delta 

and Innoko NWRs. The High ranking applies to 195 HUC 12/Level 6 Watersheds (12,982 stream miles) 

and covers the largest area of the four categories shown. The High ranking occurs along segments of 

stream throughout the non-NWR portions of the planning area but is concentrated along rivers in the 

Nulato Hills and in areas with Essential Fish Habitat. The Medium-High ranking applies to 35 HUC 

12/Level 6 Watersheds (1,906 stream miles) and occurs along segments of stream scattered throughout 

the non-NWR portions of the planning area. The Medium ranking applies to 167 HUC 12/Level 6 

Watersheds (6,494 stream miles) and occurs along segments of stream throughout the non-NWR portions 

of the planning area. Watersheds that were assessed for High Value Watersheds include 724 HUC 

12/Level 6 Watersheds (47,472 stream miles). 

2-3: High Value 

Watersheds – 

Alternative C

Map 2-3 shows the locations of High Value Watersheds, as proposed under Alternative C, and their 

ranking (High or Medium-High), and the watersheds assessed for High Value Watersheds. The map 

states that the proposed BLM decision would apply along 14,888 miles of stream within the identified 

watersheds. This map also shows land ownership and Essential Fish Habitat. With the exception of a few 

HUC 12/Level 6 Watersheds, all are located outside the Yukon Delta and Innoko NWRs. The High ranking 

applies to 195 HUC 12/Level 6 Watersheds (12,982 stream miles) and covers the largest area of the four 

categories shown. The High ranking occurs along segments of stream throughout the non-NWR portions 

of the planning area but is concentrated along rivers in the Nulato Hills and in areas with Essential Fish 

Habitat. The Medium-High ranking applies to 35 HUC 12/Level 6 Watersheds (1,906 stream miles) and 

occurs along segments of stream scattered throughout the non-NWR portions of the planning area. 

Watersheds that were assessed for High Value Watersheds include 724 HUC 12/Level 6 Watersheds 

(47,472 stream miles).
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Map Description

2-4: High Value 

Watersheds – 

Alternative D

Map 2-4 shows the locations of High Value Watersheds, as proposed under Alternative D, and their 

ranking (only High under this alternative), and the watersheds assessed for High Value Watersheds. The 

map states that the proposed BLM decision would apply along 12,982 miles of stream within the identified 

watersheds. This map also shows land ownership and Essential Fish Habitat. With the exception of a few 

HUC 12/Level 6 Watersheds, all are located outside the Yukon Delta and Innoko NWRs. The High ranking 

applies to 195 HUC 12/Level 6 Watersheds (12,982 stream miles) and covers the largest area of the four 

categories shown. The High ranking occurs along segments of stream throughout the non-NWR portions 

of the planning area but is concentrated along rivers in the Nulato Hills and in areas with Essential Fish 

Habitat. The Medium-High ranking applies to 35 HUC 12/Level 6 Watersheds (1,906 stream miles) and 

occurs along segments of stream scattered throughout the non-NWR portions of the planning area. 

Watersheds that were assessed for High Value Watersheds include 724 HUC 12/Level 6 Watersheds 

(47,472 stream miles).

2-5: Select Land 

Cover Classes – 

Planning Area 

Overview 

Map 2-5 provides a planning-area overview of the following land cover classes: sparsely vegetated areas; 

white spruce on well-drained floodplains; tall shrub, low shrub, and floodplains (generalized moose 

habitat); lichen habitats (generalized caribou habitat) and/or dwarf shrub; and herbaceous wetlands. The 

map also shows BLM-managed lands and the INHT primary and connecting routes. The tall shrub, low 

shrub, and floodplains cover class is well-distributed throughout the planning area, with large 

concentrations of this cover class in the Yukon Delta NWR along the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers. 

Lichen habitats and/or dwarf shrub are also prevalent throughout the planning area, particularly in the 

Yukon Delta and Innoko NWRs. Herbaceous wetlands are distributed throughout the planning area, with 

concentrations near rivers and in floodplains. Sparsely vegetated areas occur over a small section of the 

planning area, near its southern border and north of Wood-Tikchik State Park. White spruce on welldrained floodplains is an uncommon cover type that occurs along sections of river at various locations 

throughout the planning area. 

2-6: Landscape 

Intactness Model – 

Planning Area 

Overview 

Map 2-6 shows landscape intactness on BLM-managed land and non-BLM-managed land throughout the 

planning area. The three categories shown are highest intactness, high intactness, and vulnerable, with 

areas of no color indicating landscapes that are not currently considered intact. The map also shows the 

location of the INHT primary and connecting routes. The vast majority of the planning area for all land 

ownerships is shown as being of highest intactness. Small areas of high intactness are scattered 

throughout the planning area, generally near vulnerable or non-intact landscapes, not far from 

developments. Vulnerable areas are smaller and are generally near roads and developments. Areas with 

no color include roads and developed areas. These areas are small and scattered throughout the 

planning area.

2-7: BLM Special 

Status Plants – 

Planning Area 

Overview 

Map 2-7 represents known occurrences of special status plants as points showing general locations within 

the planning area. The map includes three species: Douglasia beringensis (Bering dwarf-primrose), 

Koeleria asiatica (Eurasian junegrass), and Smelowskia pyriformis (candytuft). The map also shows land 

ownership and the INHT primary and connecting routes. There are nine mapped occurrences of 

Smelowskia pyriformis, most of which occur in higher elevation areas in the western portion of the 

planning area (Alaska Range and Lime Hills), with only one occurrence on BLM-managed lands. The rest 

are on State or Native land. There are five mapped occurrences of Douglasia beringensis, two in the 

same general area southwest of Lime Village (on Native or State land) and three on BLM-managed land 

in Nulato Hills in the general area of the Unalakleet and North Rivers. The single occurrence of Koeleria 

asiatica is on BLM-managed land southeast of Unalakleet.
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2-8: Ecoregions – 

Planning Area 

Overview 

Map 2-8 shows the ecoregions in the planning area, broken out by BLM-managed land and other land. 

The Ahklun Mountains are at the south end of the planning area, south of Aniak, and include the 

southeastern portion of the Yukon Delta NWR. The Alaska Range is near the eastern boundary of the 

planning area. The Kobuk Ridges and Valleys ecoregion includes a small wedge of land at the very 

northern tip of the planning area. The Kuskokwim Mountains bisect the central portion of the planning 

area. The Lime Hills are in the southeastern portion of the planning area, west of the Alaska Range, in the 

vicinity of Lime Village. The Nulato Hills are west and north of the Yukon River, stretching to the northern 

tip of the planning area. The Seward ecoregion covers a portion of the northwestern corner of the 

planning area. The Tanana-Kuskokwim Lowlands are between the Kuskokwim Mountains and Alaska 

Range/Lime Hills and run from the northeastern corner of the planning area at Lake Minchumina to almost 

the southern edge of the planning area. The Yukon River Lowlands include most of the Innoko NWR and 

an area to the south. The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta generally coincides with the Yukon Delta NWR in the 

southwest portion of the planning area. The map also shows the location of the INHT primary and 

connecting routes. 

2-9: Moose Habitat –

Planning Area 

Overview 

Map 2-9 shows moose habitat on BLM-managed land and non-BLM-managed land in the planning area. 

The map shows general moose distribution, known calving concentrations, known rutting concentrations, 

and known winter concentrations. The map also shows the proposed Innoko Bottoms Priority Wildlife 

Habitat Area and the INHT primary and connecting routes. General moose distribution covers the entire 

planning area except portions of the Alaska Range. Known calving concentrations are mapped along the 

Kuskokwim River between Lake Minchumina and Sleetmute and south of Sleetmute in the area between 

the Kuskokwim Mountains and Lime Hills. Known rutting concentrations are mapped east of the proposed 

Innoko Bottoms Priority Wildlife Habitat Area, along the Kuskokwim River between Bethel and Aniak, west 

of the Kuskokwim River south of McGrath, and in an area west and south of the Alaska Range. Known 

winter concentrations are mapped near the northern tip of the planning area, along the Unalakleet River, 

in the proposed Innoko Bottoms Priority Wildlife Habitat Area, in the Innoko NWR, in the northern portion 

of the Yukon Delta NWR, east of the Kuskokwim River near Lime Village, along the Swift River, north of 

the Alaska Range, and in other small, scattered areas. 

2-10: Caribou Habitat 

– Planning Area 

Overview 

Map 2-10 shows the locations of caribou herds, as represented by their total range, summer range, winter 

range, and calving ground. Information about eight caribou herds is included: Western Arctic, Sunshine 

Mountains, Beaver Mountains, Mulchatna, Farewell-Big River, Rainy Pass, Tonzona, and Denali. The 

map also shows a known caribou migration route, the proposed Innoko Bottoms Priority Wildlife Habitat 

Area, BLM-managed land, and the INHT primary and connecting routes. The winter range and total range 

of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd includes the northern portion of the planning area/Nulato Hills area. 

The winter range and total range of the Mulchatna Caribou Herd occurs in the southeastern portion of the 

planning area, with summer range at the southern edge of the planning area, and a calving ground south 

of Lime Village. The Beaver Mountains Caribou Herd total range and summer range is shown west and 

southwest of McGrath. The Sunshine Mountains Caribou Herd total range and summer range is shown at 

the northern edge of the planning area, north of McGrath. The Tonzona Caribou Herd total range and 

summer range is at the east end of the planning area, near Denali National Park. In the same area, a 

small sliver of the Denali Caribou Herd total range intersects the Tonzona Caribou Herd total and summer 

range. The Rainy Pass Caribou Herd total range and summer range is at the east end of the planning 

area, generally south of the INHT. The Farewell-Big River Caribou Herd total range and summer range 

overlap those of the Rainy Pass Caribou Herd but are mostly further to the west and northwest. The 

known caribou migration route is at the southern end of the planning area, south of Lime Village, and 

overlaps summer range and calving ground for the Mulchatna Caribou Herd.
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2-11: Dall Sheep, 

Bison, & Muskox 

Habitat – Planning 

Area Overview

Map 2-11 shows habitat (range or distribution) for plains bison, wood bison, muskox, and Dall sheep in 

the planning area. The map also shows the proposed Innoko Bottoms Priority Wildlife Habitat Area, BLMmanaged land, and the INHT primary and connecting routes. Plains bison range is north of the Alaska 

Range, and there is a small amount of overlap with Dall sheep range near the intersection of the Tatina 

and South Fork Kuskokwim River, as shown in an inset box. The wood bison extent range extends from 

Bethel to the northern edge of the planning area at the Innoko NWR boundary. It includes all of the 

proposed Innoko Bottoms Priority Wildlife Habitat Area. The smaller wood bison core range also includes 

all of the proposed Innoko Bottoms Priority Wildlife Habitat Area. Muskox range is shown in the area north 

of the Unalakleet River. Dall sheep distribution is mapped in high elevation areas of the Alaska Range. 

2-12: Landscape 

Connectivity Corridors 

– Land Facet 

Modeling - Linkages 

between Innoko and 

Yukon Delta National 

Refuges – Alternatives 

B & C

Map 2-12 shows the locations of connectivity corridors proposed under Alternatives B and C. There are 

two connectivity corridors mapped: north and south, and the legend states that Alternative B would 

manage for both North and South Connectivity Corridors, and Alternative C would manage for just the 

South Connectivity Corridor. The display of each connectivity corridor differentiates between the most 

permeable portion of the corridor and the wider linkage. The map also shows the proposed Innoko 

Bottoms Priority Wildlife Habitat Area, BLM-managed land, and the INHT primary and connecting routes. 

Both connectivity corridors connect the Yukon Delta and Innoko NWRs. The North Connectivity Corridor 

runs east-west near the northern end of the Yukon Delta NWR and north of the proposed Innoko Bottoms 

Priority Wildlife Habitat Area. The South Connectivity Corridor has an east-west and a north-south 

component, both of which include the proposed Innoko Bottoms Priority Wildlife Habitat Area. For both 

connectivity corridors, the most permeable portion is in the center of the corridor.

2-13: Potential Fossil 

Yield Classification – 

Planning Area 

Overview 

Map 2-13 shows the Potential Fossil Yield Classification (PFYC) of BLM-managed and other lands within 

the planning area. It also includes areas of water, snow or ice, and the INHT primary route and 

connecting/side trails. No areas of “Very high” (PFYC 5) or “High” (PFYC 4) potential fossil yield have 

been identified in the planning area. Most of the planning area has a classification of “unknown” PFYC as 

it has not been studied.

2-14: Visual 

Resources 

Management (VRM) – 

Alternative B

Map 2-14 shows the visual resource management (VRM) classifications that would be designated for 

BLM-managed land under Alternative B. VRM Class I is the strictest, and the map shows 1,335,771 acres 

of this management class. These locations include the area surrounding Old Woman Mountain; corridors 

along the designated and proposed suitable Wild and Scenic River segments; and BLM-managed lands 

along the INHT. Map 2-14 shows 6,490,087 acres of land designated VRM Class II. These areas include 

buffers outside of the INHT, Pike Lake, and designated and suitable Wild and Scenic Rivers; 5-mile 

buffers (for public land) around BSWI communities; a 15-mile buffer around the community of Flat; as well 

as the Sheefish, Tagagawik, and Unalakleet River Watershed Areas of Critical Environmental Concern 

(ACECs). VRM Class III includes 3,516,066 acres, almost all of which is located in the remaining eight 

ACECs; with the remainder located in a 5-mile buffer of national and State park or wildlife refuge borders

or subsistence use areas that overlap areas with scenic quality rating B or C. BLM land outside of these 

designations (2,123,971 acres) is shown as VRM Class IV.

2-15: Visual 

Resources 

Management (VRM) – 

Alternative C

Map 2-15 shows the VRM classifications that would be designated for BLM-managed land under 

Alternative C. VRM Class I is the strictest, and the map shows 46,953 acres of this management class, all 

located in the designated Unalakleet Wild River Corridor. Map 2-15 shows 2,766,229 acres designated 

VRM Class II. These areas include buffers outside of Old Woman Mountain, the Unalakleet Wild River 

Corridor, Pike Lake, and the INHT, as well as the Sheefish, Tagagawik, and Unalakleet River Watershed 

ACECs. VRM Class III includes 6,095,778 acres, almost all of which is located in the remaining eight 

ACECs, with the remainder located in INHT side and connector trails, a 2.5-mile buffer of national and 

State park or wildlife refuge borders, buffers (for public land) around BSWI communities, a 15-mile offset 

around the community of Flat, or subsistence use areas that overlap areas with scenic quality rating B or 

C. BLM land outside of these designations (4,556,934 acres) is shown as VRM Class IV.
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2-16: Visual 

Resources 

Management (VRM) – 

Alternative D

Map 2-16 shows the VRM classifications that would be designated for BLM-managed land under 

Alternative D. VRM Class I is the strictest, and the map shows 46,953 acres of this management class, all 

located in the designated Unalakleet Wild River Corridor. Map 2-16 shows 679,553 acres designated 

VRM Class II. These areas include buffers outside the INHT. VRM Class III includes 6,140,235 acres, 

more half of which is buffer outside the INHT and connector/side trails and subsistence use areas that 

overlap areas with scenic quality rating B or C, with the remainder located in buffers around Old Woman 

Mountain, the Unalakleet Wild River Corridor, and BSWI communities. BLM land outside of these 

designations (6,599,152 acres) is shown as VRM Class IV. 

2-17: Lands Managed 

for Wilderness 

Characteristics – 

Alternative B

Map 2-17 shows proposed protection classes for lands with wilderness characteristics under Alternative B. 

The map also shows the INHT primary and connecting routes. Lands managed to protect wilderness 

characteristics as a priority over other uses (Top-Level Protection) would include 277,489 acres in several 

tracts on the east side of the planning area near Denali National Park. The map shows that more than 90

percent of BLM land in the planning area (12,040,490 acres) would be managed to emphasize multiple 

uses while applying management restrictions to reduce impacts on wilderness characteristics (Mid-Level 

Protection). BLM lands managed to emphasize other resource values over protecting wilderness 

characteristics (Low-Level Protection) would include 1,148,024 acres.

2-18: Lands Managed 

for Wilderness 

Characteristics – 

Alternative C

Map 2-18 shows proposed protection classes for lands with wilderness characteristics under Alternative 

C. The map also shows the INHT primary and connecting routes. No acreage would be managed to 

protect wilderness characteristics as a priority over other uses. The map shows that more than 60 percent 

of BLM land in the planning area (8,105,942 acres) would be managed to emphasize multiple uses while 

applying management restrictions to reduce impacts on wilderness characteristics (Mid-Level Protection). 

BLM lands managed to emphasize other resource values over protecting wilderness characteristics (LowLevel Protection) would include 5,360,060 acres.

2-19: Lands Managed 

for Wilderness 

Characteristics – 

Alternative D

Map 2-19 shows that under Alternative D, no BLM-managed land in the planning area would have 

designated management protections for wilderness characteristics. The map also shows the INHT primary 

and connecting routes.

2-20: Commercial 

Woodland Harvest 

Area – Alternative B

Map 2-20 shows commercial woodland harvest areas that are permitted or closed to commercial harvest 

and minor areas permitted on a case-by-case basis for Alternative B. The map also shows the INHT 

primary and connecting routes. The permitted commercial woodland harvest areas are generally in the far 

northern and central portions of the planning area and represent less than half of the BLM-managed 

planning area. Areas permitted on a case-by-case basis are minimal and located in the far northwest of 

the planning area north of the Kateel River. Areas closed to commercial woodland harvest are located in 

the northwestern and eastern portions of the BLM-managed lands in the planning area and along 

floodplains. 

2-21: Commercial 

Woodland Harvest 

Area – Alternative C

Map 2-21 shows commercial woodland harvest areas that are permitted or closed to commercial harvest 

and areas permitted under a case-by-case basis for Alternative C. The map also shows the INHT primary 

and connecting routes. A larger area, almost three-quarters of the planning area, is open to commercial 

woodland harvest compared to Alternative B, and a larger area is open to permits granted on a case-bycase basis: additional areas along the Kateel, North, and Anvik Rivers, along drainages to the Kuskokwim 

River, and along other drainages. Less than 1 percent of the planning area would be closed to harvest 

along the Unalakleet River.

2-22: Commercial 

Woodland Harvest 

Area – Alternative D

Map 2-22 shows permitted commercial woodland harvest areas and areas where commercial harvest is 

granted on a case-by-case basis under Alternative D. The map also shows the INHT primary and 

connecting routes. All designated woodland harvest areas would be open to commercial harvest as 

compared to Alternatives B and C. Only minor areas in the far northwest of the planning area north of the 

Kateel River would be open to permits granted on a case-by-case basis. 
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2-23: Casual Use 

Subsistence 

Woodland Harvest 

Areas – Alternatives B 

& C

Map 2-23 shows casual use subsistence woodland harvest areas under Alternatives B and C. These 

areas are the same as those areas designated for commercial woodland harvest located in the northern 

and central portion of the planning area. The minor areas where permits are granted on a case-by-case 

basis are located only in the far northwest of the planning area north of the Kateel River. The map also 

shows the INHT primary and connecting routes.

2-24: Grazing – 

Alternative B

Map 2-24 shows grazing lands on BLM-managed land under Alternative B. All BLM-managed lands are 

closed to grazing under this alternative. The map also shows the INHT primary and connecting routes.

2-25: Grazing –

Alternative C

Map 2-25 shows grazing lands on BLM-managed land under Alternative C. The map also shows the INHT 

primary and connecting routes. Areas closed to grazing, closed to grazing until standards are developed, 

and areas potentially open to grazing on a case-by-case basis are shown. Areas potentially open to 

grazing on a case-by-case basis represent the largest portion of the BLM-managed lands and are 

generally in the northernmost portion of the planning area and in central portions of the planning area, 

generally between Aniak and the Alaska Range to the east. Areas closed until standards are developed 

(High Value Watersheds) are interspersed with the case-by-case areas. Minor areas closed to grazing 

represent the smallest acreage. Lands are closed to grazing along a portion of the Unalakleet River and 

also in an area northeast of the Unalakleet and North Rivers. An area southeast of the intersection of the 

Tatina and South Fork Kuskokwim Rivers also is closed to grazing as well as a minor area along the INHT

southeast of McGrath.

2-26: Grazing –

Alternative D

Map 2-26 shows grazing lands under Alternative D. Under this alternative, all of the designated grazing 

lands under Alternatives B and C would potentially be open to grazing. The map also shows the INHT 

primary and connecting routes.

2-27: Locatable 

Mineral Decisions – 

Alternative B

Map 2-27 shows locatable mineral decisions for Alternative B. Areas open to locatable mineral entry and 

withdrawn from locatable mineral entry on BLM-managed lands are shown along with areas of medium to 

high locatable mineral potential. The map also shows the INHT primary and connecting routes. The total 

area of locatable mineral potential extends from the northernmost planning area boundary north of the 

Kateel River, south to Russian Mission, then east generally in the central planning area. The area open to 

mineral entry represents 27 percent of BLM-managed lands in the planning area, while the area 

withdrawn from mineral entry represents 73 percent of BLM-managed lands in the planning area. 

2-28: Locatable

Mineral Decisions – 

Alternative C & D

Map 2-28 shows locatable mineral decisions for Alternatives C and D. The map also shows the INHT 

primary and connecting routes. Locatable mineral potential is the same as for Alternative B. The only area 

withdrawn from locatable mineral entry is along the Unalakleet River. The rest of BLM-managed land is 

open to mineral entry. 

2-29: Salable Mineral 

Decisions – 

Alternative B

Map 2-29 shows salable mineral decisions for Alternative B. Areas on BLM-managed lands open to

salable minerals and areas withdrawn from salable minerals are shown. The map also shows the INHT 

primary and connecting routes. The salable mineral area extends from the northernmost planning area 

boundary north of the Kateel River, south to Russian Mission, then east generally in the central planning 

area. The area open to salable minerals represents 27 percent of BLM-managed lands in the planning 

area, while the area closed to salable minerals represents 73 percent of BLM-managed lands in the 

planning area. 

2-30: Salable Mineral 

Decisions – 

Alternative C

Map 2-30 shows salable mineral decisions for Alternative C. Areas on BLM-managed lands open to 

salable minerals, open on a case-by-case basis, and areas closed to salable minerals are shown. The 

map also shows the INHT primary and connecting routes. The total area of BLM-managed lands for 

salable minerals is the same as for Alternative B. The area open to salable minerals represents 49

percent of BLM-managed lands in the planning area, while the area open to salable minerals on a caseby-case basis represents 48 percent of BLM-managed lands in the planning area. The area closed to 

salable minerals represents 2 percent of BLM-managed lands in the planning area. 
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2-31: Salable Mineral 

Decisions – 

Alternative D

Map 2-31 shows salable mineral decisions for Alternative D. Areas on BLM-managed lands open to 

salable minerals and areas closed to salable minerals are shown. The map also shows the INHT primary 

and connecting routes. The total area of BLM-managed lands for salable minerals is the same as for 

Alternative B. The area open to salable minerals represents approximately 98 percent of BLM-managed 

lands in the planning area, while the area closed to salable minerals represents 2 percent of BLMmanaged lands in the planning area. 

2-32: Leasable 

Mineral Potential – 

Planning Area 

Overview 

Map 2-32 shows leasable mineral potential and public land order (PLO) existing conditions within the 

planning area. Areas open and closed to mineral entry and the INHT primary and connecting routes are 

also shown. There are two geothermal potential hot springs in the Hot Spring Creek and Upper Chuilnuk 

River regions. A geothermal region occurs in the far northern portion of the planning area northwest of the 

Kateel River. Four potential oil and gas basins are shown: one in the southeastern portion of the Yukon 

Delta, two in the eastern portion of the planning area, and one, the Innoko Basin, in the Innoko NWR 

within the north-central portion of the planning area. Two smaller coal basins are shown. The Lower 

Koyukuk Basin is located in the northernmost planning area northeast of the Kateel River and the 

Minchumina Basin is located southeast of McGrath in the eastern planning area.

2-33: No Surface 

Occupancy (NSO) 

Leasables – 

Alternative B

Map 2-33 shows no surface occupancy leasable mineral areas that are subject to valid and existing rights 

for leasable potential for geothermal hot springs, coal basins, geothermal regions, and oil and gas under 

Alternative B. The map also shows leasable mineral decisions for areas open to leasing subject to 

standard limitations, areas of no surface occupancy subject to valid and existing rights, and areas closed 

to leasable minerals. Almost 70 percent of BLM-managed lands in the planning area would be closed to 

leasable minerals. Seventeen percent of the area would be open subject to standard stipulations, and 12

percent would be no surface occupancy subject to valid and existing rights. 

2-34: No Surface 

Occupancy (NSO) 

Leasables – 

Alternative C

Map 2-34 shows no surface occupancy mining areas that are subject to valid and existing rights for 

leasable potential for geothermal hot springs, coal basins, geothermal regions, and oil and gas under 

Alternative C. The map also shows leasable mineral decisions for areas open to leasing subject to 

standard limitations, areas of no surface occupancy subject to valid and existing rights, and areas closed 

to leasable minerals. Less than 1 percent of BLM-managed lands in the planning area would be closed to 

leasable minerals predominantly along the Unalakleet River. Forty-nine percent of BLM-managed lands 

would be open subject to standard stipulations, and 51 percent would be no surface occupancy subject to 

valid and existing rights. These areas are scattered throughout the planning area, with a larger proportion 

of no surface occupancy leasable areas concentrated along the western band of BLM-managed land in 

the planning area and larger proportion of areas open subject to standard stipulations concentrated along 

the southern band of BLM-managed land in the planning area. More acres would be open subject to 

standard stipulations and no surface occupancy subject to valid and existing rights than under Alternative 

B.

2-35: No Surface 

Occupancy (NSO) 

Leasables – 

Alternative D

Map 2-35 shows no surface occupancy leasable mineral areas that are subject to valid and existing rights 

for leasable potential for geothermal hot springs, coal basins, geothermal regions, and oil and gas under 

Alternative D. The map also shows leasable mineral decisions for areas open to leasing subject to 

standard limitations, areas of no surface occupancy subject to valid and existing rights, and areas closed 

to leasable minerals. The same areas as under Alternative C would be closed to leasable minerals, and a 

relatively small area near Anvik, Shageluk, and Holy Cross would be no surface occupancy leasable. 

More acres would be open subject to standard stipulations and fewer acres would be no surface 

occupancy subject to valid and existing rights than under Alternatives B and C.
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2-36: Proposed 

FLPMA Withdrawals 

for the Iditarod 

National Historic Trail 

– Alternatives B & C 

Map 2-36 shows proposed Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) withdrawals for the INHT

for Alternatives B and C along with BLM public shelter cabin locations. Also shown are the land managers 

and respective managed areas within the planning area. The proposed FLPMA withdrawals are 363 acres 

along 1 mile of the primary INHT near the Rohn Public Shelter Cabin; 2,732 acres along 21 miles of the 

primary INHT in the Farewell Burn area in the vicinity of the Bear Creek Public Shelter Cabin; and 1,897 

acres along 16 miles of the primary INHT in the vicinity of Kaltag Portage and the Old Woman Public 

Shelter Cabin. No FLPMA withdrawals are proposed under Alternative D. Proposed FLPMA withdrawals 

under Alternative B are for locatable, leasable, and saleable mineral entry, while under Alternative C, the 

determination of whether the FLPMA withdrawal would include all or some of these resources would be 

made when the withdrawal is proposed.

2-37: Lands and 

Realty – Alternative B

Map 2-37 shows areas that are either proposed for withdrawal, retained for withdrawal, or proposed to 

have existing withdrawals revoked under Alternative B. Withdrawals shown on this map include PLOs, 

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) 17(d) withdrawals, FLPMA withdrawals, and mineral 

withdrawals that are newly proposed, identified for retainment, or identified for revocation under 

Alternative B. A large portion of BLM-managed land is shown as proposed for withdrawal on this map due 

to proposed locatable mineral withdrawals on 73 percent of BLM-managed land in the planning area. This 

map also shows land ownership; locations of Unalakleet Administrative Sites, BLM public shelter cabins, 

and ANCSA 17(d) sites; water; and the INHT primary and connecting routes.

2-38: Lands and 

Realty – Alternative C

Map 2-38 shows areas that are either proposed for withdrawal, retained for withdrawal, or proposed to 

have existing withdrawals revoked under Alternative C. Withdrawals shown on this map include PLOs, 

ANCSA 17(d) withdrawals, FLPMA withdrawals, and mineral withdrawals that are newly proposed, 

identified for retainment, or identified for revocation under Alternative C. Only a very small area of existing 

withdrawals are identified for retainment, along the Unalakleet Wild River Corridor. The proposed 

withdrawals are focused around the Kaltag Portage, Farewell Burn, and Rohn segments of the INHT. This 

map also shows land ownership; locations of Unalakleet Administrative Sites, BLM public shelter cabins, 

and ANCSA 17(d) sites; water; and the INHT primary and connecting routes.

2-39: Lands and 

Realty – Alternative D

Map 2-39 shows areas where existing withdrawals would be retained in a hatched pattern and areas 

proposed to have existing withdrawals revoked under Alternative D shown in solid orange. There are no 

areas proposed for new withdrawal under Alternative D. Retained areas are along the Unalakleet River.

This map also shows land ownership; locations of Unalakleet Administrative Sites, BLM public shelter 

cabins, and ANCSA 17(d) sites; water; and the INHT primary and connecting routes.

2-40: FLPMA Right-ofWay (ROW) Exclusion 

and Avoidance Areas 

– Alternative B

Map 2-40 shows Alternative B areas proposed for FLPMA right-of-way (ROW) exclusion, avoidance, or 

open to ROW development. The proposed ROW exclusion areas are primarily located in the north-central 

to central portion of the planning area. The majority of the planning area would be proposed as ROW

avoidance. Areas that would be open to new ROW development are scattered throughout the planning 

area, with some located northwest and southeast of the Kateel River in the northernmost portion of the 

planning area and the majority scattered in the central part of the planning area. The map also shows the 

location of BLM public shelter cabins and the INHT primary, connecting, and contemporary routes.

2-41: FLPMA Right-ofWay (ROW) Exclusion 

and Avoidance Areas 

– Alternative C

Map 2-41 shows Alternative C areas proposed for FLPMA ROW avoidance, linear project ROW

avoidance, or open to ROW development. The majority of the planning area starting from the 

northernmost portion traveling south past the Unalakleet River and past the Anvik River to the boundary of 

the Yukon Delta NWR would be ROW avoidance. From there, moving east to the eastern boundary of the 

planning area, there are slightly more areas open to ROW. The map also shows the location of BLM 

public shelter cabins and the INHT primary, connecting, and contemporary routes.
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2-42: FLPMA Right-ofWay (ROW) Exclusion 

and Avoidance Areas 

– Alternative D

Map 2-42 shows areas proposed for FLPMA ROW avoidance areas, areas open to ROW development, 

and areas open to new ROW on a case-by-case basis under Alternative D. The planning area, starting 

from the northernmost portion, south past the Unalakleet and Anvik Rivers to the boundary of the Yukon 

Delta NWR is nearly half proposed for ROW avoidance and nearly half proposed as open to ROW. 

However, some areas scattered around the Unalakleet River would be open to ROW on a case-by-case 

basis. From there moving east to the eastern boundary of the planning area, the majority is open to ROW 

development. The map also shows the location of BLM public shelter cabins and the INHT primary, 

connecting, and contemporary routes.

2-43: Recreation 

Management Areas 

(RMAs) – Alternative 

B 

Map 2-43 shows the locations of the INHT Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) under 

Alternative B. The map shows INHT primary, connecting, and contemporary routes. Five SRMA locations

are shown, the largest of which is along the Unalakleet River. The other SRMA locations are east of 

Anvik, east of Shageluk, south of Nikolai, and where the Tatina River crosses the South Fork Kuskokwim 

River. The remaining BLM land in the planning area is shown as Extensive Recreation Management Area 

(ERMA). The map also shows the outlines of the “Community Focus Zones” on BLM-managed land, 

which encompasses the areas within a 10-mile radius around the BSWI villages.

2-44: Recreation 

Management Areas 

(RMAs) – Alternative 

C 

Map 2-44 shows Alternative C with the same SRMA and ERMA locations as those described for Map 2-43 

for Alternative B. The map also shows the outlines of the “Community Focus Zones” on BLM-managed 

land around BSWI villages; these are smaller than those shown in Map 2-43 and include a 5-mile radius 

around communities.

2-45: Recreation 

Management Areas 

(RMAs) – Alternative 

D 

Map 2-45 shows Alternative D with the same SRMA and ERMA locations as those described for Map 2-43

for Alternative B. No Community Focus Zones are shown in this map or included in Alternative D.

2-46: Travel and 

Transportation

Management – 

Alternative B

Map 2-46 shows Alternative B’s Travel and Transportation Management Areas. The map also shows 

roads and the INHT primary, connecting, and contemporary routes. Almost all of the BLM-managed land 

in the planning area is shown with the Off-Highway Vehicle Area designation of “Limited.” The map also 

shows the locations of the Unalakleet Wild and Scenic River Corridor, the Lands with Wilderness 

Characteristics Travel Management Area (near Denali National Park), and the INHT Travel Management 

Area. The figure notes that the Rohn Site is within the INHT Travel Management Area but has specific 

management decisions beyond those included in the INHT Travel Management Area. The figure also 

notes that no data are available for known Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers intervillage surface travel routes.

2-47: Travel and 

Transportation 

Management – 

Alternatives C & D

Map 2-47 shows the Travel and Transportation Management areas for Alternatives C and D. These are 

the same as Alternative B except that the Lands with Wilderness Characteristics Travel Management area 

has no special designation and is not included.

2-48: Areas of Critical 

Environmental 

Concern (ACECs) – 

Alternative B

Map 2-48 shows the locations of ACECs proposed under Alternative B. Beginning in the northern part of 

the planning area, the ACECs include Tagagawik River, Kateel River, Inglutalik River, Ungalik River, 

Gisasa River, Shaktoolik River, Nulato River, Unalakleet River Watershed, Anvik River Watershed, Anvik 

Traditional Trapping Area, Sheefish Spawning, and Swift River Whitefish Spawning. The map also shows 

the INHT primary and connecting routes.

2-49: National 

Conservation Lands 

Iditarod National 

Historic Trail 

Proposed National 

Trail Management 

Corridor – Alternative 

B 

Map 2-49 shows the INHT proposed National Trail Management Corridor (NTMC) for Alternative B. The 

map also shows land ownership, water, and the INHT primary, connecting, and contemporary routes. The 

proposed Kaltag Portage NTMC includes 36 miles of primary INHT and 241,512 acres; it is located near 

the Unalakleet Wild River just northwest of the Innoko NWR. The proposed Farewell Burn NTMC includes 

21 miles of primary INHT and 46,591 acres, located south of Nikolai. The proposed Rohn NTMC includes 

1 mile of primary INHT and 363 acres, located southeast of the Farewell Burn NTMC. The locations of five 

public shelter cabins are shown: Rohn (near the Rohn NTMC), Bear Creek (located at the eastern end of 

the Farewell Burn NTMC), Tripod Flats (located at the eastern end of the Kaltag Portage NTMC), Old 

Woman (located in the middle of the Kaltag Portage NTMC), and Foothills (located north of Unalakleet just 

north of the planning area boundary).
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2-50: National 

Conservation Lands 

Iditarod National 

Historic Trail 

Proposed National 

Trail Management 

Corridor – Alternatives 

C & D

Map 2-50 shows that the location of the INHT NTMC is the same under Alternatives C and D as it is under 

Alternative B. The Kaltag Portage and Rohn sections cover the same area as under Alternative B. The 

Farewell Burn segment is the same length but includes 31,367 acres. The same cabins and INHT routes

shown in Map 2-49 are also shown.

2-51: Wild & Scenic 

Rivers (WSR) – 

Alternative B

Map 2-51 shows the locations of designated and proposed suitable Wild and Scenic River segments on 

BLM-managed land in the planning area. These include the designated Unalakleet Wild River and the 

proposed suitable waterways of North Fork Unalakleet, Anvik River, Swift River (Anvik), Otter Creek 

(Anvik), Canyon Creek, Yellow River, Theodore Creek, Yukon River, Otter Creek (Tuluksak), Tatlawiksuk 

River, Blackwater Creek, Big River, Middle Fork North Fork Kuskokwim River, Pitka Fork Middle Fork 

Kuskokwim River, Sheep Creek, Sullivan Creek, Bear Creek (Nikolai) and Salmon River (Nikolai). The 

Unalakleet Wild River Corridor comprises 83 river miles (46,953 acres). The proposed suitable waterways 

comprise 671 river miles (332,177 acres).

2-52: Wild & Scenic 

Rivers (WSR) – 

Alternatives C & D

Map 2-52 shows that under Alternatives C and D, only the designated Unalakleet Wild River Corridor (83 

river miles; 46,953 acres) would be brought forward as part of the National Wild and Scenic River System.