Department of the Interior Initiates Next Steps for Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans Land Allotment Program Selections
Obrien Creek Tributary Fortymile River in Alaska Source: Teri Balser/BLM Agency Begins Tribal Consultation on Decisions to Open Additional Public Land to Selection May 15, 2021 - WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior has announced the next steps in the implementation of the Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans Land Allotment Program. While the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) reviews the previous Administration’s broad Public Lands Orders (PLOs), the bureau will expedite and process veterans’ allotment applications across the area addressed by those orders. The Department will also ...