Alaska Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Current Topics

Comment Period Reopens for "Proposed Land Exchange, Yukon Flats Draft Environmental Impact Statement."
In response to requests from the public, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on April 14 that it is re-opening the comment period relating to the "Proposed Land Exchange, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)." The re-opened 30-day comment period will begin with publication of the announcement in the Federal Register on Friday, April 18 and close on May 19th, 2008.Public comments may be submitted online or by mail to:

Yukon Flats EIS Project Office
c/o ENSR
1835 S. Bragaw Street
Suite 490
Anchorage, AK 99508-3438

Proposed Land Exchange and Acquisitions within the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge
The Service prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to address the potential impacts of the proposed exchange and other reasonable alternatives. Please visit the project website to view or download a copy of the DEIS, or to obtain additional information on the EIS process.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments, Reach Agreement