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Bureau of Land Management Alask~ APRIL 1978 Our cover photos include the Haul Road on the North Slope, Grizzly bears eating grass near the pipeline, Sukakpak Mountain, Alaska State Office the , and the pipeline winding 555 Cordova Street through the Corridor. Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Curtis V. McVee THE LAND is published State Director bi-monthly by the Bur­ eau of Land Management to inform cooperating Fairbanks District Office Anchorage District Office agencies and the public 1028 Aurora Drive 4700 E. 72nd Avenue about its. activities. Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 Anchorage, Alaska 99507 Carl D. Johnson Richard W. Tindall Editor: Robin Lee Cacy District Manager District Manager Contributors: Mary Gillean, Joette Storm, Kerry Cartier, Marion Arctic-Kobuk Resource Area McGrath Resource Area Kennedy, Norma DeBaker. Fairbanks District Office Anchorage District Office For a free copy, write~

Public Affairs Office Yukon Resource Area Peninsula Resource Area BLM Alaska State Office Fairbanks District Office Anchorage District Office 555 Cordova Street Anchorage, Alaska 995

I Fortymile Resource Area Glennallen Resource Area P.O. Box 307 P.O. Box 147 Tok, Alaska 99588 Glennallen, Alaska 99588 (Con't from Pg. 11) District from the Alas­ be reproduced and ready in packs \vhen allmved ka Pipeline Office, for public inspection to run free. left Talkeetna March 6 within a few \veeks When they come upon to monitor the cat along with a public a moose or other wild train, consisting of brochure summarizing animal their instinct two tractors, two large the 200 page document is to chase the animal nodwells, and one small and interpreting some and they will attack it nodwell, a house trail­ of the features of the if given the chance. er on a sled, and t\vo area. a The problem could be­ small drills. The come critical if it house trailer which continues since a num­ \vill be used as an Dogs Attack ber of moose winter in emergency shelter and the Campbell Creek office space during the Moose on area. test is being used by Mangan says resi­ the crew as it travels Campbell dents of the area to the W~tana site. should know that there Later a second cat Tr:;1ct is a $300 fine for per­ trail will follow with mitting pets to run a larger drill mounted Free running dogs loose. He adds that on a S\vamp buggy. are becoming a problem State Fish and Game The delay in moving on the Campbell Creek Protection Officers are to the project sites tract managed by BLM. authorized under State will push the testing Earlier this week a law to shoot dogs if into the spring and pack of dogs attacked a they see them chasing summer season," says moose calve near the game. David Dagenhart, Glen­ BLM office. The dogs The protection of­ nallen Area geologist, are probably not wild, ficers will be patrol­ who has also been on says Larry Mangan, Pe­ ling the tract regular­ the job monitoring the ninsula Area wildlife ly to keep informed of project. He said the biologist, but are just the situation.aa corps should be able to pets which congregate complete drilling on the river before break­ up, but fears that Susitna Basin take to move in the other work will not oc­ equipment used for per­ cur until summer. Studies forming geological The proposed dam tests. sites are located on Delayed The Corps will be federal public land conducting the tests in currently managed by the Watana and Devil the BLM. Most of the Snow depths varying Canyon sites in order acreage has been se­ from nothing at all to to comply with a request lected by Alaska Na­ eight foot drifts slow­ from the Office of Man­ tive Corporations under ed the progress of the agement and Budget (OMB) the Alaska Native Army Corps of Engineers for information about Claims Settlement Act. cat train as it moved soils, earthquake po­ Prior to giving the from the Denali Highway tential, and gravel Corps of Engineers per­ toward the site of the sources. mission to conduct the proposed Watana hydro­ These preliminary studies, the BLM's electric project in the studies must be con­ Glennallen area staff Susitna River Basin. ducted before OMB will prepared an Environmen­ BLM field personnel release funds appropri­ tal Analysis of the accompanying the cat ated for extensive fea­ project and wrote sev­ train to monitor mobil­ sibility studies in the eral pages of stipula­ ization said the corps basin. tions with regard to had underestimated the Dwayne Carson, on how the work may be amount of time it would loan to BLM's Anchorage conducted ... 25 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR POSTAGE AND FEES PAID BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR INT 415 ALASKA STATE OFFICE 555 CORDOVA STREET ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99501

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