Revoke the public land orders holding back Alaska land transfers
What the document says“All other remaining BLM PLOs—all of which are more than 50 years old—should be revoked immediately.”
The chapter states that Alaska and Alaska Natives each still have 5 million acres of entitlement outstanding, that public land orders issued by the BLM stand in the way, and that revoking one order in particular would deliver 1.3 million acres to the state and should be a top priority.
What the document actually says“All other remaining BLM PLOs—all of which are more than 50 years old—should be revoked immediately.”
The rest of these land orders are over 50 years old. Revoke them all at once.
Alaska was promised land when it became a state. Some was never handed over. Old orders hold it back. The book says those orders should go.
Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential
2025-01-20 · 90 FR 8347
The chapter named Public Land Order 5150 specifically, saying its revocation would give Alaska 1.3 million acres and should be a top priority. This order directs that changes to it, including potential rescission, be evaluated. Directing an evaluation is not the revocation the chapter asked for.
The book asked that old land orders in Alaska be pulled at once. It named one that would give the state 1.3 million acres. This order tells staff to study changes to it, which could include pulling it. A study is not the act the book asked for.
1 agency rule
- Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska-2025-26 and 2026-27 Subsistence Taking of Fish and Shellfish RegulationsAgriculture Department, Forest Service, Interior Department, Office of the Secretary of the Interior · July 18, 2025
Each of these names the order above in its own summary, preamble or filing. That is a fact about the document, not a finding that it carries out this proposal: it is one step further away than the order is, and what it does about the proposal is a reading nobody has made here.