US Bureau of Land Management Activities
The BLM has been hard at work the past few years bolstering ecosystem functionality among historically placer mined streams such as Nome Creek in interior Alaska. We’ve incorporated an integrated strategy using Natural Channel Design (NCD), Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration (LTPBR), and revegetation techniques to improve degraded stream processes while adding aquatic habitat beneficial to fish and wildlife.
In 2025, will continue their efforts downstream of the Nome Creek bridge, adding more functional features to improve the aquatic ecosystem. BLM is inviting folks to come learn about restoration and participate in revegetating stream banks and creating instream structures to recover aquatic habitat. The knowledge and experiences shared here will help foster a collaborative environement among agencies and communities, building toward a common goal aimed at restoring our Alaska streams.
2025 Events
A comprehensive toolbox: tools and strategies for effective restoration: June 24, 2025. 10 AM – 3 PM. Location: Nome Creek, White Mountains NRA (1.5 hour drive from Fairbanks).
Tour the restoration site learning about restoration techniques used, and get hands on experience implementing PALS & BDAs commonly used in LTPBR to bolster functional stream habitat. The event will be composed of two separate sections: a tour and hands on portion. Volunteers do not have to attend both sections. Furthermore, volunteers are welcome to leave at any point during the event. Participants must provide their own lunches and knee high boots (or waders).
Tour: 10AM-12PM
Hands on restoration implementation: 1:00PM – 3PM (volunteers can leave at anytime throughout the day)
If interested, please contact Manny May no later than June 2nd (ejmay@blm.gov or call 907-474-2381)
Growing Together: A Community Floodplain Revegetation Effort: September 20 or September 27 (weather dependent). 10 AM – 2 PM. Location: Nome Creek, White Mountains NRA (1.5 hour drive from Fairbanks).
Volunteers will learn and use different revegetation techniques among stations led and instructed by BLM staff. They will also learn about Nome Creek and its exceptional recreational opportunities available to the public, including camping.
Requesting 6-20 Volunteers – If interested, please contact Ryan Lane no later than September 5th ( rlane@blm.gov or call 907-474-2345)
Arctic Beringia Fish Ecology 