Incorporating Traditional Knowledge in the Bureau of Land Management's Planning Process in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

Abstract

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), like many federal government agencies in the US, has specific handbooks and manuals to provide guidance for preparing, amending, revising, and implementing BLM land use plans. These land use plans (or LUPs in the acronym-heavy world of the federal government) establish the goals and objectives for resource management, and serve as the basis for management actions, on the public lands that are covered by the plan.