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Compatibility Determination for NANA Regional Broadband Network on Selawik NWR

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Alaska

Notice of public comment period for NANA Regional Broadband Network project draft Compatibility Determination

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) – Selawik National Wildlife Refuge has prepared a draft Compatibility Determination (CD) for a right-of-way for construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications line on Service lands.  The Service invites interested persons to make comments on the draft CD as it affects their interest in the area and on how the construction, maintenance and operation of a telecommunications line may affect refuge purposes and/or the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System.  

The CD is available online here, and hard copies are available at 160 2nd Ave, Kotzebue, Alaska.

Comments may be submitted via email to: selawik@fws.gov or via mail to: Selawik National Wildlife Refuge – Refuge Manager, PO Box 270, Kotzebue, AK 99752. 

Comments will be accepted through February 27, 2026.

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Selawik NWR draft CD for public comment - NRBN
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Selawik NWR draft CD for public comment - NRBN

NANA Regional Broadband NetworkDraft compatibility determination for a right-of-way for construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications line on Service lands. Posted 2/5/26 for a comment period that runs through 2/27/26. 

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Eight caribou stand in a row in the snow on Selawik Refuge. Behind them, blue and white mountains emerge.
Selawik National Wildlife Refuge
Straddling the Arctic Circle in a remote corner of northwestern Alaska lies Selawik Refuge, a special place of extreme climate, free-flowing rivers, and abundant wildlife. Here where the boreal forest of interior Alaska meets the Arctic tundra, thousands of waterfowl, shorebirds, fish, insects and...
National Wildlife Refuge
Kotzebue,AK