LAND MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Land Management Services
Land Management Services provides management assistance to restricted Native allotment and restricted townsite lot owners and their heirs.
Attention Native Allotment and Restricted Townsite Owners –
Did Typhoon Merbok destroy or alter your boundary markers? Are you unclear in general about the placement of the four corners of your lot? Please contact Kawerak Land Management Services to assist you in defining and marking your boundaries. The sooner you contact us, the sooner we can get you on the list for survey work.
If you have questions please contact Brian James, Kawerak’s LMS Specialist II, at 907-443-4324.
NOTICE TO VETERANS : John D. Dingell Jr Act, Public Law 116-9
If you have served in the military, or know a family member that has served anytime between the dates of August 5, 1964 – December 31, 1971 and have not applied for a Native Allotment; or were previously denied an Allotment; you may be eligible to receive an allotment under this new act passed by Congress. Please contact Kawerak Land Management Services so that we may start gathering information for the application process. Family members may apply for deceased Veterans.
Applications are open! LMS can assist veterans or their heirs to determine if they are eligible and the application process as much as we can.
Please call us at 907-443-4326 or 907-443-4324 or visit us at the Talialuk building, first floor, on Seppala Drive in Nome.
For more information on the program you can visit https://www.blm.gov/programs/lands-and-realty/regional-information/alaska/land-transfer/ak-native-allotment-act/alaska-native-vietnam-veterans-land-allotment.
Kawerak Land Management Services
Kawerak Land Management Services provides management assistance to Restricted Native Allotment and Restricted Townsite Lot owners and their heirs as the Service Provider for the BIA. Alaska Natives acquired restricted lands through the 1906 Allotment Act, and the 1926 Townsite Act. Villages that DO contain Restricted Townsite Lots are Brevig Mission, Teller, Golovin, Koyuk, St. Michael, Shaktoolik, and Stebbins.
Some of our services include:
- Probates
- Property Sales
- Gift Deeding
- Leasing and Permitting
- Title Recovery
- Mortgages
- BLM Adjudication Information
- Removal of Restrictions
- Resolving Trespass Settlements
- Granting Rights-of-way
- Probating Restricted Estates
- Wills
- Forestry
- Fire Suppression
- Environmental Consulting
The first step for ANY transaction is to contact our office directly and we will send an application with the information regarding the process for any transaction listed above. Any transactions notarized or recorded in court will NOT be valid unless they go through our office.
If you have a restricted townsite lot or native allotment or inherited interest in either, you:
- Cannot be taxed for your restricted property
- In certain circumstances, allotees do not need to pay taxes on income generated from their restricted property
- Are entitled to have your Last Will and Testament drafted free of charge, along with having your restricted estate automatically probated by the Kawerak Land Management Services Office and an Administrative Law Judge.
LMS staff and contacts:
- LMS- Toll free number- 1-800-443-4316
- Eva Dickson – Probate Specialist II- 907-443-4320, edickson@kawerak.org
- VACANT- Probate Specialist I
- VACANT – LMSS I,
- Brian James- LMSS II, 907-443-4324, bjames@kawerak.org
- VACANT – Program Director
Download the Kawerak Land Management Services Brochure: LMS Brochure
Land Management Services
Land Management Services provides management assistance to restricted Native allotment and restricted townsite lot owners and their heirs.
Attention Native Allotment and Restricted Townsite Owners –
Did Typhoon Merbok destroy or alter your boundary markers? Are you unclear in general about the placement of the four corners of your lot? Please contact Kawerak Land Management Services to assist you in defining and marking your boundaries. The sooner you contact us, the sooner we can get you on the list for survey work.
If you have questions please contact Brian James, Kawerak’s LMS Specialist II, at 907-443-4324.
NOTICE TO VETERANS : John D. Dingell Jr Act, Public Law 116-9
If you have served in the military, or know a family member that has served anytime between the dates of August 5, 1964 – December 31, 1971 and have not applied for a Native Allotment; or were previously denied an Allotment; you may be eligible to receive an allotment under this new act passed by Congress. Please contact Kawerak Land Management Services so that we may start gathering information for the application process. Family members may apply for deceased Veterans.
Applications are open! LMS can assist veterans or their heirs to determine if they are eligible and the application process as much as we can.
Please call us at 907-443-4326 or 907-443-4324 or visit us at the Talialuk building, first floor, on Seppala Drive in Nome.
For more information on the program you can visit https://www.blm.gov/programs/lands-and-realty/regional-information/alaska/land-transfer/ak-native-allotment-act/alaska-native-vietnam-veterans-land-allotment.
Kawerak Land Management Services
Kawerak Land Management Services provides management assistance to Restricted Native Allotment and Restricted Townsite Lot owners and their heirs as the Service Provider for the BIA. Alaska Natives acquired restricted lands through the 1906 Allotment Act, and the 1926 Townsite Act. Villages that DO contain Restricted Townsite Lots are Brevig Mission, Teller, Golovin, Koyuk, St. Michael, Shaktoolik, and Stebbins.
Some of our services include:
- Probates
- Property Sales
- Gift Deeding
- Leasing and Permitting
- Title Recovery
- Mortgages
- BLM Adjudication Information
- Removal of Restrictions
- Resolving Trespass Settlements
- Granting Rights-of-way
- Probating Restricted Estates
- Wills
- Forestry
- Fire Suppression
- Environmental Consulting
The first step for ANY transaction is to contact our office directly and we will send an application with the information regarding the process for any transaction listed above. Any transactions notarized or recorded in court will NOT be valid unless they go through our office.
If you have a restricted townsite lot or native allotment or inherited interest in either, you:
- Cannot be taxed for your restricted property
- In certain circumstances, allotees do not need to pay taxes on income generated from their restricted property
- Are entitled to have your Last Will and Testament drafted free of charge, along with having your restricted estate automatically probated by the Kawerak Land Management Services Office and an Administrative Law Judge.
LMS staff and contacts:
- LMS- Toll free number- 1-800-443-4316
- Eva Dickson – Probate Specialist II- 907-443-4320, edickson@kawerak.org
- VACANT- Probate Specialist I
- VACANT – LMSS I,
- Brian James- LMSS II, 907-443-4324, bjames@kawerak.org
- VACANT – Program Director
Download the Kawerak Land Management Services Brochure: LMS Brochure