The public is invited to attend the upcoming Tanana Valley State Forest Citizens’ Advisory Committee meeting, at 6pm on April 25th. It will be held in the Large Conference Room in the Fairbanks DNR Building, 3700 Airport Way. This committee advises the Division on plans and proposals for managing the 1.8 million acre Tanana Valley State Forest, along with other forested state-owned lands within the Tanana Valley. Public testimony will be accepted during the meeting.
Topics for the CAC meeting include:
- Update on CAC participation in a NASA-funded research project: ‘Investigating Changes in Forests Across Alaska and Canada,’
- Carbon Credit Purchases in the Tanana Valley,
- Update on the status of forest management on military lands in the Tanana Valley,
- Update on the Society of American Foresters meeting,
- Presentation on a salmon habitat improvement project in the Lower Tanana Valley,
- Fairbanks/Delta Area Update,
- Tok Area Update, including review of Tok Five Year Schedule of Timber Sales,
- Statewide Forestry update
Please see the attached agenda for more details.
If you are unable to attend in person and would like to participate by teleconference, or for special accommodations due to audio or visual impairment, please contact Alison Arians by email or phone (alison.arians@alaska.gov, or (907) 269-8467) before April 23rd.
For additional information about the TVSF CAC, visit the committee’s webpage at http://forestry.alaska.gov/tvsf_committee.htm.