The Board of Forestry will meet in Juneau and by teleconference on March 23-24 to
discuss statewide forestry issues and participate in a forest fisheries forum. The
meeting and forum will be held in Juneau and the public is invited to attend
The board will discuss statewide forestry issues from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on
Monday, March 23, and from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24.
The forest fisheries forum will be held from 1:30 to 5 p.m. on Monday, March 23.
The forum is being organized by board members and other stakeholders including the
Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership. Speakers will address interactions between
forestry and fisheries management and will discuss upcoming forestry-fisheries issues
and opportunities to cooperate on management and research.
Topics for the regular board meeting will include:
- Proposed Fiscal Year 2016 forestry, forest practices, and monitoring budgets,
- Proposed 2015 legislation related to forestry,
- Reforestation standards review process for Interior and Southcentral Alaska,
- State consideration of assumption of authority for Section 404 wetlands program,
- Wood energy in Alaska and state timber sales for wood energy projects,
- Southeast State Forest Management Plan,
- Federal forest management in Alaska including reports on national forest planning, Roadless Rule implementation, Southeast land ownership initiatives, and The Working Forest Group,
- Annual forest practices compliance and effectiveness monitoring reports,
- Annual reports from the departments of Natural Resources, Environmental
- Conservation, and Fish and Game,
- Annual Board of Forestry report to the Governor regarding Forest Resources and Practices Act effectiveness,
- Overview of Kodiak Island timber operations,
- Petition to list Alaska yellow-cedar under the Endangered Species Act,
- Overview of Alaska Forest Resources and Practices Act (FRPA) history
- Overview of the FRPA Detailed Plan of Operation process, and
- Division of Forestry program updates.
Other forestry matters may be included on the agenda. The meeting is intended
to comply with the requirements of AS 41.17.047(b) and (d).
Both events will be in the 2nd floor conference room of the Department of
Environmental Conservation, located at 410 Willoughby Ave. in Juneau. Public
comment is scheduled for Tuesday, March 24 at 1:30 p.m.
Teleconference sites will be available in Anchorage and Fairbanks. The Anchorage
teleconference location is the Division of Forestry conference room located in Suite
1450 of the Atwood Building, located at 550 W. 7th Ave. The Fairbanks site is the
medium conference room of the DNR Fairbanks office located at 3700 Airport Way.
Additional teleconference sites will be connected on Tuesday from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. during the public comment period and presentation on Kodiak forest practices activities. The additional sites will be at the Chiniak Public Library in Chiniak, AK and the Kodiak Legislative Information Office at 112 Mill Bay Road, Kodiak.
Anyone outside of Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau who would like to participate in
the teleconference should contact Marty Freeman at the Division of Forestry in
Anchorage at marty.freeman@alaska.gov or call her at 269-8467 no later than noon on
Wednesday, March 18. If no one has contacted Marty and no one is present at a
teleconference site by 9 a.m., the teleconference may be terminated at that site.
For additional information about the meeting and forum, or for special accommodations
due to audio or visual impairment, contact Marty using the contact information above.
Any individuals wishing to receive announcements of future Board of Forestry meetings
by e-mail or in hard copy should contact Marty to be added to the mailing list.
CONTACT: Marty Freeman, 269-8467, marty.freeman@alaska.gov