State of Alaska
Department of Natural Resources
Division of Forestry
Southeast Area Office
Draft Forest Land Use Plan

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry (DOF), gives formal notice per AS 38.05.945 that the Division proposes to adopt a site specific Forest Land Use Plan (FLUP) under AS 38.05.112 and the administrative standards of AS 41.17.060 for the commercial timber sale:  Baby Brown Timber Sale (NSE-1549).

This draft Forest Land Use Plan (FLUP) is intended to provide the best available information regarding the timber harvest plan and access design for proposed forest operations on approximately 855 acres of land in the Haines State Forest and the management of other non-timber uses in the area in compliance with AS 38.05.112 and AS 41.17.060, and must be adopted by the DOF before the proposed activity can occur. This FLUP does not determine whether or not to access and sell timber within the timber sale area, nor the method of sale. Those decisions have been made previously in the March 15, 2015 Best Interest Finding.  The DOF expects to adopt the Forest Land Use Plan for the timber sale sometime after December 11, 2017.

This FLUP addresses the entire proposed offering for the Baby Brown Timber Sale on approximately 855 acres in the Haines State Forest located within portions of Sections 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, & 36 within Township 28 South, Range 53 East, and portions of Sections 19, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, & 33 Township 28, South Range 54 East, Copper River Meridian. The USGS quadrangle map for this area is Skagway B4, 1:63,360.  The total amount of new forest road construction designed for this sale is approximately 7.4 miles. The sale design also reconstructs 2.7 miles of forest road.  The potential timber volume identified in this proposed offering totals approximately 20 million board feet.

The public is invited to comment on the FLUP.  Comments should be mailed to the Alaska Division of Forestry, P. O. Box 263, Haines, AK 99827.  Comments must be received at the Division of Forestry office no later than December 11, 2017, in order to be considered in the adopted FLUP.  To be eligible to appeal the adopted FLUP a person must have provided written comment by December 11, 2017.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT COMMENTS CONTACT:

Alaska Division of Forestry                           Contact:  Greg Palmieri
P. O. Box 263                                                 Phone: (907) 766-2120
Haines, AK  99827                                             Fax: (907) 766-3225
                                                                       Email:  greg.palmieri@alaska.gov           

Copies of the FLUP are available for review at the state’s on-line public notice page at https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=187687, the DOF’s web site at http://forestry.alaska.gov/timber/haines, and at the DOF’s Area Offices and community libraries in Haines and Juneau.

The State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.  Individuals with disabilities who may need auxiliary aids, services, or special modifications to participate in this review may contact the number above.