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Five Year Schedule of Timber Sales
Step 2: Five-Year Schedule of Timber
Sales
Each of the Division of Forestry's ten area offices prepares
a Five-Year Schedule of Timber Sales every other year year. The Schedules
give the public, timber industry, and other agencies an overview
of the division's plans for timber sales. They summarize information
on proposed timber harvest areas, timber sale access, and reforestation
plans.
Five-Year Schedules are subject to public and agency review.
The review helps identify issues to address in detailed timber
sale planning. After review, DNR uses the schedules
to decide where to proceed with timber sale planning. Generally,
the Division may not offer a timber sale unless it has appeared
on at leas one of the two Five-Year Schedules preceding the sale. The
law exempts sales of 160 acres or less, salvage sales, or emergency
sales in areas with fire, insect, or other natural threats from
this requirement. DNR's policy is to include all sales on the
Five-Year Schedule preceding the sale whenever possible.
All sales, including salvage sales and sales less than 160 acres,
will appear on at least the Five-Year Schedule preceding the
sale unless waiting for the Schedule will cause substantial losses
of economic value on salvage sales, or preclude a local economic
enterprise or forest management project that is in the state's
best interest. (References: AS 38.05.113, AS 38.05.117, and
11 AAC 71.010)
Available Five Year Schedules of Timber Sales
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