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Division of Forestry & Fire Protection

Recent News

10/21/2024
  • Forestry issues DRAFT 2024 Fairbanks Vicinity Timber Sale Decision Documents
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9/19/2024
  • Fairbanks-Delta Forestry schedules Delta Area timber sale auction
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9/12/2024
  • Fairbanks-Delta issues FINAL 2024 Five Year Schedule of Timber Sales, Timber Sale Decision Documents
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Forestry Offices

  • Director's Office
    907-269-8463

Regions

  • Coastal
    907-761-6289
  • Northern
    907-451-2660

Areas

  • Delta
    907-895-4225
  • Fairbanks
    907-451-2600
  • Kenai/ Kodiak
    907-260-4200
  • Mat-Su
    907-761-6300
  • Northern Southeast
    907-766-2120
  • Southern Southeast
    907-225-3070
  • Southwest
    907-524-3010
  • Tok
    907-883-1400
  • Valdez/ Copper River
    907-822-5534

Norman McDonald, State Forester

Norman McDonald, Acting State Forester and Director of Forestry and Fire Protection

101 Airport Rd
Palmer, AK 99645
Norman.McDonald@alaska.gov
(907) 761-6225

The Division manages forests for multiple uses and the sustained yield of renewable resources on 20 million acres of State land. This includes the Tanana Valley, Haines, and Southeast State Forests. In 2011, the Alaska State Legislature added 23,181 acres of commercial forest lands to the existing Southeast State Forest.

The Division conducts personal use, commercial timber, and fuel-wood sales. It emphasizes in-state use of wood for value-added processing.

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Wildland Fire & Aviation Program


The Division provides fire protection services and related fire and aviation management activities on 150 million acres of land throughout Alaska.