Last updated in 2001, the Tanana Valley State Forest Management Plan is currently being revised. The Division of Forestry & Fire Protection wants your input!
See 2001 Tanana Valley State Forest Management Plan
Provide comments during the Public Review period, September 16 – November 19, 2024. Provide clear and specific feedback about the draft plan to help reviewers understand your comments as well as possible. Reference page and line numbers to direct reviewers to the portion of text addressed in your comment. Take a look at the pamphlet make your comments count for more information about how to craft an impactful comment. Informational meetings will be held during the comment period to discuss the revision and review process and share information about the proposed changes.
Date | Location | Teleconference Options |
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October 22, 2024 6:00-8:00pm |
Delta Specific location TBD |
Join Online:
Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 217 520 700 948 Passcode: oHoAZn Dial in by telephone: (907)202-7104 Phone meeting ID: 353 583 438# |
October 23, 2024 6:30-8:00pm |
Fairbanks Northern Region DNR Office Large Conference Room 3700 Airport Way Fairbanks, AK 99709 |
Join Online:
Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 274 004 091 833 Passcode: gM9CQ2 Dial in by telephone: (907)202-7104 Phone meeting ID: 940 390 957# |
October 30, 2024 6:30-8:00pm |
Tok Specific location TBD |
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Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 276 446 157 004 Passcode: tH5YqY Dial in by telephone: (907)202-7104 Phone meeting ID: 661 560 092# |
Includes: Title Page | Commissioner Signature Page | Preface | Planning Team | Acknowledgements | Table of Contents
Includes: Purpose of the Tanana Valley State Forest | Purpose of the Management Plan | Relationship to Other Management Plans | Process Used to Develop the Plan
Includes: Introduction | Cultural resources | Water Resources | riparian and Instream Flow Management | Fish and Wildlife Habitat | Forest Health and Climate Change | Carbon Offset Projects | Hazardous Fuels and Prescribed Fire Management | Grazing and Agricultural Activities | Private Land | Scientific Resources | Subsurface Resources | Timber Management Including Forest Resources Protection | Non-Timber Forest Products | Tourism | Recreation | Trails | Public Access | Transportation
Includes: Introduction | Unit 1: Dugan hills | Unit 2: Lower Tanana | Unit 3: Tatalina River | Unit 4: Chatanika River, Cache Creek, Goldstream Valley | Unit 5: Nenana Ridge | Unit 6: Chena | Unit 7: Salcha | Unit 8: Shaw Creek | Unit 9: Rapid Creek | Unit 10: Gerstle River | Unit 11: Healy River | Unit 12: Tower Bluffs | Unit 13: Porcupine Creek | Unit 14: Tok River
Includes: Agency Land Management Responsibilities | Citizen’s Advisory Committee for the Tanana Valley State Forest | Process for Reviewing Applications for Permits, Leases, Disposals, and Easements | Plan Modification | Forestwide Implementation Activities | Recommendations for Additions or Withdrawals from the Tanana Valley State Forest and Other Legislative Changes | Research Needs
Includes: A. Glossary of Terms | B. Finding of Incompatibility | C. Mineral Orders | D. Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest Lease | E. Research Natural Area Report | F. Commercial Forest Types of the TVSF | H. Bibliography
See the public notice at http://dnr.alaska.gov/commis/pic/pubnotfrm.htm for details.
Comments must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, in writing by mail or email to:
Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection
ATTN: TVSF Revision
550 W. 7th Ave. Suite 1450
Anchorage, AK 99501
dnr.for.tvsfrevision@alaska.gov
For more information, please contact the forest planner, Geneva Preston, at (907) 225-3070 or dnr.for.tvsfrevision@alaska.gov.
550 W. 7th Ave, Suite 1360
Anchorage, AK 99501-3557
Phone: (907) 269-8400
Fax: (907) 269-8901
TTY: Dial 711 or 800-770-8973