Community Forestry Stewardship/Landowner Assistance Forest Health Forest Practices and
Board of Forestry Local Use Lumber

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.

Quick References

• Alaska State Forests and Management Plans
• Roadless Rule
• Spruce Beetles and Firewood
• Spruce Beetle in Alaska’s Forests
• 2020 Forest Action Plan
• Alaska Timber Jobs Task Force
• Commercial Timber Sales
• General Firewood Permit
• Firewood Information
• Forestry GIS Website
• Reforestation Standards Review - Regions II and III

Apply For Burn Permits Here Training and Recruitment Contractors and Equipment Hire Grants and Program Assistance Fuel Mitigation and
Prescribed Fire Wildland Fireline EMT/Paramedic

To Report a Wildland Fire

• Call 911, your Area Forestry office, or Alaska Interagency Coordination Center at 1-800-237-3633.

Quick References

• Alaska Situation Report (PDF)
• Alaska Wildland Fire Maps
• Alaska Wildland Fire Guide (PDF)
• Alaska's Changing Wildfire Environment (PDF)
• Alaska Wildland Fire Information, 907-356-5511
• Safe Burning Practices (PDF)
• Firewise Alaska Brochure (PDF)
• Become a Firewise Community
• Firewise USA Information
• Public Service Announcements
• Statutes and regulations pertaining to burning practices (PDF)
• Hazard Fuels Program Story Map
• AK Fire Consortium Fuel Treatment Effectiveness Research
• 2023 DOF Infection Control Workplace Operating Plan (PDF)