Alaska

A Virtual Traverse of Forestry in Alaska

April 12-16, 2021 Virtual

Because Alaska boasts such a diversity of forest types and management issues, for the 2021 AK SAF Annual Meeting, you will be taken on a virtual tour around the state. Each day, a different chaper will host a presentation that features forestry issues relevant to their area. 

Each day will start with a brief introduction followed by one or two speakers, ending with time for questions and discussion. Each presentation is scheduled for 12:00-1:30 p.m. (ADT).

The schedule is:

Bob Larimore will give a presentation on changes to forest management in the southeast United States on military installations over the past 50 years. From the military hiring its first professional forester to the change in wildland fire management to how forest products were and are now managed all in the best interest of supporting the military mission and protecting the publics natural resources.

Date: February 23, 2021

Time: 12:00 p.m. (AST)

The Yukon River Chapter is hosting a virtual technical presentation, "Update on Interior Alaska's Forest Inventory and Analysis program." Miho Welton, FIA Coordinator, manages the interior Alaska FIA program and will provide an update to the status of FIA efforts over the past 5 years. Alaska DNR has partnered up with the USFS on establishing the interior Alaska forest inventory program now in its 6^th year.

Juneau Chapter Meeting Barnacle: Coast to Kitchen

January 21, 2021 at 12:30 p.m. (AST)

Lia Heifetz, a local kelp farmer and cofounder of Barnacle Foods, will discuss the science of kelp farming. Kelp farming is a low input, sustainable, natural form of aquaculture with a huge range of existing and potential products. It is an emerging and growing industry in the coastal Pacific Northwest and has many parallels with forestry from a natural resource management standpoint.

This meeting has been approved for 0.50 credits.

Nov. 5-6

Fairbanks, AK

Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 1445 NW Mall St., Suite 4, Issaquah, WA 98027, 425-270-3274, nwetc.org.

The Alaska Society of American Foresters will hold its Annual Meeting in Anchorage from 24-26 April at the Clarion Suites Hotel. A detailed agenda (21 March 2019) can be found here. Check back for updates.​ ​