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forest product trade show

Boreal Forest Education

Tapping Into Spring
place-based education

Community-assisted Research

Forest Use Survey
resource economics study
Shaw Creek
baseline environmental study

Forest Use Survey
Introduction

a boy manning a fish trap. a furrier with his furs. a father and daughter showing off their fish. 3 resreational fisherman on their motorboat. What is the Forest Use Survey?

The Forest Use Survey is a snapshot of household resource use in the Tanana Valley. ABFC partnered with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, and University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Management to find out how people in the Tanana Valley use their forest. Established survey techniques were used with oversight provided by UAF's Office of Research Integrity..

Click here for the report on the 2000 Forest Use Survey.

Click here for an initial report on the 2004 Forest Use Survey.

Please email Scott Bates with questions and inquiries.

a basket of cranberries and an old woman collecting flowers. How is the Forest Use Survey Related to the mission of ABFC?

Economy, ecology, community, the Forest Use Survey integrates all three. It provides a working example of the ABFC definition of sustainability. In order to sustain our partnership with the land we must first find out if and how residents use it. This use implies land value both real and potential. This survey echoes the people's voice, and provides information to land managers and policy makers that can aid in decision making and gap analysis.

General Information

Introduction to survey

Full powerpoint presentation of survey

Map of Tanana Valley

Overall Uses of the forest

Why do you live in Tanana Valley?

Forest Value

Blueberry example

What was harvested

Fishing

Wood Products

Non-timber forest products