ABFC Recommended Links
Featured links
Birch
Sap from Finland
A Finnish company selling Birch Sap. Lots of good sap information.
Fairbanks
North Star Borough Comprehensive Plan
The department of Community Plannng is currently restructuring
the boroughs long term development plan. Contribute to the
process.
Tanana
Valley State Forest Management Plan 2001 Update
This is the first update of the original plan (1988). Seven
and a half years in the making, the Update enjoyed significant
public participation throughout. Important new sections include
material on ecosystem characteristic and differences between
upland and Floodplain forests.
Northern Forest Diversification
Centre
Works with communities and individuals who are looking to
develop economic opportunities through Non-timber Forest Products
and Ecotourism.
Sustainalaska.org
A web site dedicated to the concept of a renewable durable
energy and life support system for our Alaskan Futures!
by Rich Seifert of UAF building sciences cooperative extension.
Alaska
Science Forum
Articles on local scientific research written for the general
public. A public service by the Geophysical Institute, University
of Alaska Fairbanks, in cooperation with the UAF research
community.
All links
Regional forestry
& wildlife institutions
Regional sustainability
Global sustainability
Regional maps
Regional
forestry & wildlife institutions
- Alaska Legislature
Online
Contact state legislators and offices. Track bills through
congress. Submit public comments. View legilsative proceeders
through live streaming broadcast.
- Alaska
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry.
The state agency charged with managing state lands designated
as forest lands. And,
DoF's Fairbanks Office. This is where you will
find sale notices, current forest land use plans, local
maps, etc.
- Alaska
Department of Fish and Game
- Alaska
Department of Fish and Game, Habitat and Restoration Division
- Alaska
Department of Fish and Game, Wildlife Conservation Division
- Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Water
- University of Alaska
Fairbanks, Department of Forest Science.
- University of Alaska
Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of
Biology and Wildlife.
- University of Alaska
Fairbanks, Long Term Ecological Research Program.
The purpose of the LTER program is to support research on
long-term ecological phenomena in the United States.
- University of Alaska Fairbanks & US Forest Service, Institute
of Northern Forestry Boreal
Ecology Cooperative Research Unit.
- University of
Alaska, Cooperative Extension Service and their forestry
and forest products newsletter Under
the Canopy
- Yukon
Chapter, Society of American Foresters
The local chapter of The Society of American Foresters,
a national organization of forestry professionals.
- US D. I., Bureau
of Land Management.
- B.L.M., Alaska Fire
Service.
- US D. A., Forest
Service, State and Private Forestry.
- Tanana Chiefs Conference,
inc.
A unified voice advancing tribal governments, economic and
social development, educational opportunities and protecting
traditional and cultural values in Interior Alaska.
- Doyon, Limited
Doyon, Limited is one of the thirteen Native regional corporations
established by Congress under the terms of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). With the land entitlement
of 12.5 million acres, Doyon is the largest private landowner
in North America.
- Alaska Wilderness &
Recreation Tourism Association
AWRTA is a membership-driven trade association formed
to be a collective voice for wilderness-dependent businesses.
We advocate for the sustainability of Alaska's natural and
cultural resources, responsible tourism and tourism planning
for communities.
- Alaska Forestry Association
A high profile industry trade association. Its members hold
in common general business interests in the timber industry
of Alaska. AFA's activities are directly related to the
viability of the forest products industry in Alaska.
- Boreal Forest
Network
North American affiliate of the Taiga Rescue Network.
Regional
Sustainability
Global
Sustainability
- Our
Common Future
Results of the Brundlant Commission which, in 1987, first
made sustainability an international issue.
- UN Commission
on Sustainable Development
This commission grew out of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit and
attempts to address sustainability in the international
arena.
- SRDS
A summary of many of the important issues of sustainability.
- Natural Step
Founded in Sweden in 1989, takes a science based approach
to sustainability.
- Ecotrust
A nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the emergence
of a conservation economy along North America's rain forest
coast, the region from San Francisco to Anchorage.
- Rocky Mountain Institute
An entrepreneurial, nonprofit organization that fosters
the efficient and restorative use of resources to create
a more secure, prosperous, and life-sustaining world. Founded
by Amory and L Hunter Lovins, co- authors of Natural Capitalism
w/ Paul Hawken
- William McDonough +
partners
Focuses on the long-term consequences of design across all
scales -- from the molecule to the master plan -- to create
affordable, profitable places that build community, encourage
diversity, and connect to the natural world in healthy and
productive ways.
- The Collins Companies
A leading example of a lumber company seeking to develop
sustainable business practices.
- The Resource Renewal Institute
A non-governmental organization that supports innovative
environmental management strategies in the United States
and worldwide. RRI's mission is to catalyze the development
and implementation of green plans.
- MMU
encyclopedia of sustainability
A user friendly guide to issues of sustainability, put together
by Manchester Metropolitan University, In England.
Regional
Maps
Disclaimer
The Council aims to disseminate information on topics connected
with the integration of ecology, economics and community so
that community members can make their own educated decisions.
The links found on our website have been selected for their
educational content only; they are not intended to promote
any particular business
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