ABFC Recommended Links
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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.
New
Graduate program at UAF
Regional Resilience and Adaptation (RR&A) trains scholars, policy-makers,
and managers to address issues of regional sustainability in an
integrated fashion.
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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