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Alaska Forest Health Highlights 2022 - ArcGIS StoryMaps

(9 days ago) WEBThe Alaska Forest Health Observations iNaturalist project received 1,385 research grade observations in 2022. iNaturalist allows amateur and expert naturalists to share and map biodiversity observations. Organisms that commonly damage trees and plants in Alaska have been automatically filtered into the project since it was initiated in 2020.

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8477bac672ef40ae9a9f68aef3f3ee33

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Region 10 - Forest & Grassland Health - US Forest Service

(6 days ago) WEBNested within the State, Private, and Tribal Forestry branch of the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Health Protection monitors across all lands to meet the needs of federal, state, Alaska Forest Health - Curated tweets by AKForestService. Return to top. Alaska Regional Office PO Box 21628 709 W. 9th Street Juneau, AK 99802-1628 (907) 586-8806 .

https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/r10/forest-grasslandhealth/

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Forest Health Conditions in Alaska - 2021 - US Forest Service

(1 days ago) WEBIn 2021, Alaska’s aerial detection surveys resumed after a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 1.2 million acres of damage (Table 1) were mapped across the 15.7 million acres aerially surveyed (Table 2). In addition, our forest health team made more than 800 ground observa-tions of forest damage from diseases (430

https://www.fs.usda.gov/foresthealth/docs/fhh/AK_FHH_2021.pdf

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Biden Bans Roads and Logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

(8 days ago) WEBThe number of jobs linked to the timber industry in Southeast Alaska near the Tongass National Forest has declined from 3,543 in 1991 to 312 in 2022 — the lowest timber employment level ever

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/climate/alaska-tongass-national-forest.html

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Forest Health Conditions in Alaska Highlights 2020 - US …

(1 days ago) WEB2020 Alaska Region Forest Health Highlights. The 126 million acres of forestland in Alaska represent 17 percent of the Nation’s forests. In 2020, aerial surveys to detect active forest damage from insects, diseases, declines, and abiotic agents were grounded for the first time in decades due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/foresthealth/docs/fhh/AK_FHH_2020.pdf

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2022 Forest Health Conditions in Alaska Report is now available …

(Just Now) WEBThe 2022 Forest Health Conditions in Alaska Report is now available online! Each year the USFS Alaska Region Forest Health Protection program publishes a report of insects, diseases, and invasive plants impacting our forests based on surveys both they and other partner agencies have conducted in Alaska. Follow the link below to view or download …

https://www.biodiversity4all.org/projects/alaska-forest-health-observations/journal/87141-2022-forest-health-conditions-in-alaska-report-is-now-available-online

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Alaska Forest Health Protection Program

(1 days ago) WEBFor more information: Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection Forest Health Program. (907) 269-8460. Email. Program funding is provided by USDA Forest Service – Forest Health Protection.

https://forestry.alaska.gov/insects/index

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Alaska Forest Insect and Disease Surveys

(7 days ago) WEBAerial forest health surveys in Alaska are a cooperative effort between USDA Forest Service – Forest Health Protection and the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection. Surveys take place in July and generally …

https://www.forestry.alaska.gov/insects/surveys

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Forest Health Alaska Entomological Society

(5 days ago) WEBThis news release was posted on October 1. Aerial surveys conducted this summer by state and federal forest health specialists documented nearly 558,000 acres of active spruce beetle-caused tree mortality in Southcentral Alaska. The surveys are part of an annual program to detect forest insect and disease occurrences in Alaska forests.

http://www.akentsoc.org/archives/category/forest-health

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Forest Resources - Alaska

(7 days ago) WEBThe Division is responsible for making sure that the Alaska Forest Resources and Practices Act (FRPA, AS 41.17) is implemented and enforced. FRPA governs how timber access, harvesting, and reforestation occur on State, private, and municipal land. The Act ensures that both the timber and commercial fishing industries can continue to provide

https://www.forestry.alaska.gov/forestresources

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2020 Alaska Forest Health Imagery Analysis Footprints

(2 days ago) WEBThis dataset represents all forest health damage polygons, flight lines, and footprints documented by Alaska Division of Forestry and USDA Forest Service - Forest Health Protection staff during the 2015 - 2020 aerial surveys. Surveyors document insect, disease, and abiotic damage in the forest and cover about 15% of the forests statewide each year.

https://gis.data.alaska.gov/maps/2020-alaska-forest-health-imagery-analysis-footprints/about

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Voices of the Wilderness Outdoor Explorer - Alaska Public Media

(8 days ago) WEBMay 9, 2024. For as long as humans created art nature has inspired us. From cave paintings in France to Indigenous art in Alaska to western artists like Rockwell Kent artists and their work

https://alaskapublic.org/2024/05/09/voices-of-the-wilderness-outdoor-explorer/

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Preparing for and preventing wildfires in 2024 Talk of Alaska

(8 days ago) WEBAlaska Interagency Coordination Center. Burn permits program – State of Alaska. Firewise Alaska – protecting your property from wildfire risk. PARTICIPATE: Call 907-550-8422 (Anchorage) or 1

https://alaskapublic.org/2024/05/07/preparing-for-and-preventing-wildfires-in-2024-talk-of-alaska/

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OPINION: Alaska’s fire season is getting worse - Anchorage Daily …

(2 days ago) WEBDuring Alaska Wildland Fire Prevention and Preparedness Week (May 4-10), we ask people in Alaska to reflect on key ways to help protect each other and our communities from wildfire. 1. Alaska’s

https://www.adn.com/opinions/2024/05/08/opinion-alaskas-fire-season-is-getting-worse-but-you-can-help/

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2019 Alaska Forest Health Polygons DOF

(5 days ago) WEBThis dataset represents all forest health damage polygons, flight lines, and footprints documented by Alaska Division of Forestry and USDA Forest Service - Forest Health Protection staff during the 2015 - 2020 aerial surveys. Surveyors document insect, disease, and abiotic damage in the forest and cover about 15% of the forests statewide each …

https://gis.data.alaska.gov/datasets/2019-alaska-forest-health-polygons-dof

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Climber who died after 1,000-foot fall on Alaska peak - CBS News

(5 days ago) WEBClimber who died after 1,000-foot fall on Alaska peak identified as "passionate" New York forest ranger Robbi Mecus Updated on: April 29, 2024 / 7:09 AM EDT / CBS/AP Denali's sled dogs

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robbi-mecus-death-1000-foot-fatal-fall-alaska-denali-new-york-forest-ranger/

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Healthy Forest Practices in Alaska - Natural Resources …

(1 days ago) WEBHealthy Forest Practices in Alaska. Forest Management Plan. A Forest Management Plan is a site-specific, written plan for your. non-industrial private forestland. It’s a roadmap for how the forest. will be used, protected and maintained. It details the overall property condition and inventory information such as types of trees, vegetation and

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/Forestry%20Fact%20Sheet%20Alaska_May%202024.pdf

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Region 10 - Forest & Grassland Health - US Forest Service

(1 days ago) WEBForest Health Conditions in Alaska - 2022 ( high-res pdf) Alaska Forest Health Highlights StoryMap. Satellite-Based Forest Change Detection Map. Alaska Forest Health Highlights. Aerial Detection Survey Damage & Flightline Maps (pdf) Interactive Aerial Detection Survey Map. Cumulative Ground Detection Survey Dashboard.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/r10/forest-grasslandhealth/?cid=fsbdev2_038884

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Western Alaska breakup flooding inundates - Anchorage Daily …

(6 days ago) WEBCommunities along the Lower Kuskokwim River flooded this week as a spring breakup ice jam backed up water to the highest levels reported in nearly 20 years, authorities said. By Friday, water

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/rural-alaska/2024/05/10/western-alaska-breakup-flooding-inundates-kuskokwim-river-communities/

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Climber who died in Alaska national park ID'd as noted N.Y

(8 days ago) WEBApril 27, 2024, 8:06 PM PDT. By Dennis Romero. A climber who died after falling 1,000 feet in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve was identified on Saturday as Robbi Mecus, a noted climbing

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/climber-died-alaska-national-park-idd-noted-ny-forest-ranger-rcna149681

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Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium replaces - Anchorage …

(2 days ago) WEBValerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium president, speaks to members of the press during a visit by First Lady Jill Biden at ANTHC in Anchorage on July 21, 2021.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2024/05/07/alaska-native-tribal-health-consortium-replaces-ceo-valerie-davidson/

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2020 Alaska Forest Health Flight Lines

(Just Now) WEBThis dataset represents all forest health damage polygons, flight lines, and footprints documented by Alaska Division of Forestry and USDA Forest Service - Forest Health Protection staff during the 2015 - 2020 aerial surveys. Surveyors document insect, disease, and abiotic damage in the forest and cover about 15% of the forests statewide each year.

https://gis.data.alaska.gov/maps/SOA-DNR::2020-alaska-forest-health-flight-lines

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Alaska governor issues disaster declaration for areas affected by

(5 days ago) WEBANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy has issued a state disaster declaration for southwest Alaska communities that have experienced flooding due to the spring breakup of river ice and

https://wtop.com/national/2024/05/alaska-governor-issues-disaster-declaration-for-areas-affected-by-flooding-from-breakup-of-river-ice/

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Tribal Corporation Exits Alaska Road Project, Jeopardizing Mines

(6 days ago) WEBNANA Regional Corp. Inc., an Alaska Native corporation, said it intends to withdraw from the state of Alaska’s Ambler Access Project, a 211-mile private gravel road planned to be built across part of Gates of the Arctic National Preserve and other federal, state, and tribal land. The regional corporation will not renew the Alaska Industrial

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/tribal-corporation-exits-alaska-road-project-jeopardizing-mines

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Division of Forestry & Fire Protection - Alaska

(8 days ago) WEBWildland Fire & Aviation Program. The Division provides fire protection services and related fire and aviation management activities on 150 million acres of land throughout Alaska. Call 911, your Area Forestry office, or Alaska Interagency Coordination Center at 1-800-237-3633.

https://forestry.alaska.gov/

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SWPC Issues Its First G4 Watch Since 2005

(6 days ago) WEBSWPC Issues Its First G4 Watch Since 2005. published: Thursday, May 09, 2024 20:38 UTC. On Thursday, May 9, 2024, the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch. At least five earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were observed and expected to arrive as early as midday Friday, May …

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/swpc-issues-its-first-g4-watch-2005

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Wake Forest University School of Medicine to Participate in …

(4 days ago) WEBWake Forest University School of Medicine has been selected by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) as one of the host sites for their 2024 Oncology Summer Internship.Wake Forest University School of Medicine is one of only four medical schools across the U.S. chosen to join 11 other medical schools who already participate …

https://newsroom.wakehealth.edu/news-releases/2024/05/school-of-medicine-to-participate-in-american-society-of-clinical-oncology-summer-internship-program

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Alaska House majority set on hearing doomed bill - Anchorage …

(5 days ago) WEBHouse members discuss House Bill 183, which would ban transgender girls from joining girls school sports teams, on Thursday, May 9, 2024 in the state Capitol in Juneau.

https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-legislature/2024/05/10/alaska-house-majority-set-on-hearing-doomed-bill-to-limit-transgender-athletes-in-final-days-of-legislative-session/

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About Dr. Jeffrey Geller, Orthopedic Surgeon in Englewood, NJ

(1 days ago) WEBAbout Dr. Geller. About. Dr. Geller. Dr. Jeffrey Geller graduated from State University Of New York Downstate Medical Center in 1999. Dr. Geller has three offices in New Jersey and New York where he specializes in Orthopedic Surgery. Learn more . Dr. Geller works with twenty-seven doctors including Dr. David Roye and Dr. James Vosseller .

https://www.md.com/doctor/jeffrey-geller-1-md/about

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Revolutionize Your Logistics with STG: Coast to Coast Success

(3 days ago) WEBOur drayage operation spans 40 terminal locations with 3,000 tractors that provide drayage services for shippers and logistics providers. Our owned assets allow us to better control outcomes. STG offers one of the largest and most accessible intermodal networks in North America. As the fourth largest asset-based IMC and competitive volume

https://www.stgusa.com/

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