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Geneva Preston
5:52 - 7:04
"one of the most significant changes between the plan that was published in 2002 and the current amended draft is a change in policy that allows timber sales to be a potential use in the public recreation or wildlife habitat lands."
“one of the most significant changes between the plan that was published in 2002 and the current amended draft is a change in policy that allows timber sales to be a potential use in the public recreation or wildlife habitat lands.”
- Speaker
- Geneva Preston
- Timestamp
- 5:52 – 7:04
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Haines
- Captured at
- June 3, 2026
From the transcript
Lands are designated for resource management, public recreation, wildlife habitat or forest land uses. And one of the most significant changes between the plan that was published in 2002 and the current amended draft is a change in policy that allows timber sales to be a potential use in the public recreation or wildlife habitat lands. And so this presentation is kind of focused on some examples of how those activities might manifest in the future if timber harvest were planned on those each land designation. So I have some summary information in this presentation, but I want to really emphasize to folks that the way to really see the comprehensive management goals and intentions is to look to the full text of the plan. And this is not a comprehensive representation of that.
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