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Article 1. Administration and Management.
Sec. 41.17.010. Declaration of intent. - The legislature declares that (1) the forest resources of Alaska...
Sec. 41.17.020. Division of forestry and fire protection established. - (a) The governor may establish, within the department, a division...
Sec. 41.17.030. Responsibilities of division. - (a) The division shall manage state forests and, as directed...
Sec. 41.17.041. Board of Forestry. - (a) The Board of Forestry is established in the division....
Sec. 41.17.043. Terms of office. - The term of office of a member of the board...
Sec. 41.17.045. Removal of members. - (a) The governor may initiate the removal of a board...
Sec. 41.17.047. Powers and duties of board. - (a) The board shall review and comment to the commissioner...
Sec. 41.17.055. Powers and duties of the commissioner. - (a) The commissioner may designate and operate experimental and research...
Sec. 41.17.060. Regulatory and administrative standards. - (a) All regulations, administrative actions, and other activities and duties...
Sec. 41.17.070. Administrative plan and report. - (a) The commissioner shall develop and continually maintain a long-range...
Sec. 41.17.080. Regulations. - (a) The commissioner may adopt regulations necessary to accomplish the...
Sec. 41.17.081. Civil immunity. - (a) Notwithstanding other provisions of law, a person may not...
Sec. 41.17.082. Control of infestations and disease. - (a) All forest clearing operations and silvicultural systems shall be...
Sec. 41.17.083. Clearing of forest land for non-timber purposes. - A state agency, municipality, or public utility shall determine whether...
Sec. 41.17.085. Permit applications. - (a) [Repealed, § 4, ch 23 SLA 2003.] (b) Where...
Sec. 41.17.087. Variation from requirements. - (a) A forest landowner, timber owner, or operator may propose...
Sec. 41.17.090. Notification of plans to harvest timber. - (a) Operations on forest land shall be reviewed under this...
Sec. 41.17.098. Interagency coordination and reevaluation. - (a) In administering this chapter, the commissioner shall coordinate with...
Sec. 41.17.100. Deployment of broadcast chemicals. - The commissioner of environmental conservation, in consultation with the commissioner,...
Sec. 41.17.110. Conversion of forest land to other uses. - An intention to convert forest land to other uses after...
Article 2. Riparian Management.
Sec. 41.17.115. Management of riparian areas; regulations. - (a) The commissioner shall protect riparian areas from the significant...
Sec. 41.17.116. Riparian standards for private land. - (a) Private forest land adjacent to the following types of...
Sec. 41.17.118. Riparian standards for state land. - (a) The riparian standards for state land are as follows:...
Sec. 41.17.119. Minimum riparian standards for other public land. - The riparian standards for other public land are as follows:...
Article 3. Enforcement.
Sec. 41.17.120. Inspections and investigations. - The commissioner may inspect and investigate forest land and activities...
Sec. 41.17.125. Enforcement coordination. - All state agencies with enforcement authority over an activity subject...
Sec. 41.17.131. Penalties for violations. - (a) An operator, forest landowner, or timber owner who violates...
Sec. 41.17.136. Directives. - (a) Upon a determination that a planned or ongoing activity...
Sec. 41.17.138. Stop work orders. - (a) Upon a determination that a violation of this chapter...
Sec. 41.17.139. Hearing procedures. - (a) Unless otherwise specified, proceedings under AS 41.17.131 - 41.17.139...
Sec. 41.17.143. Appeals and judicial review. - (a) A decision by a hearing officer under AS 41.17.136...
Article 4. State Forest System.
Sec. 41.17.200. State forest purposes and management. - (a) The purpose of AS 41.17.200 - 41.17.230 is to...
Sec. 41.17.210. State forests. - (a) The governor may propose to the legislature the establishment...
Sec. 41.17.220. Management of state forests. - Land within a state forest or within a unit of...
Sec. 41.17.230. Management plans. - (a) The commissioner shall prepare a forest management plan consistent...
Article 5. State Land Reforestation.
Sec. 41.17.300. State land reforestation fund. - A state land reforestation fund is established in the department....
Sec. 41.17.310. Appropriations to state land reforestation fund. - (a) The state land reforestation fund consists of money appropriated...
Sec. 41.17.320. Report. - The commissioner shall prepare an annual report on the uses...
Article 6. State Forests.
Sec. 41.17.400. Tanana Valley State Forest. - (a) Subject to valid existing rights and except for land...
Sec. 41.17.500. Southeast State Forest. - (a) Subject to valid existing rights, the state-owned or acquired...
Article 7. General Provisions.
Sec. 41.17.900. Applicability of chapter; relationship to other law. - (a) Unless otherwise specified, this chapter applies to forest land...
Sec. 41.17.910. Wildlife habitat on private land. - (a) The Department of Fish and Game and the commissioner...
Sec. 41.17.950. Definitions. - In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “anadromous...
Sec. 41.17.955. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the Forest Resources and...