New Article Explores Forest Health and Powering Alaska Native Communities

New Article Explores Forest Health and Powering Alaska Native Communities

An article recently published in Western Forester explores the use of locally harvested wood to heat schools in communities around Alaska.

The article titled , authored by ACEPā€™s Daisy Huang, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Serviceā€™s Dave Nicholls and ĪŽĀėĀŅĀ× Cooperative Extension Serviceā€™s Art Nash, provides case studies for seven predominantly Alaska Native communities, and shares the ā€œtriple bottom lineā€ financial, environmental and social benefits.

For more information on the article, please contact David Nicholls at david.l.nicholls@usda.gov.

 

The community of Tanacross is featured in the article published in Western Forester. Photo by Amanda Byrd.