Division of Forestry

Alaska’s wildfire situation heightened over the weekend, as the season’s first major thunderstorms resulted in thousands of lightning strikes. Alaska Fire…

A state Division of Forestry plane crashed in Aniak Thursday. Forestry spokesperson Tim Mowry says the pilot and three passengers, all firefighters from…

The cool, rainy weather that set in over the weekend throughout the Interior reduced the danger of wildfires. But local and state firefighters were kept…

The Alaska Division of Forestry has given the go-ahead to a long-term timber sales contract that would allow a company to harvest trees on state forest…