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National forests listed in this column in small text are constituent national forests managed by, but not included in the name of, the named national forest in normal text. To reach the figure of 154 national forests, count hyphenated names as two forests, with the exception of Manti–La Sal, which is the official name of one forest.
The U.S. state of Alaska has three state forests, which are managed by the Division of Forestry of the Department of Natural Resources. [1] Alaska state forests
Major uses of forests include timber production, recreation, hunting, fishing, watershed and fisheries protection, wildlife habitat and biodiversity protection, and gathering nontimber products such as berries, mushrooms, and medicinal plants. [1] There are boreal forests in Alaska. [4] Forests in Hawaii and the U.S. territories are tropical. [5]
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Known by the U.S. Forest Service as the "crown jewel", the Tongass stretches across 17 million acres of land and is Alaska's largest National Forest. [37] Alaska Wilderness League describes the Tongass as "one of the last remaining intact temperate rainforests in the world". [38] 70,000 people inhabit the region. [37]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... This category contains state forests in the U.S. state of Alaska. Pages in category "Alaska state forests"
Alaska has 12 percent of all national forest lands. [10] Within the national forest system, there are 1,200 sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places and 23 are National Historic Landmarks. [1] The National Historic Preservation Act requires the Forest Service to identify, investigate, and protect cultural resources on lands it ...
Alaska is the most biodiverse state with 15 ecoregions across three biomes in the same realm. California comes in a close second with 13 ecoregions across four biomes in the same realm. By contrast, Rhode Island is the least biodiverse with just one ecoregion—the Northeastern coastal forests —encompassing the entire state.