Forest Management- Draft

Doyon has established a Ten-Year Forest Management and Harvest Plan to guide responsible forest use across its lands. This long-term plan reflects our commitment to sustainable resource management and thoughtful stewardship.

The plan identifies areas for potential harvest and outlines strategies for maintaining healthy forest ecosystems. It provides a framework for managing forests in a way that supports ecological balance, economic opportunity, and cultural values.

In addition to supporting subsistence resources and habitat health, the plan also contributes to wildfire mitigation by reducing fuel loads through targeted harvesting

Fire plays a vital role in boreal forest ecology. As the Doyon Region is largely made up of boreal forest, the region is heavily prone to wildfire. Doyon is tasked with management and oversight with the Alaska Fire Service in addressing fire and fire mitigation on its lands.

Doyon addresses fire management through:

• Engaging in regular fire seasonal updates with agencies, village corporations, and village councils.
• Modifying fire options in partnership with fire management officers and adjacent land owners.
• Monitoring and partnered decision making on fire decisions on its lands.
• Fire-related decision making on Doyon lands.
• Implementing fire mitigation practices.
• Providing fire mitigation and science education.