Establish More Efficient and Biological Practice for Bringing Forest Land into Agricultural Use Through Sustainable Development Using Indigenous Species in Alaska

Establish More Efficient and Biological Practice for Bringing Forest Land into Agricultural Use Through Sustainable Development Using Indigenous Species in Alaska

Summary

This project is a continuation for a current project with an added component. The new objective is: to use other species to develop a beneficial interrelationship of plants to provide an improved growing environment and natural weed control. Ongoing objectives include: 1) to reclaim valuable timber resources that were piled into windrows as a means of clearing forest land for agricultural use; and 2) to establish, by using rotted birch and spruce mulch from the windrows as soil conditioners, a commercial lingonberry stand along with other native type and indigenous berries.