Anchorage Forestry Board

Beginning in the 1830's, men such as Dorsey Hobbs, James Walker and Sim L. Garr had nurseries and planted many of the fine species of trees that are seen throughout Anchorage.  Isaac W. Bernheim brought the Olmsted Bros. firm from Brookline, Mass to landscape his estate in Anchorage at the turn of the century.  In 1914, when he was president of the Civic League, Bernheim again hired the Olmsted firm to design a plan for the future development of Anchorage. A part of that plan called for a City Forester. Since 1988, the Anchorage Forestry Board and its Forester have continued the Anchorage tradition of protecting its trees and will continue this tradition into the next century. 

The Forestry board, composed of our City Forester, Mark Timmons & Assoc., and the listed volunteers below, meets the 1st Monday of every month at 8:45 am at Anchorage City Hall.  Our mission is to protect and maintain our urban forest through the guide lines of the City's Tree Ordinance and its permitting process.  The Forestry Board maintains a City Tree Nursery from which we distribute young trees to the residents of Anchorage once or twice a year.  We replenish the Nursery with seedlings yearly.  Through the volunteer efforts of our committee, we manage addtional projects to include: Arbor Day Celebration yearly;  Forestry Educational Calendars; Hazardous Tree inventory annual review; Tree Canopy Campaign. 

For more info, contact City Hall or any Board member:  Mike Brewer-Chairman, Brad Farrar, Ellen Guthrie,Bill Shipley, Ann Stivers,  Tyleen Stoutt, Dr. Jim Wagner, Jim Williams, Sally Wilson.