Alaska Administrative Code
Title 11 - Natural Resources
Part 6 - Lands
Chapter 95 - Forest Resources and Practices
Article 5 - Reforestation
11 AAC 95.380 - Natural regeneration

(a) If a forest landowner in Region II or III intends to rely on natural regeneration from seed for reforestation, the forest landowner shall ensure a seed source of well-formed, vigorous trees of commercial tree species. The seed source must be capable of distributing an adequate amount of seed throughout the harvest area to meet the reforestation requirements set out in 11 AAC 95.375(d). A forest landowner may not harvest the seed source identified for natural regeneration until the division has received a regeneration report showing that the harvest area has met the reforestation requirements set out in 11 AAC 95.375.

(b) If a forest landowner intends to rely on vegetative reproduction for reforestation, the harvest area must contain aspen, balsam poplar, western black cottonwood, red alder, or paper birch in sufficient distribution and condition to meet the reforestation requirements set out in 11 AAC 95.375.