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Air Resource Management Program
Welcome to the Alaska Region's Air Resource Management Program. Air Resource managers advise regulatory and resource management officials in the mitigation of society's air pollutant impacts to forest resources, like reduced visibility, damage to vegetation, or high lakes acidification. Air resource managers advise forest land managers about how to reduce the amount of air pollutants generated by Forest Service activities such as prescribed burning, road construction, oil and gas production, or even ski area development. Air resource managers work with agencies and the public to increase the effectiveness of air quality regulations in providing clean air.
Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act and subsequent amendments give Federal land managers an "affirmative responsibility" to protect Air Quality Related Values in Class 1 areas and to protect human health and basic resource values in all areas. For the R1 Forest Service much of the air quality protective responsibility is met by proper analysis and disclosure of air quality related effects of Forest Service management or permitted activities. Several guidance documents have been prepared for R1 Forest Service employee for use in preparing air quality sections of NEPA documents for smoke related impacts (prescribed burning or timber sales, oil and gas leasing, ski area construction and expansion) and for Forest Plan sub-Regional assessments, Analysis of the Management Situation, and Forest Plan Revisions.
