Ramsey's Draft, Virginia
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An encyclopedia entry about Alaska's state forests is presented. Created in 1983, the 1.81-million-acre Tanana Valley State Forest is located almost entirely within the Tanana River basin and includes 200 miles of the Tanana River. Principal tree species are paper birch, quaking aspen, balsam...
