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| | Alaska's State Forests |
 | | The Tanana Valley State Forest 's 1.81 million acres lie almost entirely within the Tanana River Basin, located in the east-central part of Alaska. |
 | | Almost 90 percent of the state forest (1.59 million acres) is forested, mostly with paper birch, quaking aspen, balsam poplar, fl spruce, white spruce, and tamarack. |
 | | The Tanana Valley State Forest offers many recreational opportunities including hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, hiking, dog mushing, cross-country skiing, wildlife viewing, snow machining, gold panning, boating, and berry-picking. |
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