The public is invited to participate in a Board of Forestry teleconference meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 3 from 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. to discuss statewide forestry issues. Topics on the board’s agenda for the Dec. 3 meeting include: • Forestry and forest practices budgets for fiscal year 2020, which began July 1, 2019 • Education campaign on new wildland fire prevention laws, and a Board of Forestry update about wildland fire issues • Coastal forest management issues, including reports on Tongass Roadless Rule litigation, the Mental Health Trust land exchange, timber sales under the state-federal Good Neighbor Agreement, and salvage harvest potential of beetle-killed spruce in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough • Statewide forest management issues, including reports on Division of Forestry timber sales and Forest Resources and Practices Act implementation and effectiveness monitoring, and progress on the Alaska State Forest Action Plan.