What Are Special Forest Products (aka SFP)?
In the Alaska Region of the Forest Service, SFP are defined as products derived from non-timber biological resources that are used for subsistence, personal, spiritual, educational, commercial, and scientific use. SFP resources include, but are not limited to: mushrooms, boughs, Christmas trees, bark, ferns, moss, burls, berries, cones, conks, herbs, roots, and wildflowers. Also included are cuttings (such as of willow used for restoration) and transplants (as for landscaping purposes). SFP resources exclude saw-timber, pulpwood, cull logs, small round-wood, house logs, utility poles, minerals, animals, animal parts, rocks, water and soil (except for research samples where soil microorganisms are the target product). Types of SFP Use: To find out what requirements may apply to you, first you should know the category of your use. The Tongass National Forest has different guidelines for each of four broad categories of use: Subsistence Use: Gathering of SFP for customary and traditional
