Sitka Spruce Plantation (Unalaska, Alaska)

Infobox_nrhp | name =Sitka Spruce Plantation
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
nearest_city= Unalaska, Alaska
lat_degrees = 53
lat_minutes = 53
lat_seconds = 18.64
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 166
long_minutes = 32
long_seconds = 23.14
long_direction = W
locmapin = Alaska
area =
built =1805
architect=
architecture=
designated= June 02, 1978cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1743&ResourceType=Site
title=Sitka Spruce Plantation |accessdate=2008-01-07|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = February 14, 1978cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=78000513

Sitka Spruce Plantation, also known as The Forest or AHRS UNL-074, is the first afforestation site in North America, in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. By this project, the Russians, in 1805, sought to make the Unalaska community self-sufficient in timber.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/78000513.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Sitka Spruce Plantation (AHRS UNL 074) / "The Forest"] |464 KB|date=December 15, 1975 |author=Joan M. Antonson |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/78000513.pdf "Accompanying 4 photos from 1975."] |1.20 MB]

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