Emerson Krueger, on behalf of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Land and Resource Development Division, applied for an Administrative Permit under MSB 17.30 – Earth Materials Extraction. The Administrative Permit would allow for the removal of approximately 90,000 cubic yards of gravel through 2027. The site is located on the east side of the Parks Highway at Milepost 128, Tax ID #28N05W19D001; within Township 28 North, Range 5 West, Section 19, Seward Meridian. Comments on the proposed material sale can be sent to LMD, 350 E. Dahlia Ave, Palmer, AK 99645, or emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Please reference project file MSB008185 when submitting comments on the borough resource sale.

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Director will conduct a public hearing concerning the administrative permit application for the proposed earth material extraction activity on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. in the Borough Assembly Chambers located at 350 E. Dahlia Avenue in Palmer. This may be the only presentation of this item before the Planning Director, and you are invited to attend.

Application materials may be viewed online at www.matsugov.us by clicking on “All Public Notices & Announcements.” For additional information, you may contact Rick Benedict, Current Planner, by phone: 907-861-8527. Provide written comments by e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or by mail to MSB Development Services Division, 350 E. Dahlia Avenue, Palmer, AK 99645.

The public may provide verbal testimony at the meeting or telephonically by calling 1-855-290-3803. To be eligible to file an appeal from a decision of the Planning Director, a person must be designated an interested party. See MSB 15.39.010 for the definition of an interested party. The procedures governing appeals to the Board of Adjustment and Appeals are contained in MSB 15.39.010-250, which is available on the Borough home page: www.matsugov.us, in the Borough Clerk’s office, and at various libraries within the borough.

Comments are due on or before May 2, 2025, and will be included in the Planning Director packet. Please be advised that comments received from the public after that date will not be included in the staff report but will be provided to the Director at the meeting.

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing concerning the application on Monday, June 2, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the Borough Assembly Chambers at 350 E. Dahlia Avenue in Palmer. This may be the only presentation of this item before the Planning Commission, and you are invited to attend. Planning Commission members may not receive or engage in ex-parte contact with the applicant, other interested parties in the application, or members of the public concerning the application or issues presented in the application.

Application materials may be viewed online at www.matsugov.us by clicking “All Public Notices & Announcements.” For additional information, contact Rick Benedict, Current Planner, at (907) 861-8527. Provide written comments by e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or by mail to MSB Development Services Division, 350 E. Dahlia Avenue, Palmer, AK 99645.

The public may provide verbal testimony at the meeting or telephonically by calling 1-855-290-3803. To be eligible to file an appeal from a decision of the Planning Commission, a person must be designated an interested party. See MSB 15.39.010 for the definition of an interested party. The procedures governing appeals to the Board of Adjustment and Appeals are contained in MSB 15.39.010-250, which is available on the Borough home page: www.matsugov.us, in the Borough Clerk’s office, and at various libraries within the borough.

Comments are due on or before May 16, 2025, and will be included in the Planning Commission packet. Please be advised that comments received from the public after that date will not be included in the staff report but will be provided to the Commission at the meeting.

Upgrades to Point Mackenzie road will begin on Tuesday April 15, 2025. Watch for flaggers and expect delays when traveling between mile marker 0 and mile 3. Construction activities can be exected 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. throughout the summer. 

The Mat-Su Borough Visitor Center Personal Use Firewood Area will open Monday, April 21, 2025, for harvesting approximately 10 cords of stacked and limbed birch and cottonwood. The site is near milepost 36 of the Glenn Highway in Palmer, Alaska. Access is via a driveway off E Matanuska Spur and will be marked with flagging and signs. Please see attached map.

Important Details:

• No cutting of live standing trees is allowed.
• A free permit is required and must be carried during wood removal.
• Permits can be obtained online via the Mat-Su Borough E-Commerce webpage at Personal Use Firewood Area (Please note that an e-mail and credit card are required to create an ecommerce account), or in person by appointment at the Land & Resource Management Division located at 350 E. Dahlia Avenue, Palmer, Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am-5pm, Mon-Fri.
• There is no limit on the amount of wood a permit holder may take; availability is first come, first served.
• The permit will expire after all available wood has been removed, or by May 21, 2025.

For more information, contact the Land & Resource Management Division at 861-7869 if you have any questions.