AS Title 41, Chapter 23: Multiple Use Management of Public Resources

Article 1. Public Use Areas. Chapter 23. Multiple Use Management of Public Resources. Sec. 41.23.010. Purpose of AS 41.23.010 — 41.23.040. The purpose of AS 41.23.010 — 41.23.040 is to establish the area described in AS 41.23.040 as the Nelchina Public Use Area. The Nelchina Public Use Area is established to (1) protect and maintain fish and wildlife habitat, particularly caribou calving areas, trumpeter swan nesting areas, and other important habitats for moose, Dall sheep, and brown bear so that traditional public uses of fish and wildlife populations may continue; (2) perpetuate and enhance public enjoyment of fish and wildlife and their habitat including fishing, hunting, trapping, viewing, and photography; (3) perpetuate and enhance general public recreation in a quality environment; (4) perpetuate and enhance additional public uses described in the Susitna Area Plan; (5) allow additional public uses of the area in a manner compatible with the purposes specified in (1) — (4) of this section. Sec. 41.23.020. Management. (a) Management of the surface and subsurface estate of the Nelchina Public Use Area is the responsibility of the department. After adequate public hearings the commissioner may designate incompatible uses and shall adopt and may revise a management plan for the Nelchina Public Use Area. With regard to the management of land within the central caribou calving area described in AS 41.23.040 (b), the commissioner shall obtain the concurrence of the Department of Fish and Game in the adoption and revision of the management plan. With regard to the management of land within the public use area described in AS 41.23.040 (c), the commissioner shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game in the adoption and revision of the management plan. (b) The Department of Fish and Game is responsible for the management of fish and game resources and public use of fish and wildlife in the Nelchina Public Use Area consistent with the purposes of AS 41.23.010 . (c) The Nelchina Public Use Area shall be open to mineral entry under AS 38.05.185 — 38.05.275, and the commissioner may adopt regulations to achieve the purposes specified in AS 41.23.010 . Each valid existing right or permit shall remain valid and continue in full force and effect according to its terms. Exploration, development, and extraction of subsurface resources shall be allowed in a manner that is compatible with the purposes specified in AS 41.23.010 (1) — (4). (d) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within or abutting state-owned land described in AS 41.23.040 but may acquire privately owned land by purchase, exchange, or otherwise for inclusion in the Nelchina Public Use Area. (e) The commissioner may not manage the Nelchina Public Use Area as a unit of the state park system. Sec. 41.23.030. Incompatible uses. (a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner may prohibit or restrict incompatible uses under the management plan adopted under AS 41.23.020 within the state-owned land and water described in AS 41.23.040 . (b) Nothing in AS 41.23.010 — 41.23.040 prohibits the Department of Fish and Game from engaging in rehabilitation, enhancement, and development of fish and wildlife habitat within an area described in AS 41.23.040 . (c) The commissioner may not restrict lawful sport and subsistence fishing, hunting, or trapping rights allowed under a regulation of the Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game within the Nelchina Public Use Area. (d) The commissioner shall allow traditional access to the Nelchina Public Use Area by motorized or nonmotorized means of transportation to private land, interests in private land, and for lawful sport and subsistence hunting, fishing, trapping, and recreational purposes in a manner that is compatible with purposes specified in AS 41.23.010 (1) — (4). (e) The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Fish and Game shall have necessary access for fish and game management, research, and enforcement purposes. (f) If the commissioner determines that a use is incompatible with one or more other uses in a portion of the Nelchina Public Use Area, the commissioner shall state in the management plan adopted or revised under AS 41.23.020 (1) each determination of incompatibility; (2) the specific area where the incompatibility is determined to exist; (3) the time within which the incompatibility is determined to exist; and (4) the reasons for each determination of incompatibility. Sec. 41.23.040. Nelchina Public Use Area. (a) The vacant and unappropriated state-owned land and water and the state land and water acquired in the future that lie within the boundaries described in this section are designated as the Nelchina Public Use Area, are reserved for all uses compatible with their primary function as public use land, and are assigned to the department for control and management. (b) The land described in this subsection is the central caribou calving area: (1) Township 5 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian, Section 5 Section 8 Section 17; (2) Township 6 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian, Sections 4 — 5 Sections 8 — 9 Sections 16 — 17 Sections 20 — 21 Sections 28 — 29 Sections 32 — 33; (3) Township 7 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian, Sections 4 — 5 Sections 8 — 9 Sections 16 — 17 Sections 20 — 21 Sections 28 — 29 Sections 32 — 33; (4) Township 8 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian, Sections 4 — 5 Sections 8 — 9 Sections 16 — 17 Sections 20 — 21 Sections 28 — 29 Sections 32 — 33; (5) Township 9 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian, Sections 20 — 22 Sections 27 — 29 Sections 32 — 34; (6) Township 10 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian, those portions of Sections 2 — 4 and 11 lying south of the Tyone River and Sections 9 — 10 Sections 14 — 16; (7) Township 23 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 1 — 6 Sections 8 — 12; (8) Township 23 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 1 — 14; (9) Township 23 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 3 — 9 Sections 17 — 20; (10) Township 23 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 1 — 4; (11) Township 23 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian, Section 6; (12) Township 24 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian, Section 1 Sections 12 — 13 Sections 24 — 25; (13) Township 24 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian; (14) Township 24 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian; (15) Township 24 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian; (16) Township 24 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian; (17) Township 24 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 1 — 23 Sections 26 — 31; (18) Township 25 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 1 — 2 Sections 11 — 13 Sections 24 — 25 Section 36; (19) Township 25 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian; (20) Township 25 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian; (21) Township 25 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian; (22) Township 25 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian; (23) Township 25 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian; (24) Township 26 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 1 — 17 Sections 20 — 28 Sections 35 — 36; (25) Township 26 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian; (26) Township 26 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian; (27) Township 26 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian; (28) Township 26 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian; (29) Township 26 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian; (30) Township 27 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 1 — 3 Sections 11 — 13; (31) Township 27 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian; (32) Township 27 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian; (33) Township 27 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian; (34) Township 27 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian; (35) Township 27 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian; (36) Township 27 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian; (37) Township 28 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 1 — 6 Sections 8 — 17 Sections 21 — 28 Sections 33 — 36; (38) Township 28 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian; (39) Township 28 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian; (40) Township 28 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian; (41) Township 28 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian; (42) Township 28 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian; (43) Township 28 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian; (44) Township 29 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian, Section 13 Sections 23 — 26 Section 36; (45) Township 29 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian; (46) Township 29 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian; (47) Township 29 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian; (48) Township 29 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian; (49) Township 29 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian; (50) That portion of Township 29 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River; (51) Township 29 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 3 — 9 Sections 16 — 21 Sections 28 — 34; (52) Township 30 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 13 — 14 Sections 20 — 29 Sections 32 — 36; (53) Township 30 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 1 — 3 Sections 8 — 36; (54) Township 30 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian; (55) That portion of Township 30 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian, lying southeast of the Susitna River; (56) That portion of Township 30 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River; (57) That portion of Township 30 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River; (58) That portion of Township 30 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna and Tyone Rivers; (59) Township 31 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 13 — 14 Sections 22 — 27 Sections 34 — 36; (60) That portion of Township 31 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River; (61) That portion of Township 31 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River; (62) Township 31 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian, that portion of section 31 lying southeast of the Susitna River. (c) The land described within this subsection is the area of the Nelchina Public Use Area that is outside of the central caribou calving area: (1) Township 21 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian, Section 1 Sections 3, W1/2 Sections 4 — 9 Sections 11, E1/2 Sections 12 — 13 Sections 14, E1/2 Sections 16 — 20 Sections 23, E1/2 Sections 24 — 27 Section 30; (2) Township 21 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 1 — 26 Sections 29 — 30 Sections 33, S1/2 Sections 34, S1/2 Sections 35 — 36; (3) Township 21 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian; (4) Township 21 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian; (5) Township 21 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian; (6) Township 22 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 1 — 22 Sections 24 — 25 Sections 27 — 34 Section 36; (7) Township 22 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian; (8) Township 22 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian; (9) Township 22 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian; (10) Township 22 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian; (11) Township 22 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian; (12) Township 22 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 1 — 24 Sections 27 — 34; (13) Township 23 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian; (14) Township 23 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian; (15) Township 23 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian, Section 7 Sections 13 — 36; (16) Township 23 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 15 — 36; (17) Township 23 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 1 — 2 Sections 10 — 16 Sections 21 — 36; (18) Township 23 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 5 — 36; (19) Township 23 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 1 — 5 Sections 7 — 36; (20) Township 24 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian; (21) Township 24 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 2 — 11 Sections 14 — 23 Sections 26 — 36; (22) Township 24 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 24 — 25; Sections 32 — 36; (23) Township 25 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian; (24) Township 25 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian; (25) Township 25 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian; (26) Township 25 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 3 — 10 Sections 14 — 23 Sections 26 — 35; (27) Township 26 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian; (28) Township 26 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian; (29) Township 26 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian; (30) Township 26 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian; (31) Township 26 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 18 — 19 Sections 29 — 34; (32) Township 27 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian; (33) Township 27 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian; (34) Township 27 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian; (35) Township 27 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 4 — 10 Sections 14 — 36; (36) Township 28 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian; (37) Township 28 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian; (38) Township 28 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian; (39) Township 28 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian, Section 7 Sections 18 — 20 Sections 29 — 32; (40) Township 29 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian; (41) Township 29 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian; (42) Township 29 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 1 — 12 Sections 14 — 22 Sections 27 — 35; (43) Township 29 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 1 — 2 Sections 10 — 15 Sections 22 — 27 Sections 35 — 36; (44) Township 30 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian; (45) Township 30 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian; (46) Township 30 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian; (47) Township 30 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 1 — 12 Sections 15 — 19 Sections 30 — 31; (48) Township 30 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian, Sections 4 — 7; (49) That portion of Township 31 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River; (50) That portion of Township 31 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River; (51) Township 31 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian; (52) Township 31 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian; (53) Township 31 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian, those portions of Sections 2 — 4 and Sections 11 — 12 lying south of the Susitna River, and Sections 5 — 10 Sections 15 — 21 Sections 28 — 33; (54) That portion of Township 32 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River; (55) That portion of Township 32 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River; (56) That portion of Township 32 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River; (57) That portion of Township 32 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River; (58) Township 3 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian, Sections 1 — 30 Sections 33 — 34; (59) Township 3 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian; (60) Township 3 North, Range 11 West, Copper River Meridian; (61) Township 4 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian, all sections except for portions of sections 20 and 29 described as John Lake Subdivision (ASLS-82-190); (62) Township 4 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian; (63) Township 4 North, Range 11 West, Copper River Meridian; (64) Township 5 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian; (65) Township 5 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian, Sections 1 — 4 Sections 9 — 16 Sections 19 — 36; (66) Township 6 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian; (67) Township 6 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian, Sections 1 — 3 Sections 10 — 15 Sections 22 — 27 Sections 34 — 36; (68) Township 7 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian; (69) Township 7 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian, Sections 1 — 3 Sections 10 — 15 Sections 22 — 27 Sections 34 — 36; (70) Township 8 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian; (71) Township 8 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian, Sections 1 — 3 Sections 10 — 15 Sections 22 — 27 Sections 34 — 36; (72) That portion of Township 9 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian, lying southwest of the Tyone River; (73) Township 9 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian, Sections 1 — 4 Sections 9 — 16 Sections 23 — 26 Sections 35 — 36; (74) That portion of Township 10 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian, lying southwest of the Tyone River; (75) Township 10 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian, that portion of Sections 12 and 13 south of the Tyone River, and Sections 21 — 28 Sections 33 — 36. Sec. 41.23.050. Purpose of AS 41.23.050 — 41.23.080. The purpose of AS 41.23.050 — 41.23.080 is to establish the area described in AS 41.23.080 as the Ernie Haugen Public Use Area. The Ernie Haugen Public Use Area is established to (1) protect and maintain fish and wildlife habitat so that traditional public uses may continue; (2) perpetuate and enhance public enjoyment of fishing, hunting, trapping, viewing, and photography; (3) perpetuate and enhance general public recreation in a quality environment; and (4) allow additional public uses of the area, including personal use wood cutting, when determined compatible with the purposes specified in (1) — (3) of this section. Sec. 41.23.060. Management. (a) Management of the surface and subsurface estate of the Ernie Haugen Public Use Area is the responsibility of the department. After adequate public hearings the commissioner may designate incompatible uses and shall adopt and may revise a management plan for the Ernie Haugen Public Use Area. With regard to the management of land within the public use area described in AS 41.23.080 (a), the commissioner shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game in the adoption and revision of the management plan. (b) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within or abutting state-owned land described in AS 41.23.080 but may acquire privately owned land by purchase, exchange, donation, or otherwise for inclusion in the Ernie Haugen Public Use Area. (c) The commissioner may not manage the Ernie Haugen Public Use Area as a unit of the state park system. Sec. 41.23.070. Incompatible uses. (a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner may prohibit or restrict incompatible uses under the management plan adopted under AS 41.23.060 within the state-owned land described in AS 41.23.080 . (b) The commissioner shall allow traditional access to or through the Ernie Haugen Public Use Area by motorized or nonmotorized means of transportation to private land, interests in private land, and for lawful sport and subsistence hunting, fishing, trapping, and recreational purposes in a manner that is compatible with purposes specified in AS 41.23.050 (1) — (3). (c) If the commissioner determines that a use is incompatible with one or more other uses in a portion of the Ernie Haugen Public Use Area, the commissioner shall state in the management plan adopted or revised under AS 41.23.060 (1) each determination of incompatibility; (2) the specific area where the incompatibility is determined to exist; (3) the time within which the incompatibility is determined to exist; and (4) the reasons for each determination of incompatibility. Sec. 41.23.080. Ernie Haugen Public Use Area. (a) The state-owned land above the mean low water line and land above the mean low water line acquired by the state in the future lying within the parcels described in this subsection are designated as the Ernie Haugen Public Use Area: Township 61 South, Range 82 East, Copper River Meridian Section 28: that portion in the W1/2W1/2, SW1/4SE1/4NW1/4, W1/2E1/2SW1/4 that is south of the right-of-way of the Mitkof Highway Section 29: that portion south of the right-of-way of the Mitkof Highway Section 30: that portion south of the right-of-way of the Mitkof Highway Section 31: that portion south of the right-of-way of the Mitkof Highway Section 32: N1/2NW1/4. (b) Subject to valid existing rights, the land described in (a) of this section is designated as a special purpose area under art. VIII, sec. 7, Constitution of the State of Alaska. (c) Subject to a finding of public need by the Department of Natural Resources, the development of transportation facilities including roads, expansion of the existing boat launching ramp and related parking, highways, and ferry terminals by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and electric power transmission facilities and other public utilities within the land described in (a) of this section is consistent with the purposes of AS 41.23.050 — 41.23.080. Sec. 41.23.100. Purpose of AS 41.23.100 — 41.23.130. (a) The purpose of AS 41.23.100 — 41.23.130 is to establish the area described in AS 41.23.130 as the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area. (b) The Hatcher Pass Public Use Area is established to (1) provide for public recreation activities; (2) protect and enhance the fishery, waterfowl, and wildlife resources and habitat and provide for public use of the fishery and wildlife resources, including fishing, grazing, hunting, and trapping; (3) protect the water quality and scenic resources within the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area. Sec. 41.23.110. Management. (a) The commissioner is responsible for the management of the surface and subsurface estate within the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area consistent with the purposes of AS 41.23.100 . (b) The commissioner of fish and game, the Board of Fisheries, and the Board of Game are responsible for the management of fish and game resources and public use of fish and wildlife in the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area consistent with the purposes of AS 41.23.100 . (c) After adequate public hearings and in consultation with the commissioner of fish and game, the commissioner shall adopt and may revise a management plan for the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area in consultation with local governments and other affected state agencies. The management plan adopted under this section must be consistent with the purposes stated in AS 41.23.100 . A management plan adopted or revised by the commissioner under this section shall be submitted to the legislature within the first 10 days of the first regular session of the legislature to convene after its adoption or revision by the commissioner. (d) The provisions of AS 41.23.100 — 41.23.130 do not restrict a responsibility within the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area of the commissioner of fish and game, the Board of Fisheries, the Board of Game, the commissioner of environmental conservation, or the commissioner of public safety. (e) The Hatcher Pass Public Use Area is closed to mineral entry under AS 38.05.185 — 38.05.275 from September 1, 1986. (f) Each valid existing mining claim on September 1, 1986, remains valid and shall continue in full force and effect according to its terms. (g) Except for road construction, the state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within or abutting state-owned land described in AS 41.23.130 but may acquire privately owned land by purchase, exchange, or otherwise for inclusion in the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area from willing landowners. (h) Except for valid existing rights on September 1, 1986, the commissioner may not sell state land within the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area. Sec. 41.23.120. Incompatible uses. (a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner may prohibit or restrict incompatible uses under the management plan adopted under AS 41.23.110 within the state-owned land and water described in AS 41.23.130 . (b) Nothing in AS 41.23.100 — 41.23.130 prohibits the Department of Fish and Game from engaging in rehabilitation, enhancement, and development of fish and wildlife habitat within an area described in AS 41.23.130 that is consistent with the purposes stated in AS 41.23.100 . (c) The commissioner may not restrict lawful fishing, hunting, or trapping rights allowed under a regulation of the Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game within the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area. (d) The commissioner shall designate routes for motorized and nonmotorized access within or across the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area. (e) The commissioner of public safety and the commissioner of fish and game shall have necessary access for fish and game management, research, and enforcement purposes. (f) If the commissioner determines that a use is incompatible with one or more other uses in a portion of the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area, the commissioner shall state in the management plan adopted or revised under AS 41.23.110 (1) each determination of incompatibility; (2) the specific area where the incompatibility is determined to exist; (3) the time within which the incompatibility is determined to exist; and (4) the reasons for each determination of incompatibility. Sec. 41.23.130. Hatcher Pass Public Use Area. The vacant and unappropriated state-owned land and water and the state land and water acquired in the future that lie within the boundaries described in this section are designated as the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area, are reserved for all uses compatible with their primary function as public use land, and are assigned to the department for control and management: Township 19 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian Section 1: NW1/4NW1/4, NW1/4NE1/4NW1/4, W1/2SW1/4NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4NW1/4 Section 2: NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, SE1/4NE1/4NW1/4, SE1/4SW1/4NW1/4, SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4, SW1/4SE1/4, NW1/4SE1/4SE1/4, W1/2NE1/4SE1/4, NE1/4NE1/4SE1/4 Section 10: E1/2E1/2 Section 11: W1/2, NW1/4NE1/4 Section 14: W1/2 Section 15: E1/2E1/2 Section 22: E1/2E1/2 Section 23: W1/2 Section 26: W1/2SW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4 Section 27: E1/2E1/2 Township 20 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian Section 25: S1/2S1/2SE1/4 Section 35: SE1/4, SE1/4SE1/4NE1/4 Section 36: NE1/4, SW1/4, E1/2NW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4, SE1/4NW1/4NW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4, NW1/4NE1/4SE1/4, NW1/4SW1/4SE1/4 Township 20 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian Section 9: E1/2SE1/4, E1/2SW1/4SE1/4, SE1/4SE1/4NE1/4 Section 10: W1/2SW1/4, E1/2NW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4, E1/2NW1/4NW1/4, W1/2NE1/4SW1/4, NW1/4NE1/4, NW1/4SW1/4NE1/4 Section 15: W1/2W1/2NW1/4 Section 16: SE1/4, E1/2NE1/4, E1/2W1/2NE1/4 Section 21: E1/2SW1/4, E1/2SW1/4SW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4SW1/4, SE1/4NW1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4, W1/2SW1/4SE1/4, NE1/4SW1/4SE1/4, W1/2NE1/4, W1/2NE1/4NE1/4, NW1/4SE1/4NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, E1/2NE1/4NW1/4, SW1/4NE1/4NW1/4 Section 28: NW1/4, W1/2NW1/4NE1/4, NW1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4SW1/4, NW1/4NE1/4SW1/4 Section 29: E1/2SE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4, SW1/4SE1/4, S1/2 NW1/4SE1/4, NE1/4NW1/4SE1/4, S1/2SW1/4, S1/2NE1/4SW1/4 Section 30: S1/2S1/2S1/2, S1/2SE1/4 Section 31: NW1/4, N1/2NE1/4, N1/2S1/2NE1/4 Section 32: N1/2NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4NW1/4, NW1/4NW1/4NE1/4. Sec. 41.23.140. Purpose of AS 41.23.140 — 41.23.170. The purpose of AS 41.23.140 — 41.23.170 is to protect, maintain, enhance, and perpetuate the present use of the area described in AS 41.23.170 as the Goldstream Public Use Area. The Goldstream Public Use Area is established to (1) protect, maintain, perpetuate, and enhance year-round general public recreation; (2) protect, maintain, perpetuate, and enhance public enjoyment and use of fish and wildlife; (3) allow additional public uses of the area in a manner compatible with the purposes specified in (1) — (2) of this section. Sec. 41.23.150. Management. (a) The commissioner is responsible for the management of the surface and subsurface estate of the Goldstream Public Use Area. After adequate public hearings, the commissioner shall adopt and may revise a management plan for the Goldstream Public Use Area. The commissioner shall provide a copy of the management plan and each revision to the chairs of the resource committees of the legislature within 30 days of its adoption or revision. The commissioner shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game in the adoption and revision of the management plan. (b) Subject to valid existing rights, the commissioner may not dispose of the surface estate in state land within the Goldstream Public Use Area. (c) Consistent with the purposes of AS 41.23.140 (1) — (3), the commissioner shall allow uses within the Goldstream Public Use Area, including but not limited to horseback riding, hiking, mining, all terrain vehicle driving, bicycling, dog sledding, cross-country skiing, skijoring, snowmachining, camping, and other traditional public uses of fish and wildlife populations such as fishing, hunting, trapping, viewing, and photographing of moose, trumpeter swan and other waterfowl, otter, beaver, mink, muskrat, and fox. (d) The Goldstream Public Use Area is open to mineral entry under AS 38.05.185 — 38.05.275, and the commissioner may adopt regulations to achieve the purposes specified in AS 41.23.140 (1) — (2). Each valid existing right or permit remains valid and continues in full force and effect according to its terms. The commissioner shall permit the exploration, development, and extraction of subsurface resources in a manner that is compatible with the purposes specified in AS 41.23.140 (1) — (2). (e) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately-owned land within the boundaries described in AS 41.23.170 but may acquire privately-owned land located within the boundaries described in AS 41.23.170 by purchase, exchange, or otherwise for inclusion in the Goldstream Public Use Area. (f) The commissioner may not manage the Goldstream Public Use Area as a unit of the state park system. Sec. 41.23.160. Incompatible uses. (a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner may prohibit or restrict uses determined to be incompatible with the purposes of the Goldstream Public Use Area under AS 41.23.140 (1) — (2) within the state-owned land and water described in AS 41.23.170 . (b) Consistent with AS 41.23.140 — 41.23.170, the Department of Fish and Game may engage in rehabilitation, enhancement, and development of fish and wildlife habitat within the area described in AS 41.23.170 . (c) The commissioner may not restrict fishing, hunting, or trapping rights allowed under a regulation of the Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game within the Goldstream Public Use Area. (d) The commissioner shall allow access to the Goldstream Public Use Area by motorized or nonmotorized means of transportation to private land, interests in private land, and for hunting, fishing, trapping, mining, and recreational purposes in a manner that is compatible with purposes specified in AS 41.23.140 (1) — (2). Existing trails remain open to public use. (e) The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Fish and Game may have necessary access for fish and game management, research, and enforcement purposes. (f) If the commissioner determines that a use is incompatible with one or more other uses in a portion of the Goldstream Public Use Area, the commissioner shall state in the management plan adopted or revised under AS 41.23.150 (1) each determination of incompatibility; (2) the specific area where the incompatibility is determined to exist; (3) the time within which the incompatibility is determined to exist; and (4) the reasons for each determination of incompatibility. Sec. 41.23.170. Goldstream Public Use Area. Subject to valid existing rights, the vacant and unappropriated state-owned land and water and the state land and water acquired in the future that lie within the boundaries described in this section are designated as the Goldstream Public Use Area, are reserved for all uses compatible with their primary function as public use land, and are assigned to the department for control and management: (1) Township 1 North, Range 1 West, Fairbanks Meridian Section 2: Lots 7 — 8 west of the centerline of Goldstream Road, Lot 11 Lots 9 — 10 Section 3: Lots 5 — 13 Section 4: Lots 9 — 11 Section 5: SW1/4SW1/4 Section 7: Lot 4, S1/2NE1/4, NE1/4SE1/4, S1/2SE1/4 Section 8: E1/2, NE1/4NW1/4, S1/2NW1/4, SW1/4 Section 9: Lots 1 — 2, E1/2NE1/4, SW1/4NE1/4, W1/2NW1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, SW1/4, W1/2NE1/4SE1/4, NW1/4SE1/4 Section 10: NW1/4NW1/4 Section 11: Lots 1 — 5 Section 12: Lots 2 — 3 Section 17: NW1/4NW1/4 Section 18: N1/2NE1/4, SW1/4NE1/4, W1/2SE1/4NE1/4, NE1/4SE1/4SE1/4NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, SE1/4; (2) Township 1 North, Range 2 West, Fairbanks Meridian Section 13: SE1/4, E1/2E1/2E1/2SW1/4 Section 23: NE1/4SW1/4, W1/2SE1/4, W1/2SE1/4SE1/4, SE1/4SE1/4SE1/4, W1/2NE1/4SE1/4SE1/4 Section 24: E1/2 Section 26: W1/2W1/2NW1/4NW1/4 Section 27: N1/2NE1/4NE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4NE1/4, E1/2SW1/4NE1/4NE1/4. Sec. 41.23.180. Purpose of AS 41.23.180 — 41.23.230. The purpose of AS 41.23.180 — 41.23.230 is to establish the area described in AS 41.23.230 as the Knik River Public Use Area. The Knik River Public Use Area is established to (1) perpetuate and enhance (A) general public recreation; (B) public enjoyment of fish and wildlife; (2) protect and maintain migratory waterfowl nesting areas; habitats for moose, Dall sheep, and brown bear; and other fish and wildlife habitat so that traditional public use of fish and wildlife populations may continue; (3) provide an area for the public to enjoy the full spectrum of public uses, including maintenance and enhancement of off-road motorized vehicle and nonmotorized recreational opportunities; (4) allow (A) continued motorized access for miners and owners of private property in the Knik River Public Use Area; and (B) additional public uses of the area determined by the commissioner to be compatible with this section. Sec. 41.23.190. Management. (a) The commissioner is responsible for the management of the land and mineral estate within the Knik River Public Use Area consistent with the purposes of AS 41.23.180 . After adequate public hearings, the commissioner may designate incompatible uses and shall adopt and may revise a management plan for the Knik River Public Use Area. The management plan must include provisions for the enforcement of the plan and compliance with the requirements of the plan. (b) The commissioner of fish and game, the Board of Fisheries, and the Board of Game are responsible for the management of fish and game resources and public use of fish and wildlife in the Knik River Public Use Area consistent with the purposes of AS 41.23.180 . (c) The Knik River Public Use Area may not be managed as a unit of the state park system. (d) The commissioner shall identify wetland areas within the Knik River Public Use Area and provide for the protection and use of the wetland areas in the management plan. Sec. 41.23.200. Incompatible uses. (a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner may prohibit or restrict uses determined to be incompatible with the purposes of the Knik River Public Use Area under AS 41.23.180 within the state-owned land and water described in AS 41.23.230 . (b) Nothing in AS 41.23.180 — 41.23.230 prohibits the Department of Fish and Game from engaging in rehabilitation, enhancement, and development of fish and wildlife habitat within an area described in AS 41.23.230 that is consistent with the purposes stated in AS 41.23.180 . (c) The commissioner may not restrict (1) lawful fishing, hunting, or trapping rights allowed under a regulation of the Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game in the Knik River Public Use Area; or (2) the use of weapons, including firearms, in the Knik River Public Use Area except in locations where the commissioner determines that the use of weapons constitutes a threat to public safety. (d) The commissioner shall (1) allow the Knik River Public Use Area to be used for activities that are compatible with the reasons for establishing the public use area in AS 41.23.180 and include all-terrain vehicles, aircraft, watercraft, airboats, snowmobiling, horseback riding, hiking, bicycling, dog sledding, cross-country skiing, skijoring, camping, hunting, fishing, wildlife viewing, photography, and, where permitted, mineral exploration and mining; and (2) recognize the existing off-road motor vehicle trails and the access those trails provide to areas in the Knik River Public Use Area, make accommodations that will provide the shortest possible route to avoid critical habitat, conduct trail rehabilitation in a way that minimizes damage, maintain and enhance off-road motor vehicle options and opportunities in the Knik River Public Use Area, and provide for increased use of the public use area. (e) The commissioner of public safety and the commissioner of fish and game shall have necessary access for fish and game management, research, and enforcement purposes. Sec. 41.23.210. Enforcement authority. (a) In the Knik River Public Use Area described in AS 41.23.230 , the following persons are peace officers of the state for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of AS 41.23.180 — 41.23.230 and regulations adopted under AS 41.23.180 — 41.23.230: (1) an employee of the department or other person authorized by the commissioner; (2) a peace officer, as that term is defined in AS 01.10.060 . (b) A person designated in (a) of this section may, when enforcing the provisions of AS 41.23.180 — 41.23.230 or a regulation adopted under AS 41.23.180 — 41.23.230, (1) execute a warrant or other process issued by an officer or court of competent jurisdiction; (2) administer or take an oath, affirmation, or affidavit; and (3) issue a citation or arrest a person who violates a provision of AS 41.23.180 — 41.23.230 or a regulation adopted under AS 41.23.180 — 41.23.230. (c) A citation issued under (b) of this section must comply with the provisions of AS 12.25.175 — 12.25.230. Sec. 41.23.220. Penalty. (a) Except for conduct that is a violation of AS 11.46.420 , a person who violates a provision of AS 41.23.180 — 41.23.230 or a regulation adopted under AS 41.23.180 — 41.23.230 is guilty of a violation as defined in AS 11.81.900 . (b) Except for conduct that is a violation of AS 11.46.420 , the supreme court shall establish by order or rule a schedule of bail amounts for violations under (a) of this section that allow the disposition of a citation without a court appearance. Sec. 41.23.230. Knik River Public Use Area. Subject to valid existing rights, state-owned land and water and the state land and water acquired in the future that lie within the boundaries described in this section are designated as the Knik River Public Use Area, are reserved for all uses compatible with their primary function as public use land, and are assigned to the department for control and management: (1) Township 15 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian; (2) Township 15 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian; (3) Township 15 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian; (4) Township 15 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian Section 3: NW1/4NW1/4 Section 4: N1/2NE1/4, N1/2NW1/4 Section 5: N1/2NE1/4, NW1/4 Section 6: SW1/4SE1/4, N1/2SE1/4, SW1/4, N1/2 Section 7: SW1/4NW1/4, N1/2NW1/4; (5) Township 16 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian Section 1: Portions located below the ordinary high water of Knik River Section 2: Portions located below the ordinary high water of Knik River Section 3: Portions located below the ordinary high water of Knik River; (6) Township 16 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian Sections 1 — 3 Section 4: Portions located below the ordinary high water of Knik River Section 5: Portions located below the ordinary high water of Knik River Section 6: Portions located below the ordinary high water of Knik River Section 9: Portions located below the ordinary high water of Knik River Section 10: Portions located below the ordinary high water of Knik River Sections 11 — 13 Section 14: Portions located below the ordinary high water of Knik River Section 23: Portions located below the ordinary high water of Knik River Section 24: Portions located below the ordinary high water of Knik River; (7) Township 16 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian; (8) Township 16 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian; (9) Township 16 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian; (10) Township 16 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian Section 6: NW1/4SE1/4, S1/2SE1/4, W1/2 Section 7 Sections 17 — 20 Section 28: NW1/4SW1/4, S1/2SW1/4 Sections 29 — 32 Section 33: S1/2NE1/4, SE1/4, W1/2 Section 34: SE1/4SW1/4, W1/2SW1/4; (11) Township 17 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian Section 36: Portions located below the ordinary high water of Knik River; (12) Township 17 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian Sections 1 — 5 Sections 9 — 16 Section 17: S1/2 Sections 20 — 29 Section 31: NE1/4NE1/4, S1/2NE1/4, SE1/4, SW1/4 located below the ordinary high water of Knik River Sections 32 — 36; (13) Township 17 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian; (14) Township 17 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian; (15) Township 17 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian; (16) Township 18 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian. Sec. 41.23.240. Purpose and establishment of the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area. The purpose of AS 41.23.240 — 41.23.270 is to protect, maintain, enhance, and perpetuate the present use of the area described in AS 41.23.270 as the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area. The Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area is established to (1) protect, maintain, perpetuate, and enhance year-round general public recreation; (2) protect, maintain, perpetuate, and enhance public enjoyment and use of fish and wildlife; (3) allow for continued use of the area for grazing and other purposes authorized in a land use plan adopted by the commissioner or by law; (4) allow additional public uses of the area in a manner compatible with the purposes specified in (1) — (3) of this section. Sec. 41.23.250. Management. (a) The commissioner is responsible for the management of the surface and subsurface estate of the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area. After adequate public hearings, the commissioner may adopt and may revise a management plan for the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area. The commissioner shall provide a copy of the management plan and each revision to the chairs of the resource committees of the legislature within 30 days after its adoption or revision. The commissioner shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game in the adoption and revision of the management plan. (b) Subject to valid existing rights, including existing rights for grazing leases and operations and the interagency land management agreement between the department and the Alaska Aerospace Corporation for the Kodiak Launch Complex, the commissioner may not dispose of the surface estate in state land within the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area. (c) Grazing and missile launch activity are allowable uses within the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area. Consistent with the purposes of AS 41.23.240 (1) and (2), the commissioner shall allow additional uses within the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area, including horseback riding, hiking, picnicking, berry picking, fossil collecting, tide pooling, all terrain and road vehicle driving, bicycling, dog sledding, cross-country skiing, skijoring, snow machining, camping, surfing, beachcombing, and other traditional public uses of fish and wildlife populations such as fishing, hunting, viewing, and photographing of gray whales and waterfowl. (d) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within the boundaries described in AS 41.23.270 but may acquire privately owned land located within the boundaries described in AS 41.23.270 by purchase, exchange, or otherwise for inclusion in the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area. (e) The commissioner may not manage the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area as a unit of the state park system. Sec. 41.23.260. Incompatible uses. (a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner may prohibit or restrict uses determined to be incompatible with the purposes of the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area under AS 41.23.240 (1) and (2) within the state-owned land and water described in AS 41.23.270 . (b) Consistent with AS 41.23.240 — 41.23.270, the Department of Fish and Game may engage in rehabilitation, enhancement, and development of fish and wildlife habitat within the area described in AS 41.23.270 . (c) The commissioner may not restrict fishing, hunting, or trapping rights allowed under a regulation of the Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game within the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area. (d) The commissioner shall allow access to the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area by motorized or nonmotorized means of transportation to private land, to interests in private land, and for hunting, fishing, trapping, mining, and recreational purposes in a manner that is compatible with purposes specified in AS 41.23.240 (1) and (2). Existing trails remain open to public use. (e) The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Fish and Game may have necessary access for fish and game management, research, and enforcement purposes. (f) If the commissioner determines that a use is incompatible with one or more other uses in a portion of the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area, the commissioner shall state in the management plan adopted or revised under AS 41.23.250 (1) each determination of incompatibility; (2) the specific area where the incompatibility is determined to exist; (3) the time within which the incompatibility is determined to exist; and (4) the reasons for each determination of incompatibility. Sec. 41.23.270. Description of Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area. Subject to valid existing rights, the vacant and unappropriated state-owned land, tidelands, and submerged lands and the state land, tidelands, and submerged lands acquired in the future that lie within the boundaries described in this section are designated as the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area, are reserved for all uses compatible with their primary function as public use land, and are assigned to the department for control and management: (1) Township 30 South, Range 20 West, Seward Meridian Section 25 Section 36 (2) Township 30 South, Range 18 West, Seward Meridian Section 19 Sections 30 — 31 (3) Township 30 South, Range 19 West, Seward Meridian Section 15 Sections 19 — 36 (4) Township 31 South, Range 19 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 — 11 Sections 15 — 22 Sections 27 — 34 (5) Township 31 South, Range 20 West, Seward Meridian Section 1 Section 2: all land lying east of Pasagshak Bay Road Section 12: E1/2 Section 13 Section 23: SE1/4 Sections 24 — 25 Section 26: Lot 1 Sections 34 — 36 (6) Township 32 South, Range 19 West, Seward Meridian Sections 3 — 6 Sections 8 — 10 (7) Township 32 South, Range 20 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 — 3 Section 4: SE1/4 Sections 9 — 11 Sec. 41.23.280. Purpose of AS 41.23.280 — 41.23.289. The purpose of AS 41.23.280 — 41.23.289 is to protect, maintain, enhance, and perpetuate the present use of the area described in AS 41.23.286 as the Jonesville Public Use Area. The Jonesville Public Use Area is established to (1) protect, maintain, perpetuate, and enhance year-round general public recreation; (2) protect and maintain fish and wildlife habitat so that the public may continue to enjoy traditional uses of the Jonesville Public Use Area; (3) provide opportunities for the public to enjoy the area through a full spectrum of public uses, including the maintenance and enhancement of off-road vehicle and nonmotorized recreational opportunities for the public; and (4) allow (A) continued mineral exploration and development activities; (B) motorized access to private property, including property in which a person has a subsurface right, in the Jonesville Public Use Area; and (C) additional public uses of the area determined by the commissioner to be compatible with this section. Sec. 41.23.282. Management. (a) The commissioner is responsible for the management of the surface and subsurface estate of the Jonesville Public Use Area consistent with the purposes of AS 41.23.280 . After adequate public hearings, the commissioner may designate incompatible uses and shall adopt and may revise a management plan for the Jonesville Public Use Area to the extent workload permits. The management plan must include provisions for the enforcement of the plan and compliance with the requirements of the plan.

The commissioner shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game in the adoption and revision of the management plan. (b) The commissioner of fish and game, the Board of Fisheries, and the Board of Game are responsible for the management of fish and game resources and the public use of fish and wildlife in the Jonesville Public Use Area consistent with the purposes of AS 41.23.280 . (c) The Jonesville Public Use Area may not be managed as a unit of the state park system. (d) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within the boundaries described in AS 41.23.286 for inclusion in the Jonesville Public Use Area. However, the state may acquire privately owned land located within the boundaries described in AS 41.23.286 by purchase, exchange, or otherwise for inclusion in the Jonesville Public Use Area. Sec. 41.23.284. Incompatible uses. (a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner may prohibit or restrict uses determined to be incompatible with the purposes of the Jonesville Public Use Area under AS 41.23.280 within the state-owned land and water described in AS 41.23.286 . (b) Nothing in AS 41.23.280 — 41.23.289 prohibits the Department of Fish and Game from engaging in rehabilitation, enhancement, and development of fish and wildlife habitat within an area described in AS 41.23.286 that is consistent with the purposes stated in AS 41.23.280 . (c) The commissioner may not restrict (1) lawful fishing, hunting, or trapping rights allowed under a regulation of the Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game within the Jonesville Public Use Area; (2) the use of weapons, including firearms, in the Jonesville Public Use Area, except in locations where the commissioner determines that the use of weapons constitutes a threat to public safety; or (3) lawful mineral exploration and development activities within the Jonesville Public Use Area. (d) The commissioner shall (1) allow the Jonesville Public Use Area to be used for activities that (A) are compatible with the reasons for establishing the public use area in AS 41.23.280 ; and (B) include operating all-terrain vehicles on trails or in areas designated or constructed for their use, aircraft, and watercraft; snowmachining, horseback riding, hiking, bicycling, dog sledding, cross-country skiing, skijoring, camping, hunting, fishing, trapping, wildlife viewing, photography, berry picking; and, where permitted, rifle and pistol ranges, parking of vehicles, and lawful mineral exploration and mining; and (2) recognize the existing off-road motor vehicle trails and the access those trails provide within the Jonesville Public Use Area, make accommodations that will provide the shortest possible route to avoid critical habitat, conduct trail rehabilitation in a way that minimizes damage, maintain and enhance off-road motor vehicle options and opportunities in the Jonesville Public Use Area, and provide for responsible use of the public use area. (e) The commissioner of public safety and the commissioner of fish and game shall have necessary access to the Jonesville Public Use Area for fish and game management, research, and enforcement purposes. (f) If the commissioner determines that a use is incompatible with one or more other uses in a portion of the Jonesville Public Use Area, the commissioner shall state in the management plan adopted or revised under AS 41.23.282 (1) each determination of incompatibility; (2) the specific area where the incompatibility is determined to exist; (3) the time within which the incompatibility is determined to exist; and (4) the reasons for the determination of incompatibility. Sec. 41.23.286. Jonesville Public Use Area. Subject to valid existing rights, the vacant and unappropriated state-owned land and water and the state land and water acquired in the future that lie within the following boundaries described in this section are designated as the Jonesville Public Use Area, are reserved for all uses compatible with their primary function as public use land, and are assigned to the department for control and management: (1) Township 19 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian Section 1: That portion easterly of Moose Creek Section 12: That portion of N1/2, N1/2SW1/4, and N1/2SE1/4 easterly of Moose Creek Section 13: NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, and S1/2 Section 24: All; (2) Township 19 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian Section 2: All Section 3: All Section 4: All Section 5: All Section 6: All Section 7: All Section 8: All Section 9: All Section 10: All Section 11: All Section 14: NE1/4 Section 15: N1/2NE1/4 and the North 960 feet of the East 1,815 feet of the NW1/4 for each Record of Survey filed as 86-85RS P.R.D. Section 16: All Section 17: All Section 18: All Section 19: NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4, and Government Lots 1, 2, and 4 Section 20: N1/2NE1/4, N1/2NW1/4, and SW1/4NW1/4; (3) Township 20 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian Section 36: That portion easterly of Moose Creek; (4) Township 20 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian Section 31: All Section 32: All Section 33: All Section 34: All Section 35: All. Sec. 41.23.288. Enforcement authority. (a) In the Jonesville Public Use Area described in AS 41.23.286 , the following persons are peace officers of the state for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of AS 41.23.280 — 41.23.289 and regulations adopted under AS 41.23.280 — 41.23.289: (1) an employee of the department or another person authorized by the commissioner; (2) a peace officer, as that term is defined in AS 01.10.060 . (b) A person designated in (a) of this section may, when enforcing the provisions of AS 41.23.280 — 41.23.289 or a regulation adopted under AS 41.23.280 — 41.23.289, (1) execute a warrant or other process issued by an officer or court of competent jurisdiction; (2) administer or take an oath, affirmation, or affidavit; and (3) issue a citation or arrest a person who violates a provision of AS 41.23.280 — 41.23.289 or a regulation adopted under AS 41.23.280 — 41.23.289. (c) A citation issued under (b) of this section must comply with the provisions of AS 12.25.175 — 12.25.230. Sec. 41.23.289. Penalty. (a) A person who violates a provision of, or regulation adopted under, AS 41.23.280 — 41.23.289 is guilty of a violation as defined in AS 11.81.900 . (b) The supreme court shall establish by order or rule a schedule of bail amounts for violations under (a) of this section that allow the disposition of a citation without a court appearance. Article 2. Recreation Rivers. Sec. 41.23.400. Purposes. (a) The purpose of AS 41.23.400 — 41.23.510 is to establish as recreation rivers the land and water now owned by the state and the land and water acquired in the future by the state that lies within the recreation rivers and the river corridors described in AS 41.23.500 . (b) The primary purpose for the establishment of the six recreation rivers is the maintenance and enhancement of the land and water described in AS 41.23.500 for recreation. (c) The primary purposes for the management of the six recreation rivers are (1) the management, protection, and maintenance of the fish and wildlife populations and habitat on a sustained-yield basis; (2) continued recreation and economic use, including the uses described in (3) and (4) of this subsection, and enjoyment by the public and individuals of recreational activities that include hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, boating, hiking, snowmachining, skiing, dog mushing, and wildlife viewing, while ensuring the scenic and natural integrity of the recreation river; (3) multiple use management of upland activities within the recreation river corridor to ensure that mitigation measures to alleviate potential adverse effects on water quality and stream flow will take place; and (4) accommodation of access for resource uses, including recreation and tourism, within or adjacent to the river corridor. Sec. 41.23.410. Compatible activities. The commissioner shall allow the following activities on a recreation river or within a recreation river corridor when they are compatible with AS 41.23.400 and consistent with a management plan adopted under AS 41.23.440 : (1) the use of aircraft, powerboats, snow machines, all-terrain vehicles, motorized transportation, and transportation by animal; (2) the sale and harvest of wood products under AS 41.23.470 (b); (3) sand and gravel extraction under AS 41.23.470 (b); (4) the construction and operation of recreation facilities; and (5) other uses permitted in the management plan required by AS 41.23.440 , including mining and mineral development. Sec. 41.23.420. General management of recreation rivers and corridors. (a) The state-owned land and water within the area established as a recreation river under AS 41.23.500 , including the recreation river corridor, is assigned to the commissioner for management consistent with the purposes of AS 41.23.400 . (b) The commissioner shall reserve to the state under AS 46.15.145 an instream flow or level for the water in the rivers described in AS 41.23.500 that is adequate to achieve the purposes of AS 41.23.400 . (c) The commissioner may regulate boating, if necessary, under the management plan adopted under AS 41.23.440 . (d) The provisions of AS 41.23.400 — 41.23.510 do not affect the authority of (1) the Department of Fish and Game, the Board of Fisheries, the Board of Game, or the Big Game Commercial Services Board under AS 08.54 , AS 16 , or AS 41.99.010 ; or (2) the Department of Environmental Conservation under AS 46.03 . (e) The commissioner may not restrict the use of weapons, including firearms, within a recreation river and a recreation river corridor except in sites of high public use such as picnic areas, boat ramps, camping grounds, and parking areas when the commissioner determines that the use of weapons constitutes a threat to public safety. Except as provided in this subsection, the commissioner may not restrict fishing, hunting, or trapping within a recreation river and its recreation river corridor. (f) The authority of the commissioner under AS 41.23.400 — 41.23.510 ceases where the land and water established as a recreation river under AS 41.23.400 — 41.23.510 meets land and water that is not established as a recreation river. Sec. 41.23.430. Advisory board. Sec. 41.23.440. Management plan. (a) The commissioner, in consultation with representatives of affected municipalities, shall prepare and adopt and may revise a management plan for each of the six recreation rivers and their recreation river corridors. In preparing or revising the plan, the commissioner and each affected municipality shall consult with the public and state agencies, including the commissioner of fish and game. In preparation or revision of the plan, the commissioner shall comply with the notice requirements of AS 38.05.945 and provide written notice by first-class mail to private property owners in the recreation river corridors and shall hold at least two public hearings in municipalities and communities near the recreation river and the recreation river corridor. The management plan shall establish long-range guidelines and management practices consistent with AS 41.23.400 to (1) establish guidelines and restrictions, if necessary, for an activity occurring under AS 41.23.410 to implement the purposes of AS 41.23.400 ; (2) protect, maintain, or enhance the fish and wildlife habitat and the free-flowing nature of the river; (3) identify special recreation values and manage the level of intensity and types of recreation uses; (4) designate management guidelines for development activities; (5) designate management guidelines for commercial recreation activities or development, including recreation services; (6) provide for necessary public services, such as transportation and utility corridors, crossing or fording corridors, public safety, and law enforcement; (7) allow reasonable access to public land and private inholdings, including municipal land that is offered for sale or lease, and to land beyond or adjacent to the recreation river and the recreation river corridor; (8) establish criteria and expedient timelines to review future proposed uses for compatibility with AS 41.23.400 . (b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations necessary to implement the management plan. The commissioner may not adopt regulations before a management plan takes effect. The commissioner may designate employees of the department as peace officers to enforce the provisions of AS 41.23.400 — 41.23.510. (c) A management plan proposed by the commissioner under (a) of this section shall be submitted to the legislature for review within the first 10 days of the first regular session of the legislature to convene after completion of the plan by the commissioner. The plan takes effect 100 days after submission of the plan to the legislature unless rejected by an act of the legislature. Sec. 41.23.450. Management of municipal land. If a municipality commits land for inclusion in a recreation river corridor described in AS 41.23.500 , the commissioner shall obtain the concurrence of the municipality to the management plan proposed under AS 41.23.440 as it applies to municipal land. The commissioner shall cooperate, at the request of a municipality, in planning for municipal land adjacent to a recreation river corridor. Municipal land not committed by a municipality for inclusion in a recreation river corridor is excluded from the operation of the management plan. Sec. 41.23.460. Acquisition of additional land. (a) The commissioner may acquire in the name of the state land that is adjacent to or located within the land described in AS 41.23.500 by purchase, lease, gift, or exchange for inclusion within a recreation river corridor. (b) The commissioner may not acquire land for inclusion in a recreation river corridor by eminent domain. Sec. 41.23.470. Application of public land laws. (a) The provisions of AS 38.04 , AS 38.05 , AS 38.35 , and AS 38.95 apply to land described in AS 41.23.500 except to the extent that a provision of AS 41.23.400 — 41.23.510 is inconsistent. (b) The commissioner may conduct only a negotiated timber sale under AS 38.05.115 to provide for personal use, including house logs and firewood, or for a use incidental to the construction of access, or for habitat enhancement. (c) The commissioner may permit mining leasing under AS 38.05.205 on upland within a recreation river corridor if leasing is allowed under a management plan that has been adopted by the commissioner. The commissioner shall establish appropriate conditions for permits, operating plans, and leases to mitigate the effects of mineral development activities on the environment and to prevent to the extent practicable degradation of the recreation uses of the river. (d) To enhance public use and enjoyment of a recreation river corridor under a management plan adopted under AS 41.23.440 , the commissioner may provide for the construction and operation of commercial facilities such as lodges, campgrounds, and boat launches by (1) leasing land under AS 38.05.070 , including competitive leasing to a prequalified bidder; and (2) contracting for the construction and operation of a facility under AS 36.30 so long as the facility is not in competition with a private facility or enterprise. (e) The annual estimated balance in the account maintained by the commissioner of administration under AS 37.05.142 may be appropriated by the legislature to the department to carry out the purposes of AS 41.23.400 — 41.23.510. Sec. 41.23.480. Cooperative management agreements. (a) The commissioner may enter into a cooperative management agreement for the management of land and water described in AS 41.23.500 or of other adjacent land and water with a federal agency, a municipality, another agency of the state, or a private landowner. (b) The commissioner may transfer the management of a specific site within a recreation river corridor described in AS 41.23.500 to a state agency, a municipality, or a private entity to carry out a program authorized by law or to enhance the objectives of the management plan adopted under AS 41.23.440 . (c) The commissioner may not manage a recreation river corridor described in AS 41.23.500 as a unit of the state park system or as a game refuge, game sanctuary, or a critical habitat. The commissioner may assign management of a recreation facility or site such as a campground or a boat launch to the division of parks. Sec. 41.23.490. Limitation on establishment. State-owned land and water may be established as a recreation river corridor only by the legislature. Sec. 41.23.500. Establishment of recreation rivers and recreation river corridors. Subject to valid existing rights, the state-owned land and water and all land and water acquired by the state in the future, including shore and submerged land that lies within the following described parcels, are established as recreation rivers and reserved as special purpose areas under art. VIII, sec. 7, Constitution of the State of Alaska and shall be retained by the state and be managed under AS 41.23.400 — 41.23.510; (1) Alexander Creek State Recreation River (A) Township 16 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian Sections 6 — 7 Sections 18 — 19 (B) Township 17 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian Section 6: Otter Lake, Weenie Lake, and the remaining state-owned land in the SW1/4 Section 7: Otter Lake and Tracts F-2 and F-3 of ASLS 79-147 Section 18: S1/2, W1/2NW1/4 Section 19 Sections 30 — 31 Section 32: W1/2 (C) Township 17 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian Section 1 Section 2: E1/2, N1/2NW1/4 Section 3: N1/2N1/2 Section 4: N1/2, N1/2SE1/4 Section 11: NE1/4, E1/2SE1/4 Section 12 Section 13: E1/2, E1/2NW1/4 Section 24: NE1/4, E1/2SE1/4 (D) Township 18 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian Section 4: W1/2 Section 5 Section 6: NE1/4 Section 8: N1/2, SE1/4 Section 9 Section 10: SW1/4 Section 14: W1/2SW1/4, SE1/4SW1/4 Section 15: W1/2, SE1/4, S1/2NE1/4 Section 16: N1/2, SE1/4 Section 22: N1/2, N1/2S1/2, S1/2SE1/4 Section 23: W1/2, W1/2SE1/4 Section 26: W1/2, W1/2E1/2, E1/2SE1/4 Section 27: E1/2NE1/4 Section 33: SW1/4, S1/2SE1/4 Section 34: S1/2S1/2 Section 36: W1/2 (E) Township 19 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian Section 19: W1/2, W1/2E1/2 Section 29: W1/2W1/2 Section 30 Section 31: E1/2, E1/2W1/2 Section 32 (F) Township 19 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian Sections 3 — 4 Sections 9 — 10 Section 13: S1/2 Section 14: S1/2 Sections 15 — 16 Section 22: N1/2 Section 23: N1/2 Section 24; Section 35 (2) Kroto Creek and Moose Creek State Recreation River (A) Township 19 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian Section 2: SW1/4 Section 3 Section 10: E1/2 Section 11 Section 14 Section 15: E1/2E1/2 Section 22: E1/2E1/2 Section 23 Section 25: that portion west of the easternmost bank of the Susitna River Section 26 Section 27: E1/2E1/2 Section 34: NE1/4NE1/4 Section 35 Section 36: that portion west of the easternmost bank of the Susitna River (B) Township 20 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian Section 4 Section 5: E1/2 Section 8: NE1/4, E1/2SE1/4 Section 9 Section 15: W1/2 Section 16 Section 21: E1/2, N1/2NW1/4, SE1/4NW1/4 Section 22: NW1/4, S1/2 Section 27 Section 34 (C) Township 21 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian Section 3 Section 9: E1/2SE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4 Section 10 Section 15: W1/2, W1/2NE1/4 Section 16 Section 20: E1/2 Section 21 Section 28 Section 29: E1/2 Section 32: E1/2E1/2, NW1/4NE1/4 Section 33 Section 34: SW1/4 (D) Township 22 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian Sections 4 — 5 Section 6: E1/2, E1/2W1/2 Sections 7 — 9 Sections 16 — 18 Sections 20 — 21 Section 27 Section 28: N1/2, SE1/4, E1/2SW1/4 Section 29: E1/2NE1/4 Section 33: N1/2NE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4 Section 34 (E) Township 23 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian Section 4 Section 7: W1/2 Section 9 Section 16 Section 17: SW1/4SW1/4 Sections 18 — 19 Section 20: W1/2NW1/4 Section 21 Section 28 Sections 30 — 31 Section 32: S1/2 Section 33 (F) Township 23 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian Section 1 Section 2: E1/2 Sections 12 — 13 Section 24 Section 25: N1/2, SE1/4 Section 36: N1/2NE1/4 (G) Township 24 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian Section 4: W1/2 Section 5 Section 6: NE1/4, E1/2SE1/4 Section 8: N1/2, SE1/4, E1/2SW1/4 Section 9 Section 15: SW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4 Section 16 Section 17: NE1/4, N1/2SE1/4 Section 21: E1/2, SE1/4SW1/4 Section 22: NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4 Section 28: E1/2W1/2, E1/2 Section 33 (H) Township 24 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian Section 6: S1/2, NW1/4 Section 7 Section 8: S1/2SW1/4 Section 16: W1/2, W1/2E1/2 Section 17 Section 18: N1/2N1/2, SE1/4NW1/4, S1/2NE1/4, N1/2SE1/4, SE1/4SE1/4 Section 19: NE1/4NE1/4 Section 20: N1/2 Section 21: W1/2, SE1/4, W1/2NE1/4 Section 27 Section 28: E1/2 Section 33: NE1/4NE1/4 Section 34: E1/2, E1/2W1/2, NW1/4NW1/4 Section 35: W1/2, SE1/4, S1/2NE1/4 Section 36: SW1/4 (I) Township 24 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian Section 1: E1/2 Section 12: NE1/4, E1/2SE1/4 Section 13: NE1/4NE1/4 (J) Township 25 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian Section 5 Section 8 Section 17 Section 18: SE1/4 Section 19: E1/2, E1/2W1/2 Section 20: W1/2W1/2 Section 29: W1/2W1/2 Section 30: E1/2, E1/2W1/2 Section 31: E1/2 Section 32: W1/2W1/2, SE1/4SW1/4 (K) Township 25 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian Section 5 Section 6: SE1/4, S1/2NE1/4 Section 7: E1/2, SW1/4, E1/2NW1/4 Section 8: NW1/4, W1/2SW1/4 Sections 18 — 19 Sections 30 — 31 (L) Township 25 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian Section 13: E1/2SE1/4 Section 24: E1/2NE1/4 (M) Township 26 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian Section 5 Section 8 Section 17: N1/2, SE1/4, N1/2SW1/4, SE1/4SW1/4 Section 19: SE1/4 Section 20: E1/2, SW1/4, S1/2NW1/4, NE1/4NW1/4 Section 29: E1/2, NW1/4 Section 30: S1/2, NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4 Section 31: E1/2NE1/4, that portion of NW1/4NE1/4 within retained easement (50´ each side of MHWM) Section 32: Land within 150´ of MHWM (N) Township 26 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian Section 4: W1/2 Section 5: E1/2, S1/2SW1/4 Section 7: SE1/4 Section 8 Section 9: NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4 Section 17 Section 18: E1/2 Section 19 Section 20: W1/2 Section 29: S1/2, NW1/4 Section 30 Section 31: NE1/4 Section 32 (O) Township 27 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian Section 4 Section 5: E1/2 Section 8: E1/2 Section 9 Section 16 Section 17: E1/2 Section 20: E1/2 Section 21 Section 28: W1/2 Section 29: E1/2 Section 32: E1/2 Section 33: W1/2 (P) Township 27 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian Section 7 Section 8: S1/2, NW1/4 Section 9: W1/2 Section 16 Section 17: N1/2, SE1/4 Section 20: E1/2 Section 21 Section 28: N1/2, SW1/4 Section 29: E1/2 Section 32: E1/2 Section 33: W1/2 (Q) Township 27 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian Section 12: NE1/4 (R) Township 28 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian Section 32: S1/2SE1/4 Section 33: S1/2S1/2; (3) Lake Creek State Recreation River (A) Township 21 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian Section 3 Section 4: Excluding Tracts A, B, C and D Section 9: N1/2 Excluding Tracts A and B Section 10 Section 15 (B) Township 22 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian Section 4: NW1/4, S1/2 Section 5: N1/2, E1/2SE1/4 Section 9: N1/2, SE1/4, E1/2SW1/4 Section 10: W1/2SW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4 Section 15: W1/2 Section 16: E1/2, E1/2W1/2 Section 21: E1/2 Section 22: W1/2 Section 27: W1/2, W1/2SE1/4 Section 28: E1/2 Section 34 (C) Township 23 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian Section 3: W1/2W1/2 Section 4 Section 5: E1/2, E1/2SW1/4 Section 7: SE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4, E1/2SW1/4 Section 8: S1/2, NE1/4, S1/2NW1/4, NE1/4NW1/4 Section 9: N1/2NW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4 Section 17: W1/2, W1/2E1/2 Section 18: E1/2 Section 19: N1/2, SE1/4, E1/2SW1/4 Section 20: W1/2, SE1/4, S1/2NE1/4, NW1/4NE1/4 Section 29 Section 30: NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, SE1/4 Section 32 Section 33: S1/2SW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4 (D) Township 24 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian Section 28: S1/2SW1/4, SW1/4SE1/4 Section 29: NW1/4, S1/2 Section 30 Section 31: N1/2 Section 32: NW1/4, E1/2 Section 33 Section 34: SW1/4SW1/4 (E) Township 24 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian Section 3 Section 4: E1/2 Section 10 Section 11: W1/2, W1/2SE1/4, SW1/4NE1/4 Section 13: W1/2W1/2 Section 14 Section 15: NE1/4 Section 23: N1/2, SE1/4 Section 24: W1/2, S1/2SE1/4, NW1/4SE1/4 Section 25 Section 36: NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4 (F) Township 25 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian Sections 6 — 7 Section 8: S1/2, NW1/4 Section 16: W1/2 Section 17 Section 18: E1/2 Section 20: SE1/4, N1/2 Section 21 Section 22: W1/2 Section 25: SW1/4 Section 26: S1/2 Section 27 Section 28: E1/2, NW1/4 Sections 34 — 35 Section 36: W1/2 (G) Township 25 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian Section 1: E1/2 (H) Township 26 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian Section 31 (I) Township 26 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian Sections 3 — 4 Section 9: E1/2 Section 10 Section 14: W1/2 Section 15 Section 22: E1/2, E1/2NW1/4 Section 23 Section 25: S1/2, NW1/4 Section 26 Section 27: NE1/4 Section 35: NE1/4 Section 36 (J) Township 27 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian Section 6: SW1/4 Section 7 Section 8: SW1/4 Sections 17 — 18 Section 19: N1/2, SE1/4 Section 20 Section 21: SW1/4 Sections 28 — 29 Section 30: NE1/4 Section 32: E1/2 Section 33 Section 34: W1/2 (K) Township 27 North, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 — 3 Section 10: N1/2, SE1/4 Sections 11 — 14 Section 15: NE1/4 Section 23: NE1/4 Section 24: N1/2 (L) Township 28 North, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 — 5 Sections 8 — 12 Sections 13 — 17 Sections 21 — 24 Sections 25 — 28 Sections 33 — 36; (4) Little Susitna State Recreation River: the water column of the main stream of the Little Susitna River from mean high water mark to mean high water mark, from the point at which the river crosses the section line dividing Sections 23 and 26 in Township 19 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian downstream to the point at which the river crosses the section line between Sections 15 and 22 in Township 16 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian; the water column of Lake Creek from mean high water mark to mean high water mark, from the point at which the creek crosses the section line dividing Sections 10 and 11, Township 18 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian downstream to the confluence with the Little Susitna River; and (A) Township 16 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian Section 3 Section 4: E1/2NE1/4 Section 10: E1/2, E1/2W1/2 Section 15: E1/2, E1/2W1/2 (B) Township 17 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian Section 4 Section 6: SW1/4 Section 7: W1/2, S1/2SW1/4 Section 8: E1/2, S1/2SW1/4 Section 17: NW1/4 Section 18: N1/2, N1/2SW1/4 (C) Township 17 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian Sections 12 — 15 Section 22 Section 23: N1/2N1/2, SW1/4NW1/4, W1/2SW1/4 Section 26: W1/2W1/2 Section 27 Section 34 (D) Township 18 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian Section 8: NW1/4, SW1/4NE1/4, S1/2NE1/4NE1/4 (E) Township 18 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian Section 15: N1/2NE1/4 Section 16: NW1/4, N1/2NE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4 (F) Township 18 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian Section 15: NW1/4, N1/2NE1/4, NW1/4SW1/4 Section 16: S1/2 Section 17: S1/2 Section 19: NW1/4, W1/2NE1/4, E1/2SW1/4 Section 19 Section 20: SW1/4, W1/2SE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4, W1/2NW1/4 Section 28: N1/2NW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4 Section 29: NE1/4 Section 30 (G) Township 18 North, Range 3 West, Seward Meridian (H) Township 18 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian Section 11: SW1/4, SW1/4SE1/4, SW1/4NW1/4 Section 13: S1/2, SW1/4NE1/4 Section 14 Section 24 Section 25: N1/2 Section 26 Section 27: S1/2 Section 33: S1/2, S1/2NE1/4 Section 34 Section 35: NW1/4, W1/2NE1/4; (5) Talachulitna State Recreation River (A) Township 16 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian Section 6: W1/2 Section 7: NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4 (B) Township 16 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian Section 1: E1/2, SW1/4 Section 2: S1/2, NW1/4 Section 3 Section 11: N1/2, N1/2S1/2 Section 12: N1/2, N1/2S1/2 (C) Township 17 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian Section 6: W1/2, W1/2SE1/4 Section 7 Sections 18 — 19 Sections 30 — 31 (D) Township 17 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian Section 1: E1/2E1/2 Section 3: W1/2 Sections 4 — 5 Section 6: S1/2 Sections 7 — 8 Section 9: N1/2, SE1/4 Section 10 Section 14: W1/2 Section 15 Section 17: NW1/4 Section 18: N1/2, SW1/4 Section 19: NW1/4NW1/4 Section 22 Section 23: W1/2 Section 25: E1/2E1/2 Section 26: W1/2 Section 27 Section 34 Section 35: W1/2 (E) Township 17 North, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian Section 7: S1/2 Section 12: S1/2 Section 13 Section 14: S1/2 Section 15: S1/2 Section 16: S1/2 Sections 17 — 18 Section 20: E1/2 Sections 21 — 23 Section 24: N1/2, N1/2S1/2 (F) Township 17 North, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian Section 9: S1/2 Section 10: S1/2 Section 11: S1/2 Section 12: S1/2 Sections 13 — 16 Section 24: N1/2 (G) Township 18 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian Section 18: SW1/4SW1/4 Section 19: NW1/4, S1/2NE1/4, E1/2SW1/4, SE1/4 Section 20: S1/2, NE1/4 Section 21 Section 22: W1/2W1/2 Section 26: W1/2SW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4 Section 27: S1/2, S1/2N1/2 Sections 28 — 29 Section 30: E1/2, E1/2W1/2 Section 31: NE1/4, S1/2NW1/4, NE1/4NW1/4, SW1/4, W1/2SE1/4 Section 33: NE1/4NE1/4 Section 34: N1/2NW1/4 (H) Township 18 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian Section 6: W1/2, W1/2E1/2, E1/2SE1/4 Section 7 Section 11: E1/2SE1/4 Section 12: SW1/4SW1/4 Section 13: NW1/4, E1/2SW1/4, SE1/4 Section 16: SW1/4 Sections 17 — 18 Section 19: NE1/4 Section 20: N1/2, SE1/4 Section 21: W1/2 Section 24: E1/2NE1/4 Section 28 Section 29: E1/2 Section 32: E1/2 Section 33 Section 36: E1/2SE1/4SE1/4SE1/4 (I) Township 18 North, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 — 2 Section 12: N1/2, SE1/4 (J) Township 19 North, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian Section 3: N1/2, SW1/4 Section 4: E1/2E1/2, W1/2SE1/4, SE1/4SW1/4 Section 9: E1/2, SW1/4, E1/2NW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4 Section 10: NW1/4 Section 15: W1/2SW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4 Section 16 Section 21 Section 22: W1/2W1/2, E1/2SW1/4, SW1/4SE1/4 Sections 27 — 28 Section 34 Section 35: S1/2, NW1/4 (K) Township 20 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian Section 18: W1/2 Section 19: W1/2 (L) Township 20 North, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian Section 1 Section 2: N1/2 Section 11: E1/2 Sections 12 — 13 Section 14: E1/2 Sections 23 — 24 Section 25: N1/2 Section 26 Section 27: E1/2 Section 34: S1/2, NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4 Section 35: NW1/4 (M) Township 21 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian Section 31: W1/2 (N) Township 21 North, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian Section 25: SW1/4, SW1/4SE1/4 Section 26: E1/2SE1/4, SW1/4SE1/4 Section 35: E1/2, SW1/4 Section 36; (6) Talkeetna State Recreation River: the water column of the Talkeetna River from mean high water mark to mean high water mark from the point at which it crosses the line dividing Townships 28 and 29 North, Seward Meridian, downstream to its confluence with the Susitna River; the water column of Chunilna Creek from mean high water mark to mean high water mark from the point at which it crosses the line dividing Townships 27 and 28 North, Seward Meridian, downstream to its confluence with the Talkeetna River; and (A) Township 26 North, Range 3 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 — 2: north of the left bank of the Sheep River Section 3: all land north of the left bank of the Talkeetna River and Tract B of ASLS 81-196 Section 4: all land north of the left bank of the Talkeetna River and Tract A of ASLS 81-196 Section 5: all land north of the left bank of the Talkeetna River and Tract C of ASLS 80-94 Section 6: all land north of the left bank of the Talkeetna River and Tract A of ASLS 80-84 (B) Township 26 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 — 3: exclusive of ASLS 79-149 Section 4: E1/2, SW1/4 exclusive of ASLS 79-149 Section 7: S1/2 Section 8: S1/2 exclusive of ASLS 79-149 Section 9: E1/2, E1/2W1/2 Section 17: that portion north of the left bank of the Talkeetna River Section 18: exclusive of DOT 200642 (C) Township 26 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian Section 12: E1/2SE1/4 Section 13: E1/2, E1/2SW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4 Section 23: that portion northeast of the left bank of the Susitna River Section 24: that portion east of the left bank of the Susitna River and west of the right bank of the main channel of the Talkeetna River (that channel of the river that runs diagonally through the NE1/4 and SW1/4 of Sec. 24) (D) Township 27 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian Section 1 Section 2: S1/2, NE1/4, S1/2NW1/4 Section 3: SW1/2, S1/2N1/2 Section 4: SE1/4 Sections 7 — 10 Section 11: N1/2 Section 12: NW1/4 Section 15: NW1/4 Section 16: N1/2 Section 17: N1/2 Section 18: N1/2 (E) Township 27 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian Section 2: SW1/4 Section 3: S1/2 Section 4: S1/2 Section 5: SE1/4, E1/2SW1/4 Section 7: SE1/4 Sections 8 — 12 Section 13: N1/2 Section 14: N1/2NE1/4 Section 17 Section 18: E1/2, SW1/4 Section 19 Section 20: N1/2, SW1/4 Section 30: W1/2 (F) Township 27 North, Range 3 West, Seward Meridian Section 24: E1/2 Section 25 Section 26: SE1/4 Section 31: S1/2 Section 32: S1/2 exclusive of ASLS 79-149 Section 33: S1/2S1/2 exclusive of ASLS 79-149 Section 34: S1/2S1/2 exclusive of ASLS 79-149 and ASLS 76-138 Sections 35 — 36 (G) Township 27 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian Section 36: S1/2SE1/4 exclusive of ASLS 74-77 and ASLS 74-78 (H) Township 27 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian Section 5: NW1/4 Section 6 (I) Township 28 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian Section 36: SE1/4SE1/4 (J) Township 28 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian Section 2 Section 3: SE1/4 Section 9: SE1/4 Section 10 Section 11: NW1/4, W1/2NE1/4, W1/2SW1/4 Section 15: N1/2, SW1/4 Section 16: E1/2SW1/4 Section 20: SE1/4 Section 21 Section 22: NW1/4 Section 28: N1/2, SW1/4 Section 29: E1/2, SW1/4, SE1/4NW1/4 Section 31: SW1/4, E1/2 Section 32 Section 33: NW1/4. Sec. 41.23.510. Definition. In AS 41.23.400 — 41.23.510, “recreation river corridor” means the uplands within a recreation river established under AS 41.23.500 . Article 3. Recreational Mining Areas. Sec. 41.23.600. Purpose. The purpose of AS 41.23.600 — 41.23.620 is to establish the area described in AS 41.23.620 as the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area. The Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area is established to provide for a public recreational mining area to permit public recreational activities and to allow other multiple use activities to continue as long as the activities do not detract from the primary purpose for the establishment of the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area. Sec. 41.23.610. Management and regulations. (a) The commissioner is responsible for the management of the surface and subsurface estate within the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area necessary to carry out the purposes of AS 41.23.600 . The commissioner shall adopt and may revise a management plan and shall adopt regulations for the management, use, and development of the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area. (b) The management plan, including any revisions, and regulations adopted by the commissioner shall be developed in consultation with the commissioner of fish and game and the commissioner of transportation and public facilities. The management plan and regulations shall address, but not be limited to, (1) the methods of mining permitted within the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area; (2) the types of mining equipment that may be used within the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area; (3) the protection of habitat within the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area; and (4) other restrictions consistent with the purposes stated in AS 41.23.600 . (c) Except as provided in this subsection, the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area is open to recreational mining under AS 41.23.600 — 41.23.620. The commissioner of fish and game is responsible for the management of the fish and game resources and the public use of fish and wildlife resources within the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area consistent with the purposes stated in AS 41.23.600 . The commissioner of fish and game shall issue a general permit to the public authorizing recreational mining activities subject to seasonal restrictions on the mining activities within specified waterbody areas necessary to maintain fishery resources within the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area. (d) The Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area is closed to mineral entry under AS 38.05.185 — 38.05.275. (e) The commissioner shall permit the construction and realignment of the Glenn Highway by the commissioner of transportation and public facilities within the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area as follows: (1) Township 20 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian Section 29: The centerline of the realigned Glenn Highway is described as commencing at the Southwest corner of Section 29; thence on a state plane, Zone 4 bearing of North 2 degrees 09´55" West, along the West boundary of Section 29, 1481.55 feet to proposed centerline Station 692+58.19 and the True Point of Beginning; thence South 85 degrees 52´40" East, a distance of 3395.32 feet to proposed centerline Station 726+53.51; thence along a curve to the left, having a radius of 916.73 feet, through an arc of 121 degrees 37´14", a distance of 1945.93 feet to P.C.C. Station 745+99.44; thence along a compound curve to the left, having a radius of 1637.02 feet, through an arc of 30 degrees 01´50", a distance of 858.01 feet to Point of Tangent Station 754+57.45; thence North 57 degrees 31´44" West, a distance of 453.00 feet to P.C. Station 759+10.45; thence along a curve to the right, having a radius of 996.45 feet, through an arc of 144 degrees 30´28", a distance of 2513.18 feet to Point of Tangent Station 784+23.63 BACK = 741+49.55 AHEAD; thence North 86 degrees 58´44" East, a distance of 1347.13 feet to Station 754+96.68, a point on the east boundary of Section 29, said point is South 2 degrees 09´55" East, a distance of 115.88 feet from the Northeast corner of Section 29; (2) the right-of-way lines that cross Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area extend varying distances from the centerline as follows: (A) from Station 760+00 to Station 765+00 the right-of-way extends 300 feet on the left of centerline and 150 feet on the right; (B) from Station 765+00 to Station 780+00, the right-of-way extends 300 feet on each side of the centerline; (C) from Station 780+00 to P.T. Station 784+23.63 the right-of-way extends 300 feet on the left and 400 feet to the right of the centerline. Sec. 41.23.620. Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area. The vacant and unappropriated state-owned land and water and the state land and water acquired in the future that lie within 100 feet of either ordinary high water or mean high tide of the banks of the creeks or rivers described in this section are designated as the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area, are reserved from all uses incompatible with the purposes of AS 41.23.600 , and are assigned to the department for control and management: Township 20 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian (1) That portion of Caribou Creek located in Section 28: W1/2 Section 29: E1/2 (2) That portion of the Matanuska River located in Section 32: SE1/4 Section 33: NE1/4, NW1/4, SW1/4. Sec. 41.23.630. Petersville Recreational Mining Area. (a) The purpose of this section is to establish the area described in (f) of this section as the Petersville Recreational Mining Area. The Petersville Recreational Mining Area is established to provide for a public recreational mining area to permit public recreational activities and to allow other multiple-use activities to continue as long as the activities do not detract from the primary purpose for the establishment of the Petersville Recreational Mining Area. (b) The commissioner is responsible for the management of the surface and subsurface estate within the Petersville Recreational Mining Area necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. The commissioner shall adopt and may revise a management plan and shall adopt regulations for the management, use, and development of the Petersville Recreational Mining Area. The management plan, including any revisions, and regulations adopted by the commissioner shall be developed in consultation with the commissioner of fish and game and the commissioner of transportation and public facilities. The management plan and regulations must address, but not be limited to, (1) the methods of mining permitted within the Petersville Recreational Mining Area; (2) the types of mining equipment that may be used within the Petersville Recreational Mining Area; (3) the protection of habitat within the Petersville Recreational Mining Area; and (4) other restrictions consistent with the purposes stated in this section. (c) Except as provided in this subsection, the Petersville Recreational Mining Area is open to recreational mining under this section. The commissioner of fish and game is responsible for the management of the fish and game resources and the public use of fish and wildlife resources within the Petersville Recreational Mining Area consistent with the purposes stated in this section. The commissioner of fish and game shall issue a general permit to the public authorizing recreational mining activities subject to seasonal restrictions on the mining activities within specified waterbody areas necessary to maintain fishery resources within the Petersville Recreational Mining Area. (d) The Petersville Recreational Mining Area is closed to mineral entry under AS 38.05.185 — 38.05.275. (e) The commissioner shall permit the construction and realignment of the Petersville Road within the Petersville Recreational Mining Area as is determined necessary by the commissioner of transportation and public facilities. (f) The vacant and unappropriated state-owned land and water and the state land and water acquired in the future that lie within the following described mining claims described in United States Mineral Survey No. 2384 are reserved from all uses incompatible with the purposes of this section and are assigned to the department for control and management as the Petersville Recreational Mining Area: (1) Township 28 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian Sections 6 — 8: Daisy No. 2; Hidden Treasure No. 1; Hidden Treasure No. 2; Flora No. 1; Flora No. 2; Moose No. 1; Beaver No. 1; Alexander No. 1; Alexander No. 2; Lost Shovel No. 1; Lost Shovel No. 2; Peters Creek No. 8; Peters Creek No. 9; Peters Creek No. 10; Peters Creek No. 11; (2) Township 28 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian Section 1: Daisy No. 2; Hidden Treasure No. 1.