HB 154: "An Act establishing state fish and game reserves; creating the Holitna River Basin Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Reserve; and providing for an effective date."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 154 01 "An Act establishing state fish and game reserves; creating the Holitna River Basin 02 Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Reserve; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 16.20 is amended by adding new sections to read: 05 Article 6. Fish and Game Reserves. 06 Sec. 16.20.700. Purpose. The purpose of AS 16.20.700 - 16.20.720 is to 07 promote management activities to rebuild or enhance fish and wildlife populations and 08 habitats to maintain historical and sustainable harvest levels for continued high levels 09 of human consumptive use of these resources. 10 Sec. 16.20.710. Regulations. The Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game, 11 where appropriate, shall adopt regulations that each considers advisable to carry out 12 conservation and protection purposes under AS 16.20.700. 13 Sec. 16.20.720. Holitna River Basin Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping 14 Reserve established. (a) The following state-owned land and water and all land
01 acquired in the future by the state lying within the parcels described in this subsection 02 is established as the Holitna River Basin Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Reserve: 03 (1) Township 4 North, Range 48 West, Seward Meridian 04 Sections 2 - 5 05 Sections 9 - 10; 06 (2) Township 4 North, Range 51 West, Seward Meridian 07 Sections 1 - 10; 08 (3) Township 4 North, Range 52 West, Seward Meridian 09 Sections 1 - 23 10 Sections 26 - 35; 11 (4) Township 4 North, Range 53 West, Seward Meridian; 12 (5) Township 5 North, Range 37 West, Seward Meridian 13 Sections 1 - 3 14 Sections 10 - 11; 15 (6) Township 5 North, Range 47 West, Seward Meridian 16 Sections 2 - 12 17 Sections 14 - 23 18 Sections 27 - 32; 19 (7) Township 5 North, Range 48 West, Seward Meridian 20 Sections 1 - 27 21 Sections 34 - 36; 22 (8) Township 5 North, Range 49 West, Seward Meridian 23 Sections 1 - 33; 24 (9) Township 5 North, Ranges 50 - 54 West, Seward Meridian; 25 (10) Township 6 North, Range 35 West, Seward Meridian 26 Sections 4 - 9; 27 (11) Township 6 North, Range 36 West, Seward Meridian 28 Sections 1 - 13 29 Sections 16 - 21 30 Sections 29 - 32; 31 (12) Township 6 North, Range 37 West, Seward Meridian;
01 (13) Township 6 North, Range 38 West, Seward Meridian 02 Sections 1 - 20; 03 (14) Township 6 North, Range 39 West, Seward Meridian 04 Section 1 05 Sections 12 - 13 06 Section 24; 07 (15) Township 6 North, Range 42 West, Seward Meridian 08 Sections 4 - 6 09 Section 8; 10 (16) Township 6 North, Range 43 West, Seward Meridian 11 Sections 1 - 2; 12 (17) Township 6 North, Range 44 West, Seward Meridian 13 Sections 1 - 5; 14 (18) Township 6 North, Range 47 West, Seward Meridian 15 Sections 18 - 19 16 Sections 29 - 33; 17 (19) Township 6 North, Ranges 48 - 55 West, Seward Meridian; 18 (20) Township 7 North, Range 35 West, Seward Meridian 19 Sections 6 - 7 20 Sections 18 - 19 21 Sections 30 - 31; 22 (21) Township 7 North, Ranges 36 - 38 West, Seward Meridian; 23 (22) Township 7 North, Range 39 West, Seward Meridian 24 Sections 1 - 18 25 Sections 21 - 25 26 Section 36; 27 (23) Township 7 North, Range 40 West, Seward Meridian 28 Sections 1 - 21; 29 (24) Township 7 North, Range 41 West, Seward Meridian 30 Sections 1 - 14 31 Sections 17 - 18;
01 Section 24; 02 (25) Township 7 North, Range 42 West, Seward Meridian 03 Sections 1 - 23 04 Sections 28 - 33; 05 (26) Township 7 North, Range 43 West, Seward Meridian 06 Sections 1 - 27 07 Sections 29 - 30; 08 Sections 34 - 36; 09 (27) Township 7 North, Range 44 West, Seward Meridian; 10 (28) Township 7 North, Range 45 West, Seward Meridian 11 Sections 1 - 2 12 Sections 12 - 13 13 Sections 24 - 25; 14 (29) Township 7 North, Range 47 West, Seward Meridian 15 Sections 6 - 7 16 Section 18; 17 (30) Township 7 North, Ranges 48 - 54 West, Seward Meridian; 18 (31) Township 7 North, Range 55 West, Seward Meridian 19 Sections 1 - 2 20 Sections 11 - 14 21 Sections 23 - 26 22 Sections 32 - 36; 23 (32) Township 8 North, Range 34 West, Seward Meridian 24 Section 19; 25 (33) Township 8 North, Range 35 West, Seward Meridian 26 Sections 3 - 10 27 Sections 13 - 24 28 Sections 27 - 32; 29 (34) Township 8 North, Ranges 36 - 44 West, Seward Meridian; 30 (35) Township 8 North, Range 45 West, Seward Meridian 31 Sections 1 - 29
01 Sections 35 - 36; 02 (36) Township 8 North, Range 46 West, Seward Meridian 03 Sections 1 - 24 04 Sections 29 - 30; 05 (37) Township 8 North, Range 47 West, Seward Meridian 06 Sections 1 - 32; 07 (38) Township 8 North, Ranges 48 - 53 West, Seward Meridian; 08 (39) Township 8 North, Range 54 West, Seward Meridian 09 Sections 1 - 2 10 Sections 11 - 36; 11 (40) Township 8 North, Range 55 West, Seward Meridian 12 Sections 13 - 14 13 Sections 23 - 26 14 Sections 35 - 36; 15 (41) Township 9 North, Range 30 West, Seward Meridian 16 Sections 1 - 5; 17 (42) Township 9 North, Range 32 West, Seward Meridian 18 Sections 3 - 9 19 Sections 16 - 21; 20 (43) Township 9 North, Range 33 West, Seward Meridian 21 Sections 1 - 35; 22 (44) Township 9 North, Ranges 34 - 52 West, Seward Meridian; 23 (45) Township 9 North, Range 53 West, Seward Meridian 24 Sections 1 - 5 25 Sections 8 - 17 26 Sections 20 - 29 27 Sections 32 - 36; 28 (46) Township 10 North, Range 30 West, Seward Meridian 29 Sections 7 - 36; 30 (47) Township 10 North, Ranges 31 - 52 West, Seward Meridian; 31 (48) Township 10 North, Range 53 West, Seward Meridian
01 Sections 22 - 29 02 Sections 32 - 36; 03 (49) Township 11 North, Range 31 West, Seward Meridian 04 Section 31; 05 (50) Township 11 North, Range 32 West, Seward Meridian 06 Sections 18 - 19 07 Sections 29 - 36; 08 (51) Township 11 North, Range 33 West, Seward Meridian 09 Sections 2 - 11 10 Sections 13 - 36; 11 (52) Township 11 North, Ranges 34 - 51 West, Seward Meridian; 12 (53) Township 11 North, Range 52 West, Seward Meridian 13 Section 1 14 Sections 11 - 14 15 Sections 23 - 26 16 Sections 33 - 36; 17 (54) Township 12 North, Range 37 West, Seward Meridian 18 Sections 19 - 21 19 Sections 28 - 36; 20 (55) Township 12 North, Range 38 West, Seward Meridian 21 Sections 3 - 10 22 Sections 15 - 36; 23 (56) Township 12 North, Ranges 39 - 49 West, Seward Meridian; 24 (57) Township 12 North, Range 50 West, Seward Meridian 25 Sections 1 - 4 26 Sections 9 - 16 27 Sections 21 - 28 28 Sections 31 - 36; 29 (58) Township 13 North, Range 37 West, Seward Meridian 30 Sections 6 - 7 31 Sections 17 - 20
01 Sections 29 - 31; 02 (59) Township 13 North, Ranges 38 - 49 West, Seward Meridian; 03 (60) Township 13 North, Range 50 West, Seward Meridian 04 Section 25 05 Section 36; 06 (61) Township 14 North, Range 39 West, Seward Meridian 07 Sections 5 - 9 08 Sections 16 - 23 09 Sections 25 - 36; 10 (62) Township 14 North, Ranges 40 - 47 West, Seward Meridian; 11 (63) Township 14 North, Range 48 West, Seward Meridian 12 Sections 5 - 9 13 Sections 13 - 36; 14 (64) Township 14 North, Range 49 West, Seward Meridian 15 Section 13 16 Sections 24 - 25 17 Section 36; 18 (65) Township 15 North, Range 39 West, Seward Meridian 19 Sections 4 - 9 20 Sections 18 - 19 21 Sections 30 - 31; 22 (66) Township 15 North, Ranges 40 - 46 West, Seward Meridian; 23 (67) Township 15 North, Range 47 West, Seward Meridian 24 Sections 12 - 14 25 Sections 19 - 36; 26 (68) Township 16 North, Range 39 West, Seward Meridian 27 Sections 16 - 21 28 Sections 28 - 33; 29 (69) Township 16 North, Range 40 West, Seward Meridian 30 Sections 3 - 10 31 Sections 13 - 36;
01 (70) Township 16 North, Ranges 41 - 45 West, Seward Meridian; 02 (71) Township 16, North, Range 46 West, Seward Meridian 03 Sections 1 - 3 04 Sections 10 - 14 05 Sections 23 - 28 06 Sections 33 - 36; 07 (72) Township 17 North, Range 40 West, Seward Meridian 08 Sections 3 - 10 09 Sections 15 - 23 10 Sections 26 - 35; 11 (73) Township 17 North, Ranges 41 - 44 West, Seward Meridian; 12 (74) Township 17 North, Range 45 West, Seward Meridian 13 Sections 1 - 4 14 Sections 9 - 17 15 Sections 19 - 36; 16 (75) Township 18 North, Range 40 West, Seward Meridian 17 Sections 17 - 22 18 Sections 27 - 34; 19 (76) Township 18 North, Ranges 41 - 42 West, Seward Meridian; 20 (77) Township 18 North, Range 43 West, Seward Meridian: 21 the land south of the Kuskokwim River; 22 (78) Township 18 North, Range 44 West, Seward Meridian: 23 the land south of the Kuskokwim River; 24 (79) Township 18 North, Range 45 West, Seward Meridian 25 Sections 1 - 2 26 Sections 11 - 15 27 Sections 22 - 27 28 Sections 34 - 36; 29 (80) Township 19 North, Range 41 West, Seward Meridian 30 Section 8: the land south of the Kuskokwim River 31 Sections 17 and 18: the land south of the Kuskokwim River
01 Sections 19 - 21 02 Sections 27 - 34; 03 (81) Township 19 North, Range 42 West, Seward Meridian 04 Sections 20 - 36: the land south of the Kuskokwim River; 05 (82) Township 19 North, Range 44 West, Seward Meridian 06 Sections 22 - 36: the land south of the Kuskokwim River; 07 (83) Township 19 North, Range 45 West, Seward Meridian 08 Sections 35 - 36. 09 (b) The Holitna River Basin Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Reserve is 10 established to 11 (1) ensure management and protection of fish and wildlife populations 12 and habitat to perpetuate subsistence, commercial, and sport use of the area's fish and 13 wildlife; 14 (2) implement maximum use and benefit, sustained yield, and common 15 use principles by using effective management techniques for conserving and 16 developing the area's natural resources to regain or maintain historical harvest levels 17 with human consumptive use of these resources as a priority; 18 (3) maintain and enhance healthy and abundant fish and wildlife 19 populations commonly used for consumption by humans to provide high levels of 20 human consumptive use in keeping with amounts determined by the Board of 21 Fisheries and the Board of Game to be reasonably necessary to provide for subsistence 22 uses and with other population and use goals or objectives set by the appropriate 23 board. 24 (c) In order to fulfill the purposes of this section, and notwithstanding any 25 other provision of law, the Department of Fish and Game, the Board of Fisheries, and 26 the Board of Game shall manage the fish and game resources of the area to provide for 27 high levels of human harvest and, as necessary, shall 28 (1) control predation and adjust predator and prey population ratios 29 through whatever methods or means are considered appropriate to particular 30 circumstances; 31 (2) conduct management actions designed to further the purposes of
01 this section so long as the appropriate board has not found, based on substantial 02 evidence, that the challenged management actions are counterproductive or ineffective 03 in maintaining or enhancing healthy and abundant fish or wildlife populations 04 commonly used for consumption by humans for food to provide for high levels of 05 human consumptive use; 06 (3) use the information the department or the appropriate board 07 considers to be the most credible for conducting management activities, including 08 historical information, scientific information, and traditional environmental 09 knowledge. 10 (d) The Department of Natural Resources may not acquire by eminent domain 11 privately owned land within the Holitna River Basin Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping 12 Reserve but may acquire privately owned land by purchase, exchange, or other means 13 for inclusion in the reserve. 14 (e) Public access to the Holitna River Basin Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping 15 Reserve by boat, aircraft, dog team, snow machine, all-terrain vehicle, or other means 16 consistent with the purposes of this section may not be prohibited but may be 17 regulated by either the Board of Fisheries or Board of Game as necessary to meet the 18 purposes of this section. 19 (f) Access to and from private property within the Holitna River Basin 20 Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Reserve shall be guaranteed through access corridors 21 established through agreement among the Department of Fish and Game, Department 22 of Natural Resources, and a private property owner. 23 (g) Entry on the Holitna River Basin Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Reserve 24 for purposes of exploration and development of oil and gas resources is subject to final 25 approval by the Department of Fish and Game and may not be permitted unless a 26 person fully demonstrates that exploration and development is compatible with the 27 purpose of this section. 28 (h) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Department of Fish and 29 Game and the Department of Natural Resources shall exercise each department's 30 respective authority over the Holitna River Basin Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping 31 Reserve through a management plan prepared by the Department of Fish and Game in
01 consultation with the Department of Natural Resources. 02 * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).