HB 151: "An Act establishing the Gordon Haber Denali Wolf Special Management Area."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 151 01 "An Act establishing the Gordon Haber Denali Wolf Special Management Area." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 41.21 is amended by adding a new section to article 5 to read: 04 Sec. 41.21.524. Gordon Haber Denali Wolf Special Management Area 05 established. (a) The Gordon Haber Denali Wolf Special Management Area is 06 established as a special purpose site in accordance with art. VIII, sec. 7, of the 07 Constitution of the State of Alaska to protect wolves from hunting and trapping. The 08 Gordon Haber Denali Wolf Special Management Area consists of the land and water 09 presently owned by the state and the land and water acquired in the future by the state 10 lying within the boundaries of the parcel described in this subsection: 11 Beginning at the corner common to Townships 11 and 12 South, Ranges 8 and 12 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian, also the true point of beginning; thence easterly on the 13 township line between Townships 11 and 12 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks 14 Meridian, to the centerline of the George Parks Highway; thence southerly on the 15 centerline of the George Parks Highway to the intersection with the section line
01 between Sections 19 and 30, Township 12 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian; 02 thence westerly on the section line between Sections 19 and 30, Sections 20 and 29, 03 Sections 21 and 28, and Sections 22 and 27, Township 12 South, Range 7 West, 04 Fairbanks Meridian, to the intersection with a line parallel with and one mile easterly 05 of the Transmission Line of the Willow-Healy Intertie; the centerline is shown on 06 ADL 213063, and recorded as Plat 87-31 in the Nenana Recording District, Plat 87-56 07 in the Talkeetna Recording District, and Plat 87-280 in the Palmer Recording District; 08 thence southerly on a line parallel with and one mile easterly of the Transmission Line 09 of the Willow-Healy Intertie to the intersection with the Ordinary High Water of the 10 northerly bank of Carlo Creek; thence westerly on the Ordinary High Water of the 11 northerly bank of Carlo Creek to the confluence with the Ordinary High Water of the 12 easterly bank of the Nenana River; thence due West across the Nenana River to the 13 eastern boundary of the Denali National Park and Preserve; thence northerly, westerly, 14 northerly, and easterly on the boundary of the Denali National Park and Preserve to 15 the true point of beginning. 16 (b) The land and water lying within the Gordon Haber Denali Wolf Special 17 Management Area is reserved from all uses incompatible with its primary function to 18 protect wolves from hunting and trapping, except that nothing in this section may be 19 construed to prevent the Department of Fish and Game from taking, or authorizing the 20 taking of, wolves that present a danger to the health or safety of local residents. 21 (c) The land and water lying within the Gordon Haber Denali Wolf Special 22 Management Area is assigned to the department for control, development, and 23 maintenance.