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CSHB 105(FIN): "An Act prohibiting the taking of wolves and the use of certain traps and snares in certain areas adjacent to the Denali National Park and Preserve."

00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 105(FIN) 01 "An Act prohibiting the taking of wolves and the use of certain traps and snares in 02 certain areas adjacent to the Denali National Park and Preserve." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 16.05 is amended by adding a new section to read: 05 Sec. 16.05.784. Prohibition on the taking of wolves and the use of certain 06 traps and snares in certain areas adjacent to the Denali National Park and 07 Preserve. (a) A person may not take a wolf or use a cable snare with a diameter 08 greater than 3/32 of an inch or a leg-hold trap with a jaw spread greater than five 09 inches within the boundaries of the parcels described in this subsection, as follows: 10 (1) Township 11 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian 11 Sections All; 12 (2) Township 11 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian 13 Sections All; 14 (3) Township 12 South, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian

01 Sections 4 - 9, 16 - 21, and 28 - 33; 02 (4) Township 12 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian 03 Sections All; 04 (5) Township 12 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian 05 Sections All; 06 (6) Township 12 South, Range 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian 07 Sections All; 08 (7) Township 12 South, Range 10 West, Fairbanks Meridian 09 Sections All; 10 (8) Township 12 South, Range 11 West, Fairbanks Meridian 11 Sections All; 12 (9) Township 13 South, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian 13 Sections 4 - 9 and 16 - 36; 14 (10) Township 13 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian 15 Sections All, excluding the Denali National Park and Preserve; 16 (11) Township 13 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian 17 Sections All, excluding the Denali National Park and Preserve; 18 (12) Township 13 South, Range 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian 19 Sections All, excluding the Denali National Park and Preserve; 20 (13) Township 13 South, Range 10 West, Fairbanks Meridian 21 Sections All, excluding the Denali National Park and Preserve; 22 (14) Township 13 South, Range 11 West, Fairbanks Meridian 23 Sections All, excluding the Denali National Park and Preserve; 24 (15) Township 14 South, Range 5 West, Fairbanks Meridian 25 Sections 4 - 9, 16 - 21, and 28 - 33; 26 (16) Township 14 South, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian 27 Sections All, excluding the Denali National Park and Preserve; 28 (17) Township 14 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian 29 Sections All, excluding the Denali National Park and Preserve; 30 (18) Township 15 South, Range 5 West, Fairbanks Meridian 31 Sections 4 - 9, 16 - 21, and 28 - 33;

01 (19) Township 15 South, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian 02 Sections All, excluding the Denali National Park and Preserve; 03 (20) Township 15 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian 04 Sections All, excluding the Denali National Park and Preserve; 05 (21) Township 16 South, Range 5 West, Fairbanks Meridian 06 Sections 4 - 9, 16 - 21, and 28 - 33; 07 (22) Township 16 South, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian 08 Sections All; 09 (23) Township 16 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian 10 Sections All, excluding the Denali National Park and Preserve; 11 (24) Township 17 South, Range 5 West, Fairbanks Meridian 12 Sections 4 - 9 and 18; 13 (25) Township 17 South, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian 14 Sections 1 - 18; 15 (26) Township 17 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian 16 Sections 1, 2, and 12, excluding the Denali National Park and 17 Preserve. 18 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to prevent the department from 19 taking, or authorizing the taking of, wolves that present a danger to the health or safety 20 of local residents. 21 (c) A person who negligently violates (a) of this section is guilty of a class A 22 misdemeanor punishable as provided in AS 12.55.