SCS HB 130(RES): "An Act relating to the purposes of state game refuges and fish and game critical habitat areas; relating to the Izembek State Game Refuge, Cape Newenham State Game Refuge, Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge, Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge, Yakataga State Game Refuge, Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge, Susitna Flats State Game Refuge, Minto Flats State Game Refuge, Trading Bay State Game Refuge, Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Port Moller Critical Habitat Area, Egegik Critical Habitat Area, Pilot Point Critical Habitat Area, Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Area, Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area, and Dude Creek Critical Habitat Area; and providing for an effective date."
00 SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 130(RES) 01 "An Act relating to the purposes of state game refuges and fish and game critical habitat 02 areas; relating to the Izembek State Game Refuge, Cape Newenham State Game Refuge, 03 Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge, Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge, Yakataga 04 State Game Refuge, Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge, Susitna Flats State 05 Game Refuge, Minto Flats State Game Refuge, Trading Bay State Game Refuge, 06 Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Port Moller Critical Habitat Area, 07 Egegik Critical Habitat Area, Pilot Point Critical Habitat Area, Fox River Flats Critical 08 Habitat Area, Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area, and Dude Creek Critical Habitat 09 Area; and providing for an effective date." 10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 11 * Section 1. AS 16.20.020 is amended to read: 12 Sec. 16.20.020. Purpose. The purpose of AS 16.20.010 - 16.20.080 is to
01 conserve [PROTECT] and preserve the natural habitat and game population in certain 02 designated areas of the state. 03 * Sec. 2. AS 16.20.030(a)(14) is amended to read: 04 (14) Izembek Refuge, including the tide and submerged land described 05 as follows: 06 (A) Township 58 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian 07 Sections 1 - 4 08 Sections 9 - 13 [9 - 12] 09 (B) Township 58 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 10 Sections 1 - 12 11 Sections 16 - 17 [1 - 9 12 SECTION 16] 13 (C) Township 57 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian 14 Section 13 15 Sections 24 - 26 16 Sections 34 - 36 [35 - 36] 17 (D) Township 57 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 18 Sections 1 - 36 19 (E) Township 57 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 20 Sections 5 - 7 21 Sections 18 - 19 22 Section 30 [5 - 6] 23 (F) Township 56 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 24 Sections 1 - 6 25 Sections 10 - 11 26 (G) Township 56 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 27 Sections 1 - 23 28 Sections 27 - 33 [27 - 32] 29 (H) Township 55 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 30 Sections 1 - 36 31 (I) Township 56 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian
01 Sections 1 - 36 02 (J) Township 55 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 03 Sections 1 - 36 04 (K) Township 55 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 05 Sections 1 - 36 06 (L) Township 55 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian 07 Sections 6 - 7 08 Sections 18 - 19 09 Sections 30 - 31 10 (M) Township 56 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 11 Sections 1 - 36 12 (N) Township 54 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 13 Sections 35 - 36 14 (O) Township 54 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian 15 Section 31 [(ENTIRE TOWNSHIP)]; 16 * Sec. 3. AS 16.20.030(a)(14), as amended by sec. 2, ch. 119, SLA 2010, is amended to 17 read: 18 (14) Izembek Refuge, including the tide and submerged land described 19 as follows: 20 (A) Township 58 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian 21 Sections 1 - 4 22 Sections 9 - 13 [9 - 12] 23 (B) Township 58 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 24 Sections 1 - 12 25 Sections 16 - 17 [1 - 9 26 SECTION 16] 27 (C) Township 57 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian 28 Section 13 29 Sections 24 - 26 30 Sections 34 - 36 [35 - 36] 31 (D) Township 57 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian
01 Sections 1 - 36 02 (E) Township 57 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 03 Sections 5 - 7 [5 - 6] 04 Section 12, N1/2, N1/2N1/2S1/2 05 Sections 18 - 19 06 Section 30 07 (F) Township 56 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 08 Sections 1 - 6 09 Sections 10 - 11 10 Sections 26 - 35 11 (G) Township 56 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 12 Sections 1 - 23 13 Section 25 14 Sections 27 - 33 [27 - 32] 15 Section 36 16 (H) Township 55 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 17 Sections 1 - 36 18 (I) Township 56 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 19 Sections 1 - 36 20 (J) Township 55 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 21 Sections 1 - 36 22 (K) Township 55 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 23 Sections 1 - 36 24 (L) Township 55 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian 25 Sections 6 - 7 26 Sections 18 - 19 27 Sections 30 - 31 28 (M) Township 56 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 29 Sections 1 - 36 [(ENTIRE TOWNSHIP)] 30 (N) Township 57 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 31 Sections 1 - 6
01 (O) Township 54 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 02 Sections 35 - 36 03 (P) Township 54 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian 04 Section 31; 05 * Sec. 4. AS 16.20.030(a)(14), as amended by sec. 3, ch. 119, SLA 2010, is amended to 06 read: 07 (14) Izembek Refuge, including the tide and submerged land described 08 as follows: 09 (A) Township 58 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian 10 Sections 1 - 4 11 Sections 9 - 13 [9 - 12] 12 (B) Township 58 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 13 Sections 1 - 12 14 Sections 16 - 17 [1 - 9 15 SECTION 16] 16 (C) Township 57 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian 17 Section 13 18 Sections 24 - 26 19 Sections 34 - 36 [35 - 36] 20 (D) Township 57 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 21 Sections 1 - 36 22 (E) Township 57 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 23 Sections 5 - 7 24 Sections 18 - 19 25 Section 30 [5 - 6] 26 (F) Township 56 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 27 Sections 1 - 6 28 Sections 10 - 11 29 (G) Township 56 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 30 Sections 1 - 23 31 Sections 27 - 33 [27 - 32]
01 (H) Township 55 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 02 Sections 1 - 36 03 (I) Township 56 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 04 Sections 1 - 36 05 (J) Township 55 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 06 Sections 1 - 36 07 (K) Township 55 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 08 Sections 1 - 36 09 (L) Township 55 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian 10 Sections 6 - 7 11 Sections 18 - 19 12 Sections 30 - 31 13 (M) Township 56 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 14 Sections 1 - 36 15 (N) Township 54 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 16 Sections 35 - 36 17 (O) Township 54 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian 18 Section 31 [(ENTIRE TOWNSHIP)]; 19 * Sec. 5. AS 16.20.030(a)(15) is amended to read: 20 (15) Cape Newenham National Wildlife Range, including tide and 21 submerged land in Chagvan Bay described as follows: 22 (A) Township 16 South, Range 75 West, Seward Meridian 23 Sections 1 - 2 [SECTION 1] 24 Sections 11 - 15 25 Sections 22 - 27 26 Sections 34 - 36 27 (B) Township 16 South, Range 74 West, Seward Meridian 28 Sections 5 - 9 [7 - 9] 29 Sections 17 - 19 30 Section 30; 31 * Sec. 6. AS 16.20.031 is amended to read:
01 Sec. 16.20.031. Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge and Hunting Preserve. 02 (a) The following described state-owned land and water is established as the 03 Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge and Hunting Preserve and shall be managed as a 04 state game refuge for the protection of waterfowl, shorebirds, salmon, and other fish 05 and wildlife species, and their habitat and for the use and enjoyment of the people of 06 the state: 07 (1) Township 13 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian 08 Section 20: SE1/4 seaward of the 20 foot elevation contour 09 SE1/4NE1/4 seaward of the 20 foot elevation contour 10 Section 29: E1/2 seaward of the 20 foot elevation contour 11 SW1/4 seaward of the 20 foot elevation contour 12 Section 30: SE1/4SE1/4 13 Section 31: All seaward of the 20 foot elevation contour 14 except NW1/4NW1/4 15 Section 32: All seaward of the 20 foot elevation contour; 16 (2) Township 13 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian 17 Section 36: S1/2, S1/2N1/2; 18 (3) Township 12 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian 19 Sections 6 - 9: Seaward of the 20 foot elevation contour 20 Section 15: NW1/4 seaward of the 20 foot elevation contour 21 SW1/4NE1/4 seaward of the 20 foot elevation contour 22 Government Lot 5 and the remainder of the W1/2SE1/4, all 23 SW1/4 24 Section 16: Seaward of the 20 foot elevation contour 25 Sections 17 - 22 26 Section 23: Government Lot 1 and the remainder of the SW1/4, 27 all seaward of the 20 foot elevation contour 28 Government Lot 2 and the remainder of the S1/2NW1/4, all 29 seaward of the 20 foot elevation contour 30 Government Lots 3 and 4, and the remainder of the SE1/4, all 31 seaward of the 20 foot elevation contour
01 Section 24: Tract A, Shorecrest Subdivision (Plat No. 81-68, 02 Anchorage Recording District) 03 Section 25: Government Lots 1 and 2, and the remainder of the 04 W1/2, all 05 Tract A, Johns Park Estates, and the remainder of the NE1/4, 06 excluding Skyway Park Estates, Addition No. 1 all seaward of 07 the 20 foot elevation contour 08 Government Lots 3 and 4, and the remainder of the SE1/4, all 09 Sections 26 - 36; 10 (4) Township 12 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian 11 Sections 1 - 2 12 Sections 11 - 14 13 Sections 23 - 26 14 Sections 35 - 36; 15 (5) Township 12 North, Range 3 West, Seward Meridian 16 Section 29: That portion of the SW1/4 southwesterly of the 17 Alaska Railroad right-of-way and southerly of Oceanview 18 Subdivision, Addition No. 6 19 Section 30: That portion of Tract A, Johns Park Estates, 20 seaward of the 20 foot elevation contour 21 Government Lot 2 and that portion of the SE1/4NW1/4 22 southwesterly of Oceanview West Subdivision, Addition No. 23 1 24 Government Lots 3 and 4 and the remainder of the SW1/4, all 25 That portion of the SW1/4NE1/4 and the SE1/4 southwesterly 26 of Oceanview Subdivision, Addition No. 4 and Addition No. 6 27 Section 31 28 Section 32: All land southwesterly of the Alaska Railroad right- 29 of-way 30 Section 33: All land westerly of the Alaska Railroad right-of- 31 way;
01 (6) Township 11 North, Range 3 West, Seward Meridian 02 Section 3: Government Lot 5 03 Section 4: That portion southwesterly of the Old Seward 04 Highway right-of-way and The Landings Subdivision which is 05 northeasterly of the New Seward Highway right-of-way 06 That portion southwesterly of the Alaska Railroad right-of-way 07 Sections 5 - 8 08 Section 9: That portion southwesterly of the Alaska Railroad 09 right-of-way 10 That portion northeasterly of the New Seward Highway right- 11 of-way 12 Section 10: That portion westerly of the Old Seward Highway 13 right-of-way which is northeasterly of the New Seward 14 Highway right-of-way 15 That portion southwesterly of the Alaska Railroad right-of-way; 16 (7) Township 11 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian 17 Sections 1 - 4 18 Sections 10 - 12. 19 (b) Except as provided in (d) of this section, the Department of Fish and Game 20 and the Department of Natural Resources shall exercise their respective authorities 21 over the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge and Hunting Preserve consistent with a 22 management plan prepared by the Department of Fish and Game in consultation with 23 the Department of Natural Resources. 24 (c) A public right-of-way for surface transportation and a utility corridor are 25 created across state-owned land and water within the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife 26 Refuge and Hunting Preserve between the Anchorage mainland and Fire Island. The 27 management plan prepared under (b) of this section shall identify the actual location 28 on the land and water of the right-of-way and of the utility corridor between the 29 Anchorage mainland and Fire Island. 30 (d) Land owned by the Municipality of Anchorage that lies within the 31 boundary of the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge and Hunting Preserve described
01 in (a) of this section may be included in the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge and 02 Hunting Preserve. An agreement between the Department of Fish and Game and the 03 Municipality of Anchorage for the management of the land within the Anchorage 04 Coastal Wildlife Refuge and Hunting Preserve that is owned by the Municipality of 05 Anchorage shall be approved by the Municipality of Anchorage and by the 06 Department of Fish and Game. 07 (e) The state or the Municipality of Anchorage may not acquire privately 08 owned land within the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge and Hunting Preserve 09 described in (a) of this section by eminent domain for inclusion within the Anchorage 10 Coastal Wildlife Refuge and Hunting Preserve. The Department of Fish and Game 11 or the Municipality of Anchorage may acquire privately owned land within the 12 Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge and Hunting Preserve by purchase, exchange, or 13 otherwise, except by eminent domain. 14 (f) The land and water areas of the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge and 15 Hunting Preserve are closed to mineral entry under AS 38.05.185 - 38.05.275. 16 * Sec. 7. AS 16.20.032(a) is amended to read: 17 (a) The following state-owned land and water is established as the Palmer Hay 18 Flats State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve: 19 (1) Township 16 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian 20 Sections 1 - 12 21 Section 13: N 1/2 22 Sections 14 - 18; 23 (2) Township 17 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian 24 Section 25 25 Section 26: S 1/2, S 1/2 N 1/2, N 1/2 NE 1/4, NE 1/4 NW 1/4 26 Section 27: S 1/2, SE 1/4 NE 1/4 27 Section 31: Lot 4, SE 1/4, E 1/2 SW 1/4, SE 1/4 NE 1/4, S 1/2 28 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 29 Section 32: S 1/2, S 1/2 NE 1/4, NE 1/4 NE 1/4, SE 1/4 NW 1/4 30 Sections 33 - 36; 31 (3) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian
01 Section 19: Lots 3 and 4, E 1/2 SW 1/4, S 1/2 SE 1/4 02 Section 21: N 1/2 SE 1/4, S 1/2 S 1/2 03 Section 22: 04 excluding NW 1/4 NW 1/4 05 excluding N 1/2 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 06 excluding NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 07 excluding all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024 08 Section 25 [: LOTS 1 - 6, NW 1/4, N 1/2 NE 1/4, N 1/2 SW 1/4, 09 SW 1/4] 10 Section 26: SE 1/4 NE 1/4, S 1/2, excluding all portions of U.S. 11 Survey No. 9024 12 Section 27: Lot 1, N 1/2, N 1/2 S 1/2, SE 1/4 SW 1/4, S 1/2 SE 13 1/4 14 Section 28: Lots 1 - 2, N 1/2, SW 1/4, N 1/2 SE 1/4, SW 1/4 SE 15 1/4 16 Section 29: N 1/2, N 1/2 SW 1/4, SE 1/4 17 Section 30: Lots 1 - 4, E 1/2, E 1/2 W 1/2 18 Section 31 [: LOTS 1 - 10, NE 1/4 NW 1/4, SW 1/4 NE 1/4, N 19 1/2 NE 1/4] 20 Section 32: Lots 3 - 7, NE 1/4, SW 1/4 SW 1/4, NE 1/4 SE 1/4, 21 including all state tide and submerged land 22 Section 33: Lots 5 - 9, S 1/2 SE 1/4, SW 1/4 NW 1/4, including 23 all state tide and submerged land 24 Section 34: Lots 1 - 3, E 1/2 NW 1/4, SW 1/4, E 1/2, excluding 25 all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024 26 Section 35 [: LOTS 1 - 5, NW 1/4, N 1/2 SW 1/4, SW 1/4 SW 27 1/4, N 1/2 NE 1/4, SW 1/4 NE 1/4, NW 1/4 SE 1/4,] excluding 28 all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024 29 Section 36: excluding all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024 30 [LOTS 1 - 10, SE 1/4 SW 1/4, S 1/2 SE 1/4, NE 1/4 SE 1/4]; 31 (4) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian
01 Sections 19 - 21: Tracts B and D, according to Plat No. 2012- 02 110, Palmer Recording District; 03 (5) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 04 U.S. Survey No. 1169: Lots 1 and 2, Block 31, within Section 05 26; 06 (6) Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 07 Sections 4 - 9 08 Section 17: N 1/2 09 Section 18: N 1/2; 10 (7) Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 11 Section 2: That portion lying westerly of Lot 7 and Parcel F of 12 U.S. Survey No. 9023 13 Section 3: That portion lying westerly of Lot 7, Lot 8, and 14 Parcel F of U.S. Survey No. 9023 15 Section 10: That portion lying westerly of Lot 4, Lot 5, and 16 Parcel C of U.S. Survey No. 9023 17 Section 15: That portion northerly of the left bank of the Knik 18 River and lying westerly of Lot 3, Lot 4, and Parcel A of U.S. 19 Survey No. 9023 20 Section 16: That portion northerly of the left bank of the Knik 21 River; 22 (8) Township 16 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian 23 Section 1: All, excluding South Hayfield Road right-of-way 24 Section 2: Lot 5 25 Section 11: Lots 1 and 3 - 6, N 1/2 NE 1/4 26 Section 12: Lots 1 - 4, N 1/2 NW 1/4, NE 1/4 NE 1/4; 27 (9) Township 17 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian 28 Section 36: That portion of the S 1/2 S 1/2 lying easterly of the 29 South Hayfield Road right-of-way. 30 * Sec. 8. AS 16.20.032(c) is amended to read: 31 (c) Land selected by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in Township 17, North
01 Range 1 East S.M. shall be included in the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge and 02 Hunting Preserve, subject to borough approval. If the borough relinquishes the 03 selection of the land, the selected land becomes part of the Palmer Hay Flats State 04 Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve. 05 * Sec. 9. AS 16.20.032(d) is amended to read: 06 (d) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within 07 state-owned land specified in (c) of this section for inclusion in the Palmer Hay Flats 08 State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve. The Department of Natural Resources 09 may adopt, in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), zoning 10 regulations governing privately owned land within the Palmer Hay Flats State Game 11 Refuge and Hunting Preserve. 12 * Sec. 10. AS 16.20.032(e) is amended to read: 13 (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) of this section, the land described in 14 this subsection is excluded from the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge and 15 Hunting Preserve established under (a) of this section for the establishment of a 16 transportation and utility corridor. Land within the transportation and utility corridor 17 that is determined by the commissioner of transportation and public facilities to be 18 unnecessary for future transportation or utility corridors becomes a part of the Palmer 19 Hay Flats State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve. The commissioner of 20 transportation and public facilities is directed to provide access to the Palmer Hay 21 Flats State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve during future development of state 22 highways in the area. The land that is excluded from the Palmer Hay Flats State Game 23 Refuge and Hunting Preserve under this subsection is described as 24 Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 25 Section 22: SE 1/4 NW 1/4, W 1/2 NE 1/4, SE 1/4 NE 1/4, S 1/2 NE 26 1/4 NE 1/4, NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4, NE 1/4 SW 1/4, W 1/2 SE 1/4 27 Sections 27 and 34: a corridor 300 feet on each side of the existing 28 highway centerline. 29 * Sec. 11. AS 16.20.033(a) is amended to read: 30 (a) The following state-owned land and water and all land acquired in the 31 future by the state lying within the parcels described in this subsection are established
01 as the Yakataga State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve: 02 (1) Township 20 South, Range 13 East, Copper River Meridian 03 Section 11: SE1/4 04 Section 12: S1/2 05 Section 13 06 Section 14: E1/2 07 Sections 22 - 27 08 Sections 34 - 36; 09 (2) Township 20 South, Range 14 East, Copper River Meridian 10 Sections 7 - 12: S1/2 11 Sections 13 - 36; 12 (3) Township 20 South, Range 15 East, Copper River Meridian 13 Sections 7 - 12: S1/2 14 Sections 13 - 36; 15 (4) Township 20 South, Range 16 East, Copper River Meridian 16 Sections 7 - 9: S1/2 17 Sections 16 - 36; 18 (5) Township 21 South, Range 11 East, Copper River Meridian 19 Excluding that portion of Tract A-148 lying north and west 20 of Seal River: 21 Sections 1 - 2 22 Sections 3 - 4: North and east of the Seal River and its 23 associated lake system 24 Section 10: East of Seal River and one mile north of mean high 25 tide line on the Gulf of Alaska 26 Sections 11 - 12 27 Sections 13 - 14: above mean high tide line on the Gulf of 28 Alaska; 29 (6) Township 21 South, Range 111/2 East, Copper River Meridian 30 Sections 6 - 7 31 Section 18: Above mean high tide line on the Gulf of Alaska;
01 (7) Township 21 South, Range 12 East, Copper River Meridian 02 Sections 13 - 14: S1/2 03 Sections 23 - 26 04 Sections 35 - 36: Above mean high tide line on the Gulf of 05 Alaska; 06 (8) Township 21 South, Range 13 East, Copper River Meridian 07 Sections 1 - 21 08 Section 22: W1/2, E1/2 one mile north of mean high tide line on 09 the Gulf of Alaska 10 Sections 23 - 24: One mile north of mean high tide line on the 11 Gulf of Alaska; 12 (9) Township 21 South, Range 14 East, Copper River Meridian 13 Sections 1 - 12 14 Sections 13 - 15: One mile north of mean high tide line on the 15 Gulf of Alaska 16 Sections 16 - 18 17 Sections 19 - 22: One mile north of mean high tide line on the 18 Gulf of Alaska; 19 (10) Township 21 South, Range 15 East, Copper River Meridian 20 Sections 1 - 7 21 Sections 8 - 12: One mile north of mean high tide line on the 22 Gulf of Alaska; 23 (11) Township 21 South, Range 16 East, Copper River Meridian 24 Sections 1 - 6 25 Sections 7 - 12: One mile north of mean high tide line on the 26 Gulf of Alaska. 27 * Sec. 12. AS 16.20.033(b) is amended to read: 28 (b) The Yakataga State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve is established to 29 protect the 30 (1) fish and wildlife habitat and populations, including salmon 31 spawning and rearing habitat and critical goat and moose winter habitat;
01 (2) public uses of fish and wildlife and their habitat, particularly 02 commercial, sport, and subsistence fishing, hunting, viewing, photography, and 03 general public recreation in a high quality environment; and 04 (3) the use and disposition of other resources when the activities are 05 not inconsistent with (1) and (2) of this subsection. 06 * Sec. 13. AS 16.20.033(d) is amended to read: 07 (d) The state may not acquire by eminent domain private land that is located 08 within the state-owned land specified in (a) of this section for inclusion in the 09 Yakataga State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve. The state may acquire private 10 land that is located within the state-owned land specified in (a) of this section by 11 purchase, exchange, or otherwise from willing owners for inclusion in the Yakataga 12 State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve. 13 * Sec. 14. AS 16.20.033(e) is amended to read: 14 (e) The establishment of the Yakataga State Game Refuge and Hunting 15 Preserve under this section does not impair or alter valid existing rights including 16 pending Native allotment applications, access to set net sites, and access to and from 17 private land located within the Yakataga State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve. 18 * Sec. 15. AS 16.20.033(f) is amended to read: 19 (f) The department shall allow commercial, sport, and subsistence fishing and 20 hunting within the Yakataga State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve under 21 regulations of the Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game. The department shall 22 also permit associated support activities when necessary and consistent with 23 AS 16.20.010 - 16.20.080 to support fishing and hunting permitted under this section, 24 including fish buying operations, aircraft support including landing strips, and off-road 25 vehicle use. 26 * Sec. 16. AS 16.20.033(g) is amended to read: 27 (g) Egress and ingress to and from private property within the parcels 28 described in (a) of this section shall be allowed through access corridors established by 29 agreement between the department, the Department of Natural Resources, and the 30 owners of private land involved. The establishment of the Yakataga State Game 31 Refuge and Hunting Preserve does not impair or alter existing rights of access to set
01 net lease sites. 02 * Sec. 17. AS 16.20.033(h) is amended to read: 03 (h) The department shall adopt and may revise a management plan for the 04 Yakataga State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve. 05 * Sec. 18. AS 16.20.034(a) is amended to read: 06 (a) The following state-owned land, including tide and submerged land, and 07 excluding privately owned land, is established as the Mendenhall Wetlands State 08 Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve: Beginning at U.S.C.G.S. Triangulation Station 09 "Salmon" located on the northeastern shore of Douglas Island, lying within the City 10 and Borough of Juneau, First Judicial District, State of Alaska; thence northeasterly 11 across Gastineau Channel approximately .5 miles to U.S.C.G.S. Triangulation Station 12 "Creek", said station being on the shore of Gastineau Channel, 200 feet south of 13 Salmon Creek; thence trend northerly to the intersection of Egan Drive and Salmon 14 Creek; thence trend northwesterly immediately adjacent to but not upon or within the 15 designated right-of-way of Egan Drive approximately 2.7 miles to the intersection 16 with the easterly boundary of Sunny Point Park Subdivision, recorded as Plat No. 333; 17 thence southerly along said boundary; thence along said right-of-way line to the 18 intersection with the 22.7 foot extreme high tide line; thence southerly and westerly on 19 said 22.7 foot extreme high tide line, abutting said Sunny Point Park Subdivision, U.S. 20 Survey 2475, Sunny Point Subdivision (Plat No. 307), and Egan Drive approximately 21 one mile to the easterly line of the accreted property to the U.S. Survey No. 1568; 22 thence southerly and westerly, along the boundary of said accreted property 23 approximately .4 miles to Corner No. 14 of Alaska Tidelands Survey No. 716; thence 24 southerly and westerly along the west meander line of U.S. Survey No. 716, 25 approximately 2.6 miles to Corner No. 4 of said Tidelands Survey; thence northerly 26 along the west meander line of U.S. Survey No. 1742, approximately 790 feet to the 27 northwesterly corner of Juneau Airport property (Corner No. AP-4 of survey dated 6- 28 69); thence northwesterly approximately 440 feet to the southerly meander line of U.S. 29 Survey No. 1919; thence southerly and westerly, along the southerly meanders of U.S. 30 Surveys No. 1919 and No. 1042 (as accreted), approximately .5 miles to the 31 intersection with the south line of U.S. Survey No. 2136; thence westerly, along said
01 south line, approximately .6 miles to the intersection with the 22.7 foot extreme high 02 tide line; thence southerly, along said line approximately 1.4 miles to U.S.C.G.S. 03 Triangulation Station "Glacier" on the southerly tip of Mendenhall Peninsula; thence 04 in a southerly direction across Gastineau Channel approximately 1.3 miles to the 05 mouth of Cove Creek; thence in a general easterly direction along the 22.7 foot 06 extreme high tide line of Douglas Island approximately 9 miles to U.S.C.G.S. 07 Triangulation Station "Salmon", the true point of beginning. 08 * Sec. 19. AS 16.20.034(b) is amended to read: 09 (b) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within 10 or abutting state-owned land described in (a) of this section for inclusion in the 11 Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve but may acquire 12 privately owned land by purchase, exchange, or otherwise for inclusion in the 13 Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve. 14 * Sec. 20. AS 16.20.034(e) is amended to read: 15 (e) Except within that portion of the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge 16 and Hunting Preserve commonly known as the Twin Lakes area, the boundaries of 17 which shall be established by the department after consultation with the City and 18 Borough of Juneau, the taking of game is expressly permitted within the land 19 described in (a) of this section if consistent with the management plan adopted by the 20 department and conducted under regulations adopted by the board. 21 * Sec. 21. AS 16.20.036(a) is amended to read: 22 (a) The following state-owned land, including tide and submerged land, and 23 all land, including tide and submerged land, acquired in the future by the state lying 24 within the parcels described in this subsection is established as the Susitna Flats State 25 Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve: 26 (1) Township 13 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian 27 Section: 6; 28 (2) Township 13 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian 29 Sections: 1 - 10; 30 (3) Township 13 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian 31 Sections: 1 - 18;
01 (4) Township 13 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian 02 Sections: 1 - 18; 03 (5) Township 13 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian 04 Sections: 1 - 24; 05 (6) Township 13 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian 06 Sections: 1 - 36; 07 (7) Township 13 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian 08 Sections: 13, 23 - 26, 36 (excluding uplands above the toe of 09 the bluff); 10 (8) Township 14 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian 11 Sections: Lots 1 - 6, SE 1/4 NW 1/4, W 1/2 NE 1/4 NW 1/4, 12 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4, NE 1/4 SW 1/4, NW 1/4 SE 1/4, 13 SE 1/4 SE 1/4, W 1/2 SW 1/4 NE 1/4, SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 14 1/4, S 1/2 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 of Section 31; 15 (9) Township 14 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian 16 Sections: W 1/2 1, 2 - 11, W 1/2 12, 13 - 36; 17 (10) Township 14 North, Ranges 6 - 9 West, Seward Meridian 18 Sections: All; 19 (11) Township 14 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian 20 Sections: 12 - 14, 22 - 27, 34 - 36; 21 (12) Township 15 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian 22 Sections: 3 - 10, 15 - 22, SW 1/4 26, 27 - 35, SW 1/4 36; 23 (13) Township 15 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian 24 Sections: All; 25 (14) Township 15 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian 26 Sections: 1 - 4, E 1/2 5, 7 - 36; 27 (15) Township 15 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian 28 Sections: 1, 2, 8 - 36; 29 (16) Township 15 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian 30 Sections: 23 - 28, 32 - 36; 31 (17) Township 16 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian
01 Sections: 19 - 22, 27 - 34; 02 (18) Township 16 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian 03 Sections: 21 - 28, 31 - 36; 04 (19) Township 16 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian 05 Sections: 22 - 27, 34 - 36. 06 * Sec. 22. AS 16.20.036(b) is amended to read: 07 (b) The Susitna Flats State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve is 08 established to protect the following: 09 (1) fish and wildlife habitat and populations, particularly waterfowl 10 nesting, feeding, and migration areas; moose calving areas; spring and fall bear 11 feeding areas; salmon spawning and rearing habitats; 12 (2) public uses of fish and wildlife and their habitat, particularly 13 waterfowl, moose, and bear hunting; viewing; photography; and general public 14 recreation in a high quality environment. 15 * Sec. 23. AS 16.20.036(c) is amended to read: 16 (c) Entry upon the Susitna Flats State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve 17 for purposes of exploration and development of oil and gas resources shall be 18 permitted when compatible with the purposes specified in (b) of this section; however, 19 all existing leases shall be valid and continue in full force and effect according to their 20 terms. 21 * Sec. 24. AS 16.20.036(d) is amended to read: 22 (d) Land selected by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough within the area 23 described in (a) of this section shall be included in the Susitna Flats State Game 24 Refuge and Hunting Preserve, subject to borough approval. If the borough 25 relinquishes the selection of the land, the selected land becomes part of the Susitna 26 Flats State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve. 27 * Sec. 25. AS 16.20.036(e) is amended to read: 28 (e) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within 29 state-owned land specified in (a) of this section for inclusion in the Susitna Flats State 30 Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve. The Department of Natural Resources may 31 adopt, in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), zoning
01 regulations governing privately owned land within the Susitna Flats State Game 02 Refuge and Hunting Preserve, only to the extent that these regulations may insure 03 compatibility with the intended use of the refuge. 04 * Sec. 26. AS 16.20.037(a) is amended to read: 05 (a) The following state-owned land and water is established as the Minto Flats 06 State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve: 07 (1) Township 1 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian 08 Sections 2 - 11 09 Sections 14 - 23 10 Sections 26 - 34; 11 (2) Township 1 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian 12 Sections 1 - 36; 13 (3) Township 1 North, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian 14 Sections 1 - 16 15 Sections 21 - 28: excluding ASLS 95-37 16 Section 35: E1/2 17 Section 36; 18 (4) Township 1 North, Range 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian 19 Sections 1 - 12; 20 (5) Township 1 North, Range 10 West, Fairbanks Meridian 21 Sections 1 - 12; 22 (6) Township 1 North, Range 11 West, Fairbanks Meridian 23 Sections 1 - 4 24 Sections 8 - 17 25 Section 18: east of Tolovana River 26 Section 19: east of Tolovana River 27 Sections 20 - 29 28 Section 30: east of Tolovana River; 29 (7) Township 2 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian 30 Sections 1 - 36; 31 (8) Township 2 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian
01 Sections 1 - 36; 02 (9) Township 2 North, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian 03 Sections 1 - 36; 04 (10) Township 2 North, Range 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian 05 Sections 1 - 36; 06 (11) Township 2 North, Range 10 West, Fairbanks Meridian 07 Section 3 08 Section 7: S1/2 09 Sections 8 - 10 10 Section 11: S1/2N1/2, S1/2 11 Section 12: S1/2N1/2, S1/2 12 Sections 13 - 36; 13 (12) Township 2 North, Range 11 West, Fairbanks Meridian 14 Section 10: S1/2 15 Section 11: S1/2 16 Section 12: S1/2 17 Sections 13 - 15 18 Sections 22 - 27 19 Sections 34 - 36; 20 (13) Township 3 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian 21 Sections 13 - 36; 22 (14) Township 3 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian 23 Sections 6 - 8 24 Section 9: S1/2S1/2 25 Sections 13 - 36; 26 (15) Township 3 North, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian 27 Section 1 28 Sections 5 - 10 29 Sections 14 - 23 30 Sections 25 - 36; 31 (16) Township 3 North, Range 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian
01 Section 24: S1/2 02 Section 25 03 Sections 33 - 36; 04 (17) Township 3 North, Range 10 West, Fairbanks Meridian 05 Sections 34 - 35; 06 (18) Township 4 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian 07 Sections 2 - 9 08 Sections 16 - 21; 09 (19) Township 4 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian 10 Sections 1 - 4 11 Section 5: S1/2 12 Section 6: S1/2 13 Sections 7 - 24 14 Sections 27 - 29 15 Sections 30 - 31 16 Section 32: N1/2, SW1/4; 17 (20) Township 4 North, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian 18 Sections 10 - 15 19 Sections 22 - 27 20 Sections 30 - 31 21 Sections 35 - 36; 22 (21) Township 5 North, Range 5 West, Fairbanks Meridian 23 Section 6: W1/2 24 Section 7: W1/2 25 Section 18: W1/2; 26 (22) Township 5 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian 27 Sections 1 - 3 28 Section 4: SE1/4 29 Section 9: E1/2 30 Sections 10 - 15 31 Section 16: E1/2, SW1/4
01 Section 20: S1/2 02 Sections 21 - 29 03 Sections 31 - 36; 04 (23) Township 5 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian 05 Section 35: SE1/4 06 Section 36: S1/2; 07 (24) Township 1 South, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian 08 Sections 5 - 8 09 Sections 17 - 20 10 Sections 29 - 31; 11 (25) Township 1 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian 12 Sections 1 - 36; 13 (26) Township 1 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian 14 Sections 1 - 2 15 Sections 11 - 14 16 Sections 23 - 26 17 Sections 35 - 36; 18 (27) Township 1 South, Range 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian 19 Sections 1 - 36; 20 (28) Township 1 South, Range 10 West, Fairbanks Meridian 21 Sections 7 - 36; 22 (29) Township 1 South, Range 11 West, Fairbanks Meridian 23 Sections 25 - 26 24 Sections 35 - 36; 25 (30) Township 2 South, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian 26 Section 6: S1/2NW1/4, S1/2 27 Section 7: all North and West of the Alaska Railroad right-of- 28 way 29 Section 18: all North and West of the Alaska Railroad right-of- 30 way 31 Section 19: all North and West of the Alaska Railroad right-of-
01 way; 02 (31) Township 2 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian 03 Sections 1 - 12 04 Section 13: NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, S1/2SW1/4, 05 SE1/4 06 Section 14: W1/2 07 Sections 15 - 22 08 Section 23: W1/2 09 Section 24: all North and West of the Alaska Railroad right-of- 10 way 11 Section 27: NW1/4 12 Sections 28 - 32 13 Section 33: NE1/4NE1/4, W1/2NE1/4, W1/2, W1/2SE1/4; 14 (32) Township 2 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian 15 Section 1 16 Sections 12 - 13 17 Sections 24 - 25 18 Section 36; 19 (33) Township 2 South, Range 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian 20 Sections 1 - 12 21 Section 17: W1/2NW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4 22 Section 18 23 Section 19: N1/2, N1/2S1/2; 24 (34) Township 2 South, Range 10 West, Fairbanks Meridian 25 Sections 1 - 20 26 Section 21: NE1/4, W1/2 27 Section 22: NW1/4 28 Section 24: N1/2, N1/2S1/2 29 Sections 29 - 31; 30 (35) Township 2 South, Range 11 West, Fairbanks Meridian 31 Sections 1 - 5
01 Sections 7 - 36; 02 (36) Township 2 South, Range 12 West, Fairbanks Meridian 03 Sections 25 - 26 04 Sections 35 - 36; 05 (37) Township 3 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian 06 Section 5: N1/2NE1/4, W1/2 07 Sections 6 - 7 08 Section 18: NE1/4, W1/2, N1/2SE1/4, SW1/4SE1/4; 09 (38) Township 3 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian 10 Section 1 11 Section 12 12 Section 13 13 Section 22: NE1/4 (that portion above the ordinary high water 14 mark right bank Tanana River) 15 Section 23: N1/2, SE1/4 16 Section 24: N1/2, SW1/4 17 Section 25: NW1/4; 18 (39) Township 3 South, Range 11 West, Fairbanks Meridian 19 Sections 2 - 10 20 Section 11: N1/2 21 Section 14: SW1/4NE1/4, S1/2NW1/4, SW1/4, W1/2SE1/4 22 Sections 15 - 21 23 Section 22: NE1/4, W1/2, W1/2SE1/4 24 Section 23: NW1/4 25 Section 27: W1/2NE1/4, NW1/4, W1/2SW1/4 26 Sections 28 - 31 27 Section 32: NE1/4, NW1/4, SE1/4 28 Section 33: W1/2; 29 (40) Township 3 South, Range 12 West, Fairbanks Meridian 30 Sections 1 - 2 31 Sections 11 - 14
01 Sections 23 - 26 02 Sections 35 - 36. 03 * Sec. 27. AS 16.20.037(b) is amended to read: 04 (b) The Minto Flats State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve is established 05 to 06 (1) ensure the protection and enhancement of habitat; 07 (2) ensure the conservation of fish and wildlife; and 08 (3) guarantee the continuation of hunting, fishing, trapping, and other 09 uses by the public compatible with the protection and enhancement of habitat and the 10 conservation of fish and wildlife. 11 * Sec. 28. AS 16.20.037(c) is amended to read: 12 (c) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within 13 the Minto Flats State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve, but may acquire privately 14 owned land by purchase, exchange, or otherwise for inclusion in the Minto Flats State 15 Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve. 16 * Sec. 29. AS 16.20.037(e) is amended to read: 17 (e) Public access to the Minto Flats State Game Refuge and Hunting 18 Preserve by means of horse, boat, aircraft, dog team, snow machine, ATV, or other 19 means consistent with (b) of this section may not be prohibited. 20 * Sec. 30. AS 16.20.037(f) is amended to read: 21 (f) Access to and from private property within the Minto Flats State Game 22 Refuge and Hunting Preserve shall be guaranteed through access corridors 23 established through agreement between the Department of Natural Resources, the 24 Department of Fish and Game, and the private property owners involved. 25 * Sec. 31. AS 16.20.037(g) is amended to read: 26 (g) The Department of Fish and Game and the Department of Natural 27 Resources shall exercise their respective authorities over the Minto Flats State Game 28 Refuge and Hunting Preserve consistent with a management plan prepared by the 29 Department of Fish and Game in consultation with the Department of Natural 30 Resources. 31 * Sec. 32. AS 16.20.037(h) is amended to read:
01 (h) Entry upon the Minto Flats State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve for 02 purposes of exploration and development of oil and gas resources shall be permitted 03 unless a person demonstrates, on the basis of sound science or local traditional 04 knowledge, that exploration and development is incompatible with the purposes 05 specified in (b) of this section. 06 * Sec. 33. AS 16.20.038(a) is amended to read: 07 (a) The following state-owned land, including tide and submerged land, and 08 all land, including tide and submerged land, acquired in the future by the state lying 09 within the parcels described in this subsection is established as the Trading Bay State 10 Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve: 11 (1) Township 9 North, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian 12 Sections 6 - 7; 13 (2) Township 9 North, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian 14 Sections 1 - 4, E 1/2 5, 8 - 12, W 1/2 13, 14 - 17, E 1/2 19, 20 - 15 22, W 1/2 23, W 1/2 27, 28 - 30; 16 (3) Township 9 North, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian 17 Sections W 1/2 1, 2 - 4, 9 - 11, W 1/2 12 and 13, 14 - 16, 19 - 18 23, W 1/2 24, 26 - 28, 31 - 35; 19 (4) Township 10 North, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian 20 Sections 1 - 12, 14 - 22, 28 - 32; 21 (5) Township 10 North, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian 22 Sections 1 - 18, E 1/2 19, 20 - 29, 32 - 36; 23 (6) Township 10 North, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian 24 Sections 1 - 12, 14 - 23, 26 - 35; 25 (7) Township 11 North, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian 26 Sections SW 1/4 3, 4 - 10, SW 1/4 11, W 1/2SW 1/4 13, 14 - 27 23, W 1/2, SE 1/4, W 1/2 NE 1/4, SE 1/4 NE 1/4 24, 25 - 36; 28 (8) Township 11 North, Range 14 - 15 West, Seward Meridian 29 Sections 1 - 36; 30 (9) Township 12 North, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian 31 Sections 19, 29 - 33;
01 (10) Township 12 North, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian 02 Sections 23 - 26, 31 - 33, 36. 03 * Sec. 34. AS 16.20.038(b) is amended to read: 04 (b) The Trading Bay State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve is established 05 to protect the following: 06 (1) fish and wildlife habitat and populations, particularly waterfowl 07 nesting, feeding and migration areas; moose calving areas; spring and fall bear feeding 08 areas; salmon spawning and rearing habitats; 09 (2) public uses of fish and wildlife and their habitat, particularly 10 waterfowl, moose and bear hunting; viewing; photography; and general public 11 recreation in a high quality environment. 12 * Sec. 35. AS 16.20.038(c) is amended to read: 13 (c) Entry upon the Trading Bay State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve 14 for purposes of exploration and development of oil and gas resources shall be 15 permitted when compatible with the purposes specified in (b) of this section; however, 16 all existing leases shall be valid and continue in full force and effect according to their 17 terms. 18 * Sec. 36. AS 16.20.038(d) is amended to read: 19 (d) Land selected by a borough within the area described in (a) of this section 20 shall be included in the Trading Bay State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve, 21 subject to borough approval. If the borough relinquishes the selection of the land, the 22 selected land becomes part of the Trading Bay State Game Refuge and Hunting 23 Preserve. 24 * Sec. 37. AS 16.20.038(e) is amended to read: 25 (e) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within 26 state-owned land specified in (a) of this section for inclusion in the Trading Bay State 27 Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve. The Department of Natural Resources may 28 adopt, in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), zoning 29 regulations governing privately owned land within the Trading Bay State Game 30 Refuge and Hunting Preserve, only to the extent that these regulations are imperative 31 to insure compatibility with the intended use of the refuge.
01 * Sec. 38. AS 16.20.038(h) is amended to read: 02 (h) Land within existing and applied for highway, pipeline, and railway rights- 03 of-way, as of September 22, 1976, are excluded from the land described in (a) of this 04 section; however, when these interests revert to the state, the land shall be included 05 within the Trading Bay State Game Refuge and Hunting Preserve. 06 * Sec. 39. AS 16.20.039(a) is amended to read: 07 (a) The following state-owned land and water is established as the Creamer's 08 Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge and Hunting Preserve: 09 (1) commencing at the Section Corner on the Fairbanks Base Line 10 common to Sections 33 and 34, Township 1 North, Range 1 West, Fairbanks 11 Meridian, Point of Beginning, thence East along the Fairbanks Base Line 4703.30 feet, 12 thence South 0 degrees 00 minutes 16 seconds West 235.67 feet to the south bank of a 13 tributary of Isabella Creek, thence along the south bank of the tributary to Isabella 14 Creek North 70 degrees 59 minutes 51 seconds West 525.44 feet, continuing North 88 15 degrees 22 minutes 22 seconds West 85.48 feet to the confluence with the south bank 16 of Isabella Creek, thence along the south bank of Isabella Creek South 85 degrees 27 17 minutes 47 seconds West 209.43 feet, continuing South 68 degrees 10 minutes 59 18 seconds West 220.04 feet, continuing South 65 degrees 19 minutes 35 seconds West 19 434.66 feet to the northwestern boundary to Tract No. 5 of instrument number 60- 20 4556 (Plat, recorded June 21, 1960) in the Fairbanks Recorder's Office, thence South 21 53 degrees 52 minutes 05 seconds West 1228.34 feet along the westerly boundary of 22 the Subdivision of Tract No. 5 from the Charles Creamer Property, thence South 35 23 degrees 00 minutes 05 seconds West 300.08 feet to the northerly boundary of Lemeta 24 Subdivision, thence along the north boundary of the Lemeta Subdivision North 89 25 degrees 52 minutes 58 seconds West 646.40 feet to the northern College Road right- 26 of-way, thence along the north edge of the College Road right-of-way North 71 27 degrees 53 minutes 31 seconds West 688.05 feet, thence North 18 degrees 21 minutes 28 30 seconds East 12 feet, continuing on a 2 degree 17 minute 26 second curve to the 29 right 415.49 feet, continuing North 62 degrees 07 minutes 30 seconds West 275.16 30 feet, thence North 27 degrees 52 minutes 30 seconds East 10.00 feet, continuing on a 2 31 degree 26 minute 29 second curve to the left 473.08 feet, thence leaving the College
01 Road right-of-way North 0 degrees 03 minutes East 611.23 feet to the Fairbanks Base 02 Line, thence North 89 degrees 56 minutes 34 seconds East along the Fairbanks Base 03 Line 200.03 feet to the Section Corner common to Sections 33 and 34 on the 04 Fairbanks Base Line and the Point of Beginning, containing 83.7 acres, more or less; 05 (2) the W1/2SW1/4 and the SE1/4SW1/4 of Section 27; the S1/2 of 06 Section 28; the portions of the S1/2SE1/4 lying southerly of the Farmers Loop Road 07 right-of-way and the SE1/4SE1/4NE1/4SE1/4 of Section 29; all of Section 34; and the 08 W1/2 and the W1/2E1/2 of Section 35, all in Township 1 North, Range 1 West, 09 Fairbanks Meridian; 10 (3) Tract B-2 and Tract C of Alaska State Land Survey No. 83-62 in 11 Section 33, Township 1 North, Range 1 West, Fairbanks Meridian, according to Plat 12 No. 83-272 as filed in the Fairbanks Recording District on December 20, 1983, and as 13 modified by the public utility easement vacation plat filed in the Fairbanks Recording 14 District on February 22, 1985, as Plat No. 85-27; 15 (4) the SW1/4SW1/4 of Section 26 in Township 1 North, Range 1 16 West, Fairbanks Meridian (also known as a portion of Tax Lot 2600); 17 (5) the SE1/4 of Section 27 in Township 1 North, Range 1 West, 18 Fairbanks Meridian excepting therefrom: 19 (A) all that portion lying within Air Park Subdivision according 20 to the plat filed November 20, 1978, as Plat No. 78-206 Fairbanks Recording 21 District; Replat Lot 7 Block 1 Air Park Subdivision and Air Park Subdivision 22 First Addition according to the plat filed April 2, 1979, as Plat No. 79-56 23 Fairbanks Recording District; Air Park Second Addition, according to the plat 24 filed November 26, 1979, as Plat No. 79-264 and amended plat filed May 15, 25 1980, as Plat No. 80-86 Fairbanks Recording District; Air Park Subdivision 26 Third Addition according to the plat filed June 14, 1993, as Plat No. 93-160 27 Fairbanks Recording District; and 28 (B) the West 240 feet as conveyed to Sherman Field Airstrip 29 Owner's Association, Inc., by Bargain and Sale Deed recorded January 19, 30 1989, in Book 606, Page 586, Fairbanks Recording District; 31 (6) the portions of the E1/2SW1/4SE1/4NW1/4,
01 W1/2SE1/4SE1/4NW1/4, E1/2NW1/4SE1/4NW1/4, and W1/2NE1/4SE1/4NW1/4 02 lying southerly of Farmers Loop Road right-of-way, according to the Department of 03 Transportation and Public Facilities Project RS-0644(13)/60384, as Plat No. 2008-89, 04 Fairbanks Recording District, all lying within Section 28 in Township 1 North, Range 05 1 West, Fairbanks Meridian; 06 (7) the E1/2SW1/4 and the NW1/4SW1/4 within Section 26 in 07 Township 1 North, Range 1 West, Fairbanks Meridian. 08 * Sec. 40. AS 16.20.039(c) is amended to read: 09 (c) The Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge and Hunting Preserve 10 is established to provide the following: 11 (1) protection and enhancement of habitat for migratory birds with 12 special emphasis on waterfowl; 13 (2) opportunity to view, photograph, and study various species of 14 plants, wildlife and geological features typical to interior Alaska. 15 * Sec. 41. AS 16.20.500 is amended to read: 16 Sec. 16.20.500. Purpose. The purpose of AS 16.20.500 - 16.20.690 is to 17 conserve [PROTECT] and preserve habitat areas especially crucial to the perpetuation 18 of fish and wildlife, and to restrict all other uses not compatible with that primary 19 purpose. 20 * Sec. 42. AS 16.20.550 is amended to read: 21 Sec. 16.20.550. Port Moller Critical Habitat Area established. The 22 following described area is established as the Port Moller Critical Habitat Area: 23 (1) Township 50 South, Range 71 West, Seward Meridian 24 Sections 7 - 8 25 Section 14 (not tide or submerged land) 26 Sections 15 - 17 27 Sections 21 - 23 28 Section 32; 29 (2) Township 51 South, Range 71 West, Seward Meridian 30 Section 3 (not tide or submerged land) 31 Sections 4 - 5
01 Section 7 02 Sections 9 - 10 03 Sections 15 - 17; 04 (3) Township 49 South, Range 73 West, Seward Meridian 05 Sections 10 - 11 06 Section 12 (not tide or submerged land) 07 Sections 13 - 16 08 Section 21 09 Section 24 10 Section 28; 11 (4) Township 51 South, Range 72 West, Seward Meridian 12 Sections 5 - 8 13 Sections 11 - 12; 14 (5) Township 50 South, Range 72 West, Seward Meridian 15 Sections 18 - 19 16 Sections 30 - 32; 17 (6) Township 50 South, Range 73 West, Seward Meridian 18 Sections 7 - 13 19 Sections 14 - 17 (not tide or submerged land) 20 Section 18; 21 (7) Township 50 South, Range 74 West, Seward Meridian 22 Sections 5 - 7 23 Section 8 (not tide or submerged land) 24 Sections 9 - 13 25 Sections 14 - 16 (not tide or submerged land) 26 Sections 17 - 18 27 Section 20; 28 (8) Township 50 South, Range 75 West, Seward Meridian 29 Section 1 30 Sections 6 - 7 31 Section 12;
01 (9) Township 49 South, Range 75 West, Seward Meridian 02 Section 3 03 Sections 4 - 6 (not tide or submerged land) 04 Sections 7 - 11 05 Sections 14 - 16 06 Sections 21 - 32; 07 (10) Township 48 South, Range 74 [75] West, Seward Meridian 08 Sections 15 - 18 09 Section 22 10 Sections 29 - 30 11 Section 31 (not tide or submerged land) 12 Section 32; 13 (11) Township 48 South, Range 75 [76] West, Seward Meridian 14 Sections 13 - 17 15 Sections 19 - 23 16 Sections 25 - 27 17 Sections 29 - 30 18 Sections 34 - 35 19 Section 36 (not tide or submerged land); 20 (12) Township 50 South, Range 76 West, Seward Meridian 21 Section 1 22 Section 3 23 Section 4 (not tide or submerged land) 24 Section 9 (not tide or submerged land) 25 Sections 10 - 13 26 Sections 14 - 16 (not tide or submerged land) 27 Sections 21 - 23 (not tide or submerged land) 28 Sections 24 - 25 29 Sections 26 - 28 (not tide or submerged land); 30 (13) Township 49 South, Range 76 West, Seward Meridian 31 Sections 1 - 4
01 Sections 7 - 9 02 Sections 10 - 11 (not tide or submerged land) 03 Sections 12 - 14 04 Sections 15 - 16 (not tide or submerged land) 05 Sections 17 - 18 06 Section 21 (not tide or submerged land) 07 Section 22 08 Sections 28 - 29 09 Sections 33 - 34; 10 (14) Township 49 South, Range 77 West, Seward Meridian 11 Sections 1 - 2 12 Sections 4 - 5 13 Sections 7 - 12 14 Sections 13 - 18 (not tide or submerged land); 15 (15) Township 48 South, Range 76 [77] West, Seward Meridian 16 Sections 20 - 23 17 Sections 26 - 28; 18 (16) Township 48 South, Range 77 [78] West, Seward Meridian 19 Sections 26 - 27 20 Sections 31 - 34; 21 (17) Township 49 South, Range 78 West, Seward Meridian 22 Sections 2 - 5 23 Sections 8 - 12 24 Sections 13 - 16 (not tide or submerged land) 25 Section 17. 26 * Sec. 43. AS 16.20.565 is amended to read: 27 Sec. 16.20.565. Egegik Critical Habitat Area established. The following 28 described area is established as the Egegik Critical Habitat Area: 29 (1) Township 24 South, Range 51 West, Seward Meridian 30 Sections 1 - 2 31 Section 11 N [S] 1/2
01 Section 12 N 1/2; 02 (2) Township 23 South, Range 51 West, Seward Meridian 03 Section 13 04 Sections 24 - 25 05 Sections 35 - 36; 06 (3) Township 23 South, Range 50 West, Seward Meridian 07 Section 7 08 Sections 18 - 19 09 Section 30 10 Section 31 (not tide or submerged land). 11 * Sec. 44. AS 16.20.570 is amended to read: 12 Sec. 16.20.570. Pilot Point Critical Habitat Area established. The following 13 described area is established as the Pilot Point Critical Habitat Area: 14 (1) Township 30 South, Range 52 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 15 Sections 1 - 3 16 Section 12; 17 (2) Township 30 South, Range 51 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 18 Sections 5 - 8 19 Section 17; 20 (3) Township 31 South, Range 51 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 21 Sections 5 - 8 22 Sections 13 - 15 23 Sections 17 - 27; 24 (4) Township 30 South, Range 52 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 25 Sections 27 - 29 26 Sections 31 - 34; 27 (5) Township 31 South, Range 52 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 28 Sections 1 - 3 29 Sections 5 - 6 30 Sections 11 - 14 31 Sections 23 - 24;
01 (6) Township 30 South, Range 53 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 02 Section 36; 03 (7) Township 31 South, Range 53 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 04 Sections 1 - 2 05 Sections 10 - 11 06 Sections 12 - 14 (not tide or submerged land) 07 Sections 15 - 16 08 Sections 20 - 21 09 Sections 22 - 28 (not tide or submerged land) 10 Sections 29 - 31 11 Sections 32 - 36 (not tide or submerged land); 12 (8) Township 31 [32] South, Range 54 West, Seward Meridian 13 (protracted) 14 Section 36. 15 * Sec. 45. AS 16.20.580 is amended to read: 16 Sec. 16.20.580. Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Area established. The 17 following described area is established as the Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Area: 18 (1) Township 4 South, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian 19 Section 20: SE 1/4 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 20 Section 21: S 1/2 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 21 Section 22: S 1/2 22 Section 23: S 1/2 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 23 Sections 25 - 29 24 Sections 33 - 36; 25 (2) Township 4 South, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian 26 Section 30: W 1/2 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)]. 27 * Sec. 46. AS 16.20.590(a) is amended to read: 28 (a) The following described area is established as the Kachemak Bay Critical 29 Habitat Area: 30 (1) Township 4 South, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian (only tide 31 and submerged land and waters);
01 (2) Township 4 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian (only tide 02 and submerged land and waters); 03 (3) Township 5 South, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian (only tide 04 and submerged land and waters); 05 (4) [(3)] Township 5 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian (only 06 tide and submerged land and waters); 07 (5) [(4)] Township 5 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only 08 tide and submerged land and waters); 09 (6) [(5)] Township 6 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian (only 10 tide and submerged land and waters); 11 (7) [(6)] Township 6 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only 12 tide and submerged land and waters); 13 (8) [(7)] Township 6 South, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian (only 14 tide and submerged land and waters); 15 (9) [(8)] Township 6 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian (only 16 tide and submerged land and waters); 17 (10) [(9)] Township 7 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian (only 18 tide and submerged land and waters); 19 (11) [(10)] Township 7 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only 20 tide and submerged land and waters); 21 (12) [(11)] Township 7 South, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian (only 22 tide and submerged land and waters); 23 (13) [(12)] Township 7 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian (only 24 tide and submerged land and waters); 25 (14) [(13)] Township 8 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only 26 tide and submerged land and waters); 27 (15) [(14)] Township 8 South, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian (only 28 tide and submerged land and waters); 29 (16) [(15)] Township 8 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian (only 30 tide and submerged land and waters); 31 (17) [(16)] Township 9 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian (only
01 tide and submerged land and waters); 02 (18) [(17)] Township 9 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian (only 03 tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to Point 04 Pogibshi); 05 (19) [(18)] Township 5 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian 06 (including all tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to 07 Point Pogibshi); 08 (20) [(19)] Township 6 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian 09 (including all tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to 10 Point Pogibshi); 11 (21) [(20)] Township 7 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian 12 (including all tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to 13 Point Pogibshi); 14 (22) [(21)] Township 8 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian 15 (including all tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to 16 Point Pogibshi); 17 (23) [(22)] Township 9 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only 18 tide and submerged land and waters). 19 * Sec. 47. AS 16.20.610(b) is amended to read: 20 (b) The following described area is established as the Dude Creek Critical 21 Habitat Area: 22 (1) Township 40 South, Range 58 East, Copper River Meridian 23 Section 2: W1/2 24 Section 3 25 Sections 9 - 10 26 Section 11: W1/2NE1/4, W1/2 27 Section 14: Lot 3, NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4, 28 S1/2SE1/4NE1/4, SW1/4NE1/4, W1/2NW1/4NE1/4, 29 N1/2SE1/4 and the tide and submerged land of Dude 30 Creek 31 Section 15
01 Section 16: N1/2, SE1/4 02 Section 23: The tide and submerged land of Dude Creek; 03 (2) Tracts A and B of Gustavus Flats, Trust Land Survey No. 04 2004-01, located within Township 40 South, Range 58 East, Copper River 05 Meridian, containing 1279.09 acres, more or less, according to the survey plat 06 filed in the Juneau Recording District on October 22, 2004, as Plat Number 2004- 07 39. 08 * Sec. 48. AS 16.20.610 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 09 (f) Egress and ingress to and from private property within the parcels 10 described in (b) of this section shall be allowed through access corridors established 11 through agreement between the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of 12 Fish and Game, and the private property owners involved. 13 * Sec. 49. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 14 read: 15 TRANSITION. To reflect the name changes made by secs. 6 - 40 of this Act, the 16 Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Fish and Game shall 17 (1) update departmental signs and literature as necessary, on a schedule developed by 18 each department; and 19 (2) make immediate changes to digital publications. 20 * Sec. 50. This Act takes effect July 1, 2018.