Alaska Stat. § 41.23.180 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.180
Purpose of AS 41.23.180  41.23.230.
Status: in_force

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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.98.150 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.98 / Section 41.98.150
Workers' compensation coverage.
Status: in_force

The provisions of AS 23.30 (Alaska Workers' Compensation Act) and any benefits payable under AS 23.30 apply and are payable to persons dispatched to another state under art. VI of the compact. If the aiding personnel are officers or employees of a subdivision of this state, they are entitled to the same workers' compensation or other benefits in case of injury or death to which they would have been entitled if injured or killed while engaged in coping with a nuclear incident in their jurisdiction of regular employment.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.620 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.620
Lumber grading certificates.
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall issue a lumber grading certificate to an individual who successfully completes the lumber grading training program established under AS 41.17.610 . A certificate expires five years after the date of issuance. A certificate must include the date of issuance and expiration.

(b) The division may issue an initial lumber grading certificate to an individual who has not completed the lumber grading training program if the individual provides proof to the division that the individual (1) holds a current certification from a lumber grading agency accredited by the American Lumber Standard Committee, Incorporated; or

(2) has a bachelor's or postgraduate degree in forest products or wood science and technology, or an equivalent degree as determined by the division.

(c) An individual holding a certificate, including an individual who received an initial certificate under (b) of this section, must successfully complete the lumber grading training program to renew the individual's lumber grading certificate.

(d) The division may revoke a lumber grading certificate for good cause, after giving the certificate holder notice of the reason for revocation and an opportunity for hearing. A certificate holder may appeal a revocation in writing to the state forester within 10 days after revocation.
Alaska Stat. § 41.06.060 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.06 / Section 41.06.060
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 41.06.005  41.06.060, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) commercial use means the sale of heat or power to a third party;

(2) commission means the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission created under AS 31.05.005 ;

(3) correlative rights means the right of an owner of each property in a geothermal system to produce without waste the owner's just and equitable share of the geothermal resources in the geothermal system; a just and reasonable share is an amount, so far as can be practically determined and so far as can be practically produced without waste, that is substantially in proportion to the quantity of recoverable geothermal resources under the owner's property relative to the total recoverable geothermal resources in the geothermal system;

(4) geothermal fluid means liquids and steam at temperatures greater than 120 degrees Celsius or any commercial use of liquids and steam naturally present in a geothermal system at temperatures less than 120 degrees Celsius;

(5) geothermal resources (A) means the natural heat of the earth at temperatures greater than 120 degrees Celsius, or any use of that heat for commercial purposes, measured at the point at which the highest-temperature resources encountered enter or contact a well or other resource extraction device or any commercial use of the natural heat of the earth;

(B) includes (i) the energy, including pressure, in whatever form present in, resulting from, created by, or that may be extracted from that natural heat;

(ii) the material medium, including steam and other gases, hot water, and hot brines constituting the geothermal fluid naturally present, as well as substances artificially introduced to serve as a heat transfer medium; and

(iii) all dissolved or entrained minerals and gases that may be obtained from the material medium, but excluding hydrocarbon substances and helium;

(6) geothermal system means a stratum, pool, reservoir, or other geologic formation containing geothermal resources;

(7) operator means a person drilling, maintaining, operating, producing, or in control of a well;

(8) owner means the person who has the right to drill into or produce from a geothermal system and to appropriate the geothermal resources produced from a geothermal system for that person and others;

(9) waste means, in addition to its ordinary meaning, physical waste, and includes an inefficient, excessive, or improper production, use, or dissipation of geothermal resources, including (A) drilling, transporting, or storage methods that cause or tend to cause unnecessary surface loss of geothermal resources;

(B) locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating, producing, or venting of a well in a manner that results or tends to result in reducing the ultimate economic recovery of geothermal resources;

(10) well means a well drilled, converted, or reactivated for the discovery, testing, production, or subsurface injection of geothermal resources.

Article 2. Carbon Storage and Injection.
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.230 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.230
Knik River Public Use Area.
Status: reserved

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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.35.350 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.35 / Section 41.35.350
Duties of the commission.
Status: in_force

(a) The duties of the commission are to (1) survey, evaluate, and catalog Alaska prehistory and history materials now in print;

(2) ascertain and register what Alaska prehistory and history work is now in progress;

(3) identify the existing gaps in the coverage of Alaska's past in presently available published works and establish priorities for bridging them;

(4) prepare a thematic study of Alaska's history for historic preservation;

(5) identify the sources of Alaska's history;

(6) coordinate the production and publication of works that will adequately present all aspects of Alaska's past;

(7) cooperate with the federal government in programs relating to history and archaeology;

(8) develop criteria for the evaluation of state monuments and historic sites and all real and personal property that may be considered to be of historic, prehistoric, or archeological significance as would justify their acquisition and ownership by the state;

(9) cooperate with the department in formulating and administering a statewide historic sites survey under 16 U.S.C. 470-470n (P.L. 89-665, National Historic Preservation Act of 1966);

(10) review those surveys and historic preservation plans that may be required, and approve properties for nomination to the National Register as provided for in 16 U.S.C. 470-470n (P.L. 89-665, National Historic Preservation Act of 1966);

(11) provide necessary assistance to the governor and the legislature for achieving balanced and coordinated state policies and programs for the preservation of the state's historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources;

(12) consult with local historical district commissions regarding the establishment of historical districts under AS 29.55.010  29.55.020 and the approval of project alterations under AS 45.98.040 ; recommend, if appropriate, the formulation of additional criteria for the designation of historical districts under AS 29.55.020 (b); approve plans for and evaluate the suitability of specific structures for purposes of loan eligibility and continuance under the historical district revolving loan fund ( AS 45.98 ); and consult with the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development relative to the adoption of regulations for historical district loans under AS 45.98 ;

(13) determine the correct and most appropriate names of the lakes, streams, places, and other geographic features in the state and their spelling;

(14) pass upon and give names to lakes, streams, places, and other geographic features in the state for which no single generally acceptable name has been in use;

(15) cooperate with local subdivisions of government and, with their approval, change the names of lakes, streams, places, and other geographic features to eliminate duplication of names in the state;

(16) prepare and publish an official state dictionary of geographic names and publish it for sale, either as a complete whole or in parts when ready; and

(17) serve as the state representatives of the United States Board on Geographic Names and cooperate with that board so that there is no conflict between the state and federal designations of geographic features in the state.

(b) In carrying out its duties to name geographic features under this section, the commission shall consider using Alaska Native place names for geographic features in the state that have not previously been named, using Native language writing systems accepted by the Alaska Native Language Center of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks.

(c) When the commission gives a name to a lake, stream, place, or other geographic feature in the state, the name is the official name of the geographic feature and shall be used in all maps, records, documents, and other publications issued by the state or its departments and political subdivisions.

(d) A person may not attempt to modify local usage or name an unnamed geographic feature in an advertisement or publication without first obtaining the approval of the commission. If a person violates this section, the commission shall promptly announce its disapproval and shall adopt an official name for the feature.
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.270 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.270
Description of Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area.
Status: reserved

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
Alaska Stat. § 41.37.210 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.37 / Section 41.37.210
Staff of the commission.
Status: in_force

The commission may employ staff and contract for services relating to matters within its authority. Staff employed under this section are responsible to the commission.
Alaska Stat. § 41.15.180 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.15 / Section 41.15.180
National forest income.
Status: in_force

(a) When the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development receives national forest income under 16 U.S.C. 500, the commissioner shall immediately pay to each organized borough in which national forest land is located a share of the income from that forest; an organized borough's share of income from a national forest shall be proportional to the area of the national forest located within its boundaries.

(b) There is created as a separate account in the general fund the unorganized borough national forest receipts fund. The fund consists of national forest income received by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development under 16 U.S.C. 500 for the percentage of a national forest located within the unorganized borough. Seventy-five percent of the fund shall be allocated for public schools and 25 percent for public roads.

(c) From the percentage of the unorganized borough national forest receipts fund allocated to the public schools under (b) of this section, the commissioner shall pay to each home rule or first class city located within the unorganized borough and within a national forest or within 20 miles of a national forest, or regional educational attendance area that has a school located within the unorganized borough and within a national forest or within 20 miles of a national forest, a share of the income from the public schools allocation of the fund. A home rule city, first class city, or regional educational attendance area's share shall be calculated as the proportion of the number of children in average daily membership of the city school district or regional educational attendance area compared to the total number of children in average daily membership in city school districts located within the unorganized borough and within the national forest or within 20 miles of the national forest and in regional educational attendance areas that have a school located within the unorganized borough and within the national forest or within 20 miles of the national forest.

(d) From the percentage of the unorganized borough national forest receipts fund allocated to public roads under (b) of this section, the commissioner shall pay to each (1) home rule city, first class city, or second class city that exercises road powers, that is located within the unorganized borough and within a national forest or within 20 miles of a national forest, a share of the income from the roads allocation of the fund; a home rule city, first class city, or second class city's share shall be calculated as the proportion of the number of road miles within municipal boundaries over which the community exercises road powers plus the number of state road miles maintained by the municipality under agreement with the state compared to the total number of road miles maintained by state or local governments in the unorganized borough and within the national forest or within 20 miles of the national forest;

(2) municipality organized under federal law as an Indian reserve that existed before the enactment of 43 U.S.C. 1618(a) and is continued in existence under that subsection and that has formed a community development corporation under (m) of this section, that exercises road powers and that is located within the unorganized borough and within the national forest or within 20 miles of the national forest a share of the income from the roads allocation of the fund; the share due a municipality organized under federal law that exercises road powers shall be calculated as the proportion of the number of road miles within municipal boundaries over which the community exercises road powers plus the number of state road miles maintained by the municipality under agreement with the state compared to the total number of road miles maintained by state or local governments in the unorganized borough and within the national forest or within 20 miles of the national forest; however, the commissioner may pay income from national forest receipts under this paragraph only after the corporation has delivered a written waiver of sovereign immunity from legal action by the state to recover all or a portion of the money distributed under this section.

(e) A distribution made under (a) of this section shall be expended for public schools and public roads. A distribution made under (c) of this section shall be expended for public schools. A distribution made under (d) of this section shall be expended for public roads.

(f) For the purpose of making distributions from the fund, the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development shall consult with the commissioner of education and early development, for purposes of determining the number of children in average daily membership in the public schools affected by this section, and the commissioner of transportation and public facilities, to determine the total number of road miles in the unorganized borough affected by this section.

(g) An organized borough, home rule city, first class city, second class city, regional educational attendance area, or a municipality organized under federal law that receives a national forest income payment or distribution under 16 U.S.C. 500 or this section shall annually report and account to the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development its use of the payment or distribution for the purposes provided in (a)  (e) of this section. The commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development may not distribute national forest income under this section to an entity in the unorganized borough that has previously failed to report and account as required under this subsection.

(h) For purposes of this section, if a portion of a home rule city, first class city, or second class city, or municipality organized under federal law in the unorganized borough is located within the national forest or within 20 miles of a national forest or if a regional educational attendance area has a school located within the national forest or within 20 miles of the national forest, the entire home rule city, first class city, or second class city, regional educational attendance area, or municipality organized under federal law is considered to be within the national forest.

(i) A payment or distribution made under this section shall be made under an appropriation for the purpose.

(j) That portion of the unorganized borough national forest receipts fund remaining in the account unobligated and unexpended on June 30 of a fiscal year shall be deposited into the unrestricted portion of the general fund and shall be used to offset expenses of the general fund for school and road maintenance in the affected areas of the unorganized borough for which direct distribution of funds has not been made.

(k) The department may adopt regulations necessary to implement this section that are consistent with federal law.

(l) If any provision of this section is determined by the department to be in conflict with federal requirements regarding the allocation of money received by the state from the federal government under (a) of this section, the provision that is in conflict is inoperative to the extent of the conflict. The determination does not affect the operation of any other provision of this section. Upon a determination that a provision of this section is in conflict with federal requirements regarding the allocation of money received from the federal government, the department may adopt regulations that modify the requirements of that provision to the extent necessary to comply with the federal requirements.

(m) To qualify to receive money under (d)(2) of this section, a municipality organized under federal law as an Indian reserve shall form a community development corporation with authority to determine how the money will be used. The charter must require that the governing board of the corporation shall be elected at an annual election open to all residents of the municipality organized under federal law who are registered and qualified to vote in state elections. The department may distribute money for the municipality organized under federal law only to a corporation organized in accordance with this subsection and only after the corporation has delivered a written waiver of sovereign immunity from legal action by the state to recover all or a portion of the money distributed under (d)(2) of this section.

(n) In this section, number of children in average daily membership means the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in the city school district or regional educational attendance area, excluding correspondence students residing outside the school district's or regional educational attendance area's boundaries, that receives a share of the income from the public schools allocation of the fund created in (b) of this section.

Article 3. Fire Suppression Fund.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.125 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.125
Enforcement coordination.
Status: in_force

All state agencies with enforcement authority over an activity subject to regulation under this chapter shall establish a uniform enforcement strategy that avoids duplication and inconsistencies. All participating agencies shall agree to and comply with the contents of the uniform strategy. In developing and implementing the uniform strategy, each state agency retains its authority to determine the appropriate remedies under the statutes and regulations it administers.
Alaska Stat. § 41.15.100 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.15 / Section 41.15.100
Setting fires without consent.
Status: in_force

A person may not set on fire forested land or other inflammable material located or growing on land that is not owned, possessed, or controlled by the person, without the consent of the owner or lawful occupant of the land.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.150 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.150
Purpose of AS 41.21.150  41.21.153.
Status: in_force

The purpose of AS 41.21.150  41.21.153 is to restrict state-owned land and water described in AS 41.21.151 , except as provided in AS 41.21.153 , to use as a state park. Under AS 38.05.300 , state land, water, or land and water containing more than 640 acres may be closed to multiple use only by act of the legislature. Because the area described in AS 41.21.151 exceeds 640 acres, AS 41.21.150  41.21.153 are intended to provide for the closing of the land and water described in AS 41.21.151 , as that description is modified by AS 41.21.153 , to multiple use in conformity with AS 38.05.300 and its designation as a special purpose area in accord with art. VIII, sec. 7 of the Constitution of the State of Alaska.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.183 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.183
Designation of management responsibility.
Status: in_force

(a) The state-owned land and water described in AS 41.21.181 is assigned to the department for control, maintenance, and development consistent with the purposes and provisions of AS 41.21.180  41.21.183.

(b) The Department of Fish and Game is responsible for the management of fish and game resources in the Point Bridget State Park, consistent with the sustained-yield principle and the purposes and provisions of this chapter. The Board of Fisheries, the Board of Game, and the commissioner of fish and game are responsible for adopting regulations governing uses of fish and game under AS 16 . The fish and game habitat and breeding areas shall be managed to ensure that the fish and game resources of the park continue on a sustained-yield basis.

(c) The department shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game before adoption of regulations governing public use of the Point Bridget State Park.

(d) The Department of Fish and Game shall consult with the department before adoption of regulations governing fish and game management in the Point Bridget State Park.
Alaska Stat. § 41.35.090 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.35 / Section 41.35.090
Notice required of private persons.
Status: in_force

Before any construction, alteration, or improvement of any nature is undertaken on a privately owned, officially designated state monument or historic site by any person, the person shall give the department three months notice of intention to construct on, alter, or improve it. Before the expiration of the three-month notification period, the department shall either begin eminent domain proceedings under AS 41.35.060 (b) or undertake or permit the recording and salvaging of any historic, prehistoric, or archeological information considered necessary.
Alaska Stat. § 41.15.060 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.15 / Section 41.15.060
Permits.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall, by regulation, prescribe the conditions of and the manner for obtaining a permit for the setting of fires, use of burning devices, and other activities and uses of land that increase fire danger.

(b) A person may not set fires, use burning devices, or conduct other activities or use land that increases fire danger without a permit as prescribed by the commissioner in regulation under (a) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.098 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.098
Interagency coordination and reevaluation.
Status: in_force

(a) In administering this chapter, the commissioner shall coordinate with other agencies that have jurisdiction over activities subject to regulation under this chapter.

(b) In a review or implementation of a detailed plan of operations under AS 41.17.090 and in a decision on a proposed variation from requirements under AS 41.17.087 , the commissioner shall consider the comments of each affected state agency.

(c) The commissioner shall give due deference to the Department of Environmental Conservation in decisions concerning water quality. The commissioner of environmental conservation retains the authority to adopt nonpoint source pollution regulations for activities subject to this chapter to the extent that regulations are not adopted by the commissioner of natural resources and approved by the commissioner of environmental conservation under this chapter. The commissioner of environmental conservation may withdraw approval of regulations adopted by the commissioner of natural resources under this chapter by following the procedure for the adoption, amendment, and repeal of regulations under AS 44.62.180  44.62.290.

(d) The commissioner shall recognize the expertise of the Department of Fish and Game with regard to fish and wildlife habitat. On private land, the commissioner shall give due deference to the Department of Fish and Game regarding effects on fish habitat from timber operations including variations to riparian standards, designation of alternative site-specific riparian protection plans, and road location decisions within riparian areas. On public land, the commissioner shall give due deference to the Department of Fish and Game regarding effects on fish and wildlife habitat from timber operations including timber harvest in riparian areas, variations to riparian standards, and road location decisions within riparian areas. In making decisions under AS 41.17.087 , the commissioner shall recognize fish habitat as the primary value in riparian areas.

(e) In this section, due deference means that deference that is appropriate in the context of the agency's expertise and area of responsibility and all the evidence available to support a factual assertion. Where due deference is given, if the commissioner does not agree with a commenting agency, the commissioner shall prepare a written statement of the reasons for the disagreement.

(f) If a disagreement described in (e) of this section exists, an officer of an agency may require reevaluation of the disagreement at a higher level within the agencies, or by the governor if necessary, before a decision is made by the commissioner.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.136 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.136
Directives.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon a determination that a planned or ongoing activity violates or would violate this chapter or a regulation adopted under it, the state forester shall notify the respondent in writing and direct the respondent to halt or avoid the violation or to repair or correct any damage resulting from the violation. The written notification must include a summary of the basis for the directive.

(b) The respondent may either comply with the directive or request a hearing under AS 41.17.139 within 15 days of receipt of the notification. If a hearing is requested, the respondent may continue with the activity unless the state forester issues a stop work order under AS 41.17.138 . If the directive is affirmed by the hearing officer, the respondent shall cease the activity unless a stay is issued under AS 41.17.143 (c) or by the superior court.
Alaska Stat. § 41.10.050 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.10 / Section 41.10.050
Appointment.
Status: in_force

The governor shall appoint members of the board subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the legislature in joint session.
Alaska Stat. § 41.06.185 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.06 / Section 41.06.185
Enhanced oil or gas recovery.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, the provisions of AS 41.06.105  41.06.210 do not apply to applications filed with the commission proposing to use carbon dioxide for enhanced oil or gas recovery.

(b) The commission may adopt regulations that allow enhanced oil or gas recovery and related well activities to be converted to a storage facility. The regulations must require that, in considering whether to approve a conversion, and upon conversion, the provisions of AS 41.06.105  41.06.210 apply. The regulations may impose additional requirements to AS 41.06.105  41.06.210, or describe specific situations in which the requirements of AS 41.06.105  41.06.210 are waived, to ensure that the objectives of AS 41.06.105  41.06.210 are met.
Alaska Stat. § 41.08.015 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.08 / Section 41.08.015
State geologist.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall appoint the state geologist, who must be qualified by education and experience to direct the activities of the division.
Alaska Stat. § 41.06.160 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.06 / Section 41.06.160
Carbon Dioxide storage facility administrative fund.
Status: in_force

(a) A storage operator shall pay to the commission a fee on each metric ton of carbon dioxide injected for carbon storage. The commission shall set the amount of the fee based on the anticipated expenses the commission will incur in regulating storage facilities during each phase, including the construction, operational, and pre-completion phases. The commission shall deposit a fee collected under this subsection in the carbon dioxide storage facility administrative fund established in (b) of this section.

(b) The carbon dioxide storage facility administrative fund is established in the general fund. The fund consists of (1) fees received under (a) of this section;

(2) fees received under AS 41.06.120 and 41.06.195; and

(3) interest earned on money in the fund.

(c) Money in the carbon dioxide storage facility administrative fund shall be separately accounted for under AS 37.05.142 . The legislature may appropriate the money in the fund to the commission to carry out the purposes of AS 41.06.105  41.06.210.
Alaska Stat. § 41.35.230 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.35 / Section 41.35.230
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 41.35.010  41.35.240, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) commission means the Alaska Historical Commission established in AS 41.35.300 ;

(2) historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources includes deposits, structures, ruins, sites, buildings, graves, artifacts, fossils, or other objects of antiquity which provide information pertaining to the historical or prehistorical culture of people in the state as well as to the natural history of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 41.99.900 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.99 / Section 41.99.900
Definitions for title.
Status: in_force

In this title, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) commissioner means the commissioner of natural resources;

(2) department means the Department of Natural Resources.
Alaska Stat. § 41.06.190 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.06 / Section 41.06.190
Cooperative agreements and contracts.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may enter into agreements with other governments, government entities, and state agencies for the purpose of carrying out the objectives of AS 41.06.105  41.06.210.

(b) The commission may enter into contracts with private persons to assist in carrying out the objectives of AS 41.06.105  41.06.210. If an emergency exists, the commission may enter into contracts without public notice and without competitive bidding.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.955 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.955
Enforcement authority.
Status: in_force

(a) For offenses committed within parks and recreational facilities subject to the department's supervision, the following persons are peace officers of the state and they shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted under this chapter: (1) an employee of the department authorized by the commissioner;

(2) a police officer in the state;

(3) any other person authorized by the commissioner.

(b) Each person designated in (a) of this section may, when enforcing the provisions of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter, (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) arrest or issue a citation to a person who violates a provision of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.174 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.174
Designation of management responsibility.
Status: in_force

(a) The state land and water described in AS 41.21.172 are assigned to the department for control, maintenance, and development consistent with the purposes and provisions of AS 41.21.170  41.21.178.

(b) The Department of Fish and Game is responsible for the management of fish and game resources in the Shuyak Island State Park, consistent with the sustained yield principle and the purposes and provisions of this chapter. The Board of Fisheries, the Board of Game, and the commissioner of fish and game are responsible for adopting regulations governing uses of fish and game in accordance with AS 16 . The fish and game habitat and breeding areas shall be managed to ensure that the fish and game resources of the park continue on a sustained yield basis. In managing the fish and game resources of the Shuyak Island State Park and adopting regulations governing uses of the fish and game, the Board of Fisheries, the Board of Game, or the commissioner of fish and game may not permanently close any fishing, hunting, or trapping within the park unless the closure is implemented because of a biological emergency. A closure implemented because of a biological emergency (1) may continue in effect only as long as the biological emergency continues to exist, and (2) must be reevaluated on a regular basis, not less than annually, to justify that the closure continues to be necessary.

(c) The department shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game before adoption of regulations governing public use of the Shuyak Island State Park.

(d) The Department of Fish and Game shall consult with the department before adoption of regulations governing fish and game management in Shuyak Island State Park.

(e) The regulations established under this section shall be adopted in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).

(f) The commissioner shall permit reasonable camping within the Shuyak Island State Park on an extended basis on request.

(g) Nothing in AS 41.21.170  41.21.178 prohibits the Department of Fish and Game from engaging in rehabilitation, enhancement, and development of fish and game habitat under AS 16.05 on land and water within the Shuyak Island State Park.

(h) 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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.10.045 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.10 / Section 41.10.045
Executive director.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall appoint an executive director and clerical staff to assist the board.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.082 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.082
Control of infestations and disease.
Status: in_force

(a) All forest clearing operations and silvicultural systems shall be designed to reduce the likelihood of increased insect infestation and disease infections that threaten forest resources.

(b) A forest landowner may not conduct or approve timber clearing activities that create conditions fostering outbreaks of infestation or infection that threaten forest resources on forest land belonging to another person. If the commissioner finds, after notice and hearing, that there has been a violation of this subsection, the commissioner may require the forest landowner, at that person's expense, to (1) remove promptly or cure the conditions fostering outbreaks of infestation or infection; and

(2) undertake environmentally sound, effective, and cost-efficient actions to control the infestation or infection in the immediate vicinity of the improper timber clearing activity.

(c) If a forest landowner does not comply with a final order of the commissioner under (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section, the commissioner may enter onto the land and undertake the actions ordered and the landowner is liable for the cost of the actions. The commissioner shall deliver to the landowner an itemized statement of expenses incurred.

(d) The commissioner may undertake surveys and appraisals to obtain data on regional insect infestations and disease conditions. Upon a determination that an area is infested with forest insects or infected with diseases injurious to forest resources and that the infestation or infection threatens the forest land or timber of adjacent owners, the commissioner may establish the boundaries of an infestation or infection zone. The commissioner may enter into an agreement with an owner or with a governmental agency to control or suppress infestation or infection within the zone. Upon a determination by the commissioner that insect and disease control work within the zone is no longer necessary or feasible, the commissioner shall terminate the zone.
Alaska Stat. § 41.35.030 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.35 / Section 41.35.030
Designation of monuments and historic sites.
Status: in_force

Upon the recommendation of the commission, the governor may declare by public order any particular historic, prehistoric, or archeological structure, deposit, site, or other object of scientific or historic interest that is situated on land owned or controlled by the state to be a state monument or historic site, and the governor may designate as a part of the monument or site as much land as is considered necessary for the proper access, care, and management of the object or site to be protected. When an object or site is situated on land held in private ownership, it may be declared a state monument or historic site in the same manner, with the written consent of the owner.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.502 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.502
Kenai River Special Management Area.
Status: in_force

(a) The surface estate in the land and water presently owned by the state and all land and water acquired by the state in the future, including shore, tide, and submerged land, lying within the parcels described in this section is designated as the Kenai River Special Management Area: (1) the Kenai River at the common section line of Sections 16 and 17, Township 5 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian, upstream to and including the waters of the Kenai and Skilak Lakes;

(2) the Moose River from its confluence with the Kenai River upstream to the Sterling Highway Bridge;

(3) the Funny River from its confluence with the Kenai River upstream to the Funny River Road Bridge;

(4) the state land in the Kenai Recording District that is located within the following parcels: (A) Kenai Keys

Township 5 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian

Section 26: General Land Office Lot 9

Section 36:

According to the Stephenkie Alaska Subdivision,

Alaska State Land Survey No. 73-146:

Lots 2, 3, 5  8 and 12  33 of Block 2

Tract B

A small un-meandered island located within the

SE1/4SE1/4 of Section 36

General Land Office Lots 2, 3

Sw1/4ne1/4

ne1/4nw1/4

Excluding the Kenai Keys Road Right-of-Way and Stephenkie Alaska Subdivision, Alaska State Land Survey No. 73-146

(B) Bing's Landing

Township 5 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian

Section 16: Portion of W1/2W1/2 lying south of the Sterling Highway

Section 20: Lot 1

Section 21: Lot 3

(C) Izaak Walton

Township 5 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian

Section 7:

Parcel #1: Starting at the Southwest corner of Lot 6, Section 7, T5N, R8W, go South 0° 08´ East a distance of 888.1 feet to the center of road to corner no. 1, which is the true point of beginning; then North 73° 5´ West along the center of the road a distance of 727 feet to corner no. 2; then in a southwesterly direction a distance of 515.6 feet plus or minus, along the line of mean high water of Moose River to point no. 3; then a distance of 108 feet plus or minus, to point no. 4 along the line of mean high water of Moose River to Kenai River; then a distance of 75.3 feet plus or minus, to point no. 5 along that river; then upstream a distance of 808.6 feet plus or minus, at mean high water along Kenai River to point no. 6; then North 0° 8´ West 150 feet to point no. 7; then south 89° 57´ East a distance of 208 feet to point no. 8; then North 0° 08´ West 213.9 feet to point no. 1, which is the true point of beginning.

Parcel #2: Starting at the Southwest corner of Lot 6, Section 7, T5N, R8W, go South 0° 08´ East a distance of 1102.0 feet to corner no. 1, which is the true point of beginning; then North 89° 57´ West 208.0 feet to corner no. 2; then South 0° 08´ East 150 feet plus or minus to corner no. 3, which is a point at mean high water of the Kenai River, then Southeasterly a distance of 238 feet plus or minus, along the line of high water of that river to corner no. 4, which is a point 268 feet plus or minus, South 0° 08´ East of corner no. 1, then North 0° 08´ West 268 feet plus or minus to corner no. 1, which is the true point of beginning, containing one acre plus or minus.

(D) Nilnunqa

Township 5 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian

Section 7: Lot 10

(E) Funny River

Township 5 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian

Section 28: SE1/4SE1/4

Tract 6, Heistand Subdivision,

Addition No. 2

Section 33: Lots 1, 3

se1/4nw1/4

portion of NE1/4 lying west of the Funny River Road

(F) Morgan's Landing

Township 5 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian

Section 21: SW1/4SE1/4

Section 28: Lots 2, 3, 7  9, 14, 15

ne1/4nw1/4

Nw1/4sw1/4

Section 33: Lot 2

(G) Kenai River Islands

Township 5 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian

Section 27: Lots 10, 17

Township 5 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian

Section 6: Lots 9  10

Section 7: Lots 2  4, 8, 11, 16

Section 18: Lots 2, 3, 14

Section 19: Lots 3, 17

Section 30: Lots 2, 8

Section 31: Lots 7, 10

Section 32: Lot 7

Section 33: Lots 5, 8

Section 34: Lot 10

Township 5 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian

Section 36: Lot 2 within NE1/4

(H) Slikok Creek

Township 5 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian

Section 36: Tract A, Slikok Creek Alaska Subdivision

(I) Big Eddy

Township 5 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian

Section 24: Lots 14, 15

Nw1/4ne1/4se1/4

(J) Ciechanski

Township 5 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian

Section 24: Lot 1

(K) Kenai River Flats

Township 5 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian

Section 15: Lot 8

Nw1/4se1/4

N1/2sw1/4

N1/2s1/2sw1/4

(L) Other Lower River Land

Township 5 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian

Section 22: Lots 4, 9, 10, NE1/4SW1/4

Township 5 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian

Section 6: Lot 8

Section 7: Lots 5  7, 15

Section 18: Lots 1, 2, 4  6, Tract A, Larry's Fishing Hole Subdivision, Plat No. 90-42 Government Lots 4  7, 10  13

Ne1/4sw1/4

E1/2nw1/4

Section 19:

Tracts A and B, Timberland Terrace Phase 1 Subdivision, Plat 97-26

Lot 4, Kobylarz Subdivision, according to the official plat filed under Plat No. 92-24, Kenai Recording Office

Beginning at the section corner common to Sections 19, 20, 29, and 30, Township 5 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian, traverse west along the section line common to Sections 19 and 30 a distance of 1320 feet, thence north along the 1/16 section line a distance of 1420 feet to Corner No. 1 and the point of beginning, thence west 100 feet to Corner No. 2, thence north to the thalweg of the Kenai River and Corner No. 3, thence east along the thalweg of the Kenai River to the point of intersection with 1/16 section line and Corner No. 4, thence south along the 1/16 section line to Corner No. 1, and the point of beginning, located in the Kenai Recording District, as may be modified by a record of survey accepted by the state

Lot 16

Section 30: Tracts A, J, and K, Channel Shores Subdivision, Plat No. 85-102

Section 31: Lots 2, 3, and 11, excluding the following subdivisions, as shown in record of survey no. 96-7: Halcyon Subdivision, Lot 1, Block 1, plat of survey no. K-1706; Halcyon Subdivision Lot 5, Block 1, plat of survey no. 73-9; Halcyon Subdivision plat of survey no. 76-75; Halcyon Subdivision Addition No. 4, plat of survey no. 77-47; Halcyon Subdivision Addition No. 5, plat of survey no. 77-82; Halcyon Subdivision No. 3, plat of survey no. 78-25; Halcyon Subdivision Amended Plat Lot 1-B, Block 1, plat of survey no. 78-96; Halcyon Subdivision Addition No. 7, plat of survey no. 79-155; Halcyon Subdivision Addition No. 8, plat of survey no. 83-174; Halcyon Subdivision Addition No. 9, plat of survey no. 84-47; Halcyon Subdivision No. 10, plat of survey no. 84-244; Halcyon Subdivision No. 9, plat of survey no. 86-98RS; Halcyon Subdivision No. 9, plat of survey no. 86-99RS; Halcyon Subdivision No. 11, plat of survey no. 92-41; Halcyon Subdivision No. 8 Amended, plat of survey no. 92-72; and Halcyon Subdivision No. 12, plat of survey no. 93-8; and excluding that portion of Government Lot 3 east of Daisy Drive conveyed by warranty deed recorded March 10, 1989, in book 343, page 15, Kenai Recording Office.

Section 32: Lot 1-B-1, ASLS No. 97-25, a subdivision of Lot 1-B, Fisherman's Square Subdivision, Addition No. 1, within the W1/2SW1/4;

Section 33: Lot 6-B, Mullen Homestead River Addition Phase 1, Plat No. 97-89;

Section 34: Lot 7, NE1/4SE1/4

Township 5 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian

Section 1: Lots 9 and 10

Section 11: Tract A-1A, Cone Tracts; Lot 3, excluding that portion north of the south right-of-way boundary of the Beaver Loop Road and all land west of and including the Cone Tracts A-1A and A-1B Subdivision and SE1/4NW1/4, and the N1/2NW1/4, excluding that portion of the south right-of-way boundary of the Beaver Loop Road and all land west of and including the Cone Tracts A-1A and A-1B Subdivision

Section 12: Lots 1  3, 7  10, 13

N1/2se1/4

Se1/4ne1/4

Ne1/4sw1/4

N1/2sw1/4se1/4

Section 13: Lot 1

Sw1/4nw1/4

Section 14: Lots 2, 7

Section 16: Lots 1  10

Se1/4

Nw1/4nw1/4

Se1/4sw1/4

Section 24: That portion of Lot 11 within LSH 148

Section 25: Lot 3

Section 36: That strip of land between the line of ordinary high water of the Kenai River and EPF 21-11, Block 1.

(b) Subject to valid existing rights, the land and water described in (a) of this section is designated as a special purpose area under art. VIII, § 7, of the Alaska Constitution.

(c) The mineral estate in the state-owned land and water described in (a) of this section is open to oil and gas leasing under AS 38.05.180 and carbon storage licensing and leasing under AS 38.05.700  38.05.795. The mineral estate in the state-owned land and water described in (a) of this section is closed to mineral entry under AS 38.05.181  38.05.275.
Alaska Stat. § 41.10.030 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.10 / Section 41.10.030
Purpose of chapter.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the orderly development of land, for guiding settlement, and for conserving soil and water and soil resources and controlling and preventing soil erosion.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.495 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.495
Cooperative management agreements.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may enter into cooperative management agreements with a federal agency, a municipality, another state agency, or a private landowner to achieve the purposes of AS 41.21.491  41.21.495.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.617 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.617
Other uses generally.
Status: in_force

The state land and water described in AS 41.21.611 (b) is closed to mineral entry under AS 38.05.135  38.05.275 and 38.05.700  38.05.795, to commercial harvest of timber, and to sale under state land disposal laws. The commissioner may lease the land described in AS 41.21.611 (b) under AS 38.05.070  38.05.105 for a purpose consistent with AS 41.21.610 (a) and (b). A municipality may select land within the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve under law.
Alaska Stat. § 41.35.310 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.35 / Section 41.35.310
Composition of commission.
Status: in_force

The Alaska Historical Commission consists of the following persons: (1) the lieutenant governor;

(2) the state historic preservation officer appointed under 16 U.S.C. 470  470n (P.L. 89-665, National Historic Preservation Act of 1966);

(3) three persons with professionally relevant backgrounds appointed from each of the following fields: history, architecture, and archeology;

(4) one person appointed to represent Indigenous ethnic groups;

(5) two persons appointed from a list of recommended nominees, containing at least four names, submitted each year by the Alaska Historical Society;

(6) one other person.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.990 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.990
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, (1) scenic park means relatively spacious areas of outstanding natural significance, where major values are in their natural geological, faunal, or floral characteristics, the purpose of which is directed primarily toward the preservation of its outstanding natural features and where development is minimal and only for the purpose of making the areas available for public enjoyment in a manner consistent with the preservation of the natural values such as camping, picnicking, sightseeing, nature study, hiking, riding, and related activities which involve no major modification of the land, forests, or waters, and without extensive introduction of artificial features or forms of recreational development that are primarily of urban character;

(2) wilderness park means an area whose predominant character is the result of the interplay of natural processes, large enough and so situated as to be unaffected, except in minor ways, by what takes place in the nonwilderness around it, a physical condition which activates the innermost emotions of the observer and where development of man-made objects will be strictly limited and depend entirely on good taste and judgment so that the wilderness values are not lost.
Alaska Stat. § 41.99.010 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.99 / Section 41.99.010
Fish and game management and enforcement.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this title denies the Department of Fish and Game or the Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game their management and enforcement responsibilities related to the fish and game of this state.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.904 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.904
Activities of corps.
Status: in_force

The corps may be assigned (1) to provide staff services for public agencies involved in planning for the future of our environment;

(2) tasks of cleaning litter from city streets, highways, local parks, neighborhoods, beaches, natural forests, rivers, creeks, state and national parks on a continuing basis;

(3) to participate in neighborhood improvement programs including the creation of neighborhood parks and playgrounds, supplementing local government efforts on a voluntary basis on request;

(4) to fire prevention activities in forest land, including the cleaning of brush and deadfalls and the construction and maintenance of fire trails and firebreaks and firefighting in time of need;

(5) the task of building and maintaining hiking and riding trails and campsites, improving wildlife habitats and protection of wildlife refuges and wilderness areas under supervision of the Department of Fish and Game;

(6) to participate in drainage and erosion control improvements on public land and the reforestation of fire-devastated areas;

(7) the task of conducting conservation summer camp programs for youths to learn and practice conservation skills;

(8) monitoring duties in areas of environmental concern where control and enforcement are maintained such as the monitoring of air and water pollution levels or checking on how well developers are meeting subdivision regulations.
Alaska Stat. § 41.35.210 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.35 / Section 41.35.210
Criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

A person who is convicted of violating a provision of AS 41.35.010  41.35.240 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 41.15.040 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.15 / Section 41.15.040
Right of entry to control and suppress fires.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon approval by the commissioner or an authorized agent, an employee of the division of forestry and fire protection, or of any organization authorized to prevent, control, or suppress a fire or a destructive agent, and others assisting in the control or suppression of a fire upon request of an officer or employee of the United States or the state may, when responding to a wildland fire or suspected wildland fire or administering the provisions of this chapter, enter upon any land, whether publicly or privately owned, for the purpose of preventing, investigating, suppressing, or controlling a wildland fire or a destructive agent.

(b) A person may not interfere with or prohibit the access authorized under (a) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.415 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.415
Authority to designate Captain Cook State Recreation Area.
Status: in_force

The governor may designate by proclamation the state-owned land and water and all that acquired in the future by the state, lying within the parcels described in this section, as the Captain Cook State Recreation Area. The proclamation may include the entire area or portions of the area at different times, shall reserve the areas included from all uses incompatible with their primary function as public recreation land and water, and shall assign them to the department for control, development and maintenance. Land covered by AS 41.21.410  41.21.425 is that within the following described parcels:

Township 8 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian

Section 3

Section 9

Section 10: NW1/4, NE1/4, SW1/4, W1/2 SE1/4

Section 15: W1/2 W1/2

Sections 16 and 17

All tideland abutting the above and all of Stormy Lake.
Alaska Stat. § 41.98.130 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.98 / Section 41.98.130
Appointment of deputy or assistant board member.
Status: in_force

The deputy or assistant board member who may be appointed under art. II(a) of the compact shall be appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure of the principal board member representing this state, with the approval of the governor.
Alaska Stat. § 41.35.070 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.35 / Section 41.35.070
Preservation of historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources threatened by public construction.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall locate, identify, and preserve in suitable records information regarding historic, prehistoric, and archeological sites, locations, and remains. The information shall be submitted to the heads of the executive departments of the state.

(b) Before public construction or public improvement of any nature is undertaken by the state, or by a governmental agency of the state or by a private person under contract with or licensed by the state or governmental agency of the state, the department may survey the affected area to determine if the area contains historic, prehistoric, or archeological values.

(c) If the department determines that historic, prehistoric, or archeological sites, locations, or remains will be adversely affected by the public construction or improvement, the proposed public construction or improvement may not be commenced until the department has performed the necessary investigation, recording, and salvage of the site, location, or remains. All investigation, recording, and salvage work shall be performed as expeditiously as possible so that no state construction project will be unduly impaired, impeded, or delayed.

(d) If in the course of performing public construction or improvements, historic, prehistoric, or archeological sites, locations, remains, or objects are discovered, the department shall be notified and its concurrence shall be requested in continuing the construction or improvement. Upon receipt of this notice, the department shall survey the area to determine whether the area contains historic, prehistoric, or archeological data which should be preserved in the public interest. The survey shall be conducted as expeditiously as possible. If, as a result of the survey, it is determined that (1) this data exists in the area, (2) the data has exceptional historic, prehistoric, or archeological significance, and should be collected and preserved in the public interest, and (3) it is feasible to collect and preserve the data, the department shall perform the necessary work to collect and preserve the data. This work shall be performed as expeditiously as possible.

(e) If the concurrence of the department required under (b) and (c) of this section is not obtained after 90 days from the filing of a request for its concurrence to proceed with the project, the agency or person performing the construction or improvement may apply to the governor for permission to proceed without that concurrence, and the governor may take the action the governor considers best in overruling or sustaining the department.

(f) The costs of investigation, recording, and salvage of the site shall be reimbursed by the agency sponsoring the construction project.

(g) Notwithstanding (a)  (f) of this section, all actions to stop any project shall first be approved in writing by the commissioner.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.022 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.022
Discharge of firearms.
Status: in_force

The discharge of firearms during lawful hunting, trapping, and fishing is permitted within the boundaries of: (1) Caines Head State Recreation Area; (2) Chena River State Recreation Area; (3) Chugach State Park; (4) Denali State Park; (5) Kachemak Bay State Park; (6) Kachemak Bay State Wilderness Park; (7) Marine Parks established in AS 41.21.300  41.21.306; (8) Quartz Lake State Recreation Area; and (9) Wood-Tikchik State Park, except that all or part of a state park, marine park, wildlife preserve, or recreation area may be closed to the discharge of firearms by regulations adopted by the department for purposes of public safety or, with the concurrence of the Board of Game, for limited areas of Chugach State Park for public display of local wildlife under AS 41.21.121 .
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.165 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.165
Regulations.
Status: in_force

The department shall consult with Department of Fish and Game and the management council before adoption of regulations governing the public use of the park. The Department of Fish and Game shall consult with the department and the management council before adoption of regulations governing fish and wildlife management in the park. Regulations may not be adopted by either department without prior review at public hearings.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.510 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.510
Advisory committee.
Status: in_force

(a) In developing and implementing the management plan required by AS 41.21.506 (a), the commissioner shall appoint an advisory board. The commissioner and the advisory board shall jointly hold public meetings during development of the management plan in the areas affected. The commissioner shall consult with and solicit recommendations from the advisory board and from federal and state agencies, interest groups, and other interested members of the public.

(b) The advisory board appointed under this section shall be representative of user groups, resident property owners, municipalities adjacent to the Kenai River and other interest groups. Unless appointed as a representative of a user group, resident property owners, a municipality adjacent to the Kenai River, or another interest group, an employee, elected official, or other representative of a federal or state government may be appointed to the advisory board only as an ex officio member serving without a vote. A majority of the voting members of the advisory group shall be residents of the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.060 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.060
Regulatory and administrative standards.
Status: in_force

(a) All regulations, administrative actions, and other activities and duties undertaken under this chapter shall be in full accordance with the standards set out in this section.

(b) With respect to state, municipal, and private forest land, the following standards apply: (1) to the maximum extent possible, all applicable data and information of applicable disciplines shall be updated and used in making decisions relative to the management of forest resources;

(2) environmentally sensitive areas shall be recognized in the development of regulations and best management practices that are designed to implement nonpoint source pollution control measures authorized under this chapter;

(3) administration of forest land shall consider marketing conditions and other economic constraints affecting the forest landowner, timber owner, or the operator;

(4) to the fullest extent practicable, harvested forest land shall be reforested, naturally or artificially, so as to result in a sustained yield of merchantable timber from that land; if artificial planting is required, silviculturally acceptable seedlings must first be available for planting at an economically fair price in the state; and

(5) significant adverse effects of soil erosion and mass wasting on water quality and fish habitat shall be prevented or minimized.

(c) With respect to state and municipal forest land only, the following standards also apply: (1) forest land shall be administered for the multiple use of the renewable and nonrenewable resources and for the sustained yield of the renewable resources of the land in the manner that best provides for the present needs and preserves the future options of the people of the state;

(2) a system of allocating predominant uses or values to particular units within a contiguous area of land shall reflect in reasonable proportion the various resources and values present in that area;

(3) to the extent its capacity permits, forest land shall be administered so as to provide for the continuation of businesses, activities, and lifestyles that are dependent upon or derived from forest resources;

(4) timber harvesting is limited to areas where data and information demonstrate that natural or artificial reforestation techniques will result in the production of a sustained yield of merchantable timber from that area;

(5) there may not be significant impairment of the productivity of the land and water with respect to renewable resources;

(6) allowance shall be made for scenic quality in or adjacent to areas of substantial importance to the tourism and recreation industry; and

(7) allowance shall be made for important fish and wildlife habitat.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.450 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.450
Purpose of AS 41.21.450  41.21.466.
Status: in_force

The purpose of AS 41.21.450  41.21.466 is to restrict state-owned land and water within the boundaries described in AS 41.21.455 , except as provided in AS 41.21.466 , to use as a public recreation area. Under the provisions of AS 38.05.300 , state land, water, or land and water containing more than 640 acres may be closed to multiple purpose use only by act of the legislature. Inasmuch as the area described in AS 41.21.455 exceeds 640 acres, AS 41.21.450  41.21.466 are intended to except the area described in AS 41.21.455 , as that description is modified by AS 41.21.466 , from the provisions of AS 38.05.300 .
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.120 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.120
Inspections and investigations.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may inspect and investigate forest land and activities on it and may enter upon it in conjunction with any operations as necessary to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and requirements and to otherwise enforce the provisions of this chapter. Other state agencies have this same authority to the extent necessary to enforce their own laws and regulations on forest land. Those agencies and the commissioner shall coordinate their actions under this section.
Alaska Stat. § 41.10.060 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.10 / Section 41.10.060
Qualifications of board members.
Status: in_force

Members of the board shall be resident bona fide users of land selected from the five major land areas of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 41.15.020 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.15 / Section 41.15.020
Regulations.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall, by regulation, make provision for the protection of forested land in the state from fire and other destructive agents.
Alaska Stat. § 41.15.325 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.15 / Section 41.15.325
Cooperative management agreements.
Status: in_force

The department may enter into cooperative management agreements with a person who holds title to or has a valid entry on land within or adjoining the boundaries of the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area.
Alaska Stat. § 41.35.240 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.35 / Section 41.35.240
Short title.
Status: in_force

AS 41.35.010  41.35.240 may be cited as the Alaska Historic Preservation Act.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.435 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.435
Authority to designate Caines Head State Recreation Area.
Status: in_force

The governor may designate by proclamation the state-owned land and water and all that acquired in the future by the state, lying within the parcels described in this section, as the Caines Head State Recreation Area. The proclamation may include the entire area or portions of the area at different times, shall reserve the areas included from all uses incompatible with their primary function as public recreation land and water, and shall assign them to the department for control, development and maintenance. Land covered by (1)  (4) of this section has a total acreage of 1801.11 acres, including approximately 221.11 acres of federal land. Land covered by (5) of this section has a total acreage of approximately 4,160 acres. Land covered by AS 41.21.430  41.21.445 is that within the following described parcels: (1) U.S.S. 2742: portions of Sections 22 and 27 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian;

(2) U.S.S. 2744: in Section 14 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian;

(3) U.S.S. 4830: portions of Sections 14, 23 and 24 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian (E.O. 3406 Lighthouse Reserve);

(4) Section 10 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian E1/2; Section 11 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian SW1/4; Section 14 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian NW1/4, SW1/4, SE1/4 and portions of NE1/4 above mean low tide; Section 15 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian E1/2; Section 22 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian E1/2; Section 23 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian NW1/4, NE1/4 and portions of SW1/4 above mean low tide and portions of SE1/4 above mean low tide; Section 24 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian W1/2 portion above mean low tide; Section 27 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian N1/2, NE1/4 above mean low tide;

(5) Section 9, T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian; Section 10, T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian, West 1/2; Section 15, T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian, West 1/2; Section 16, T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian; Section 21, T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian; Section 22, T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian, West 1/2; Section 27, T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian; Section 28, T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.520 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.520
Incompatible uses.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may designate by regulation incompatible uses for the state-owned land and water within the Business Park Wetlands Special Management Area in accordance with the requirements of AS 41.21.518  41.21.522.

(b) In designating incompatible uses by regulation under (a) of this section, the commissioner shall consult with the public, the Business Park Wetlands Coalition, or any successor organization.
Alaska Stat. § 41.08.035 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.08 / Section 41.08.035
Regulations.
Status: in_force

The department may adopt regulations relating to and providing for the systematic collection, recording, and distribution of data on the water of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.010 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.010
Purpose.
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of AS 41.21.010  41.21.040 to foster the growth and development of a system of parks and recreational facilities and opportunities in the state, for the general health, welfare, education, and enjoyment of its citizens and for the attraction of visitors to the state.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.043 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.043
Terms of office.
Status: in_force

The term of office of a member of the board is three years. The state forester serves an indefinite term, ex officio.
Alaska Stat. § 41.10.010 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.10 / Section 41.10.010
Declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

The farm, forest, and grazing land of the state is a basic asset of the state. It is the policy of this chapter, in the interest of the health, safety, and general welfare of the people of the state, to provide for the development, use, and conservation of this land in accordance with its capabilities.
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.450 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.450
Management of municipal land.
Status: in_force

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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.35.330 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.35 / Section 41.35.330
Term of office.
Status: in_force

The term of office for a member of the commission is three years, except for those who are members by virtue of their positions with the state, who serve for as long as they remain in the position by virtue of which they are members of the commission. Except as provided in AS 39.05.080 (4), a member appointed to fill a vacancy serves for the unexpired term of the member succeeded.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.140 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.140
Kachemak Bay State Wilderness Park established.
Status: reserved

(a) The presently state-owned land and water, and all that acquired in the future by the state, lying within the parcels described in this section are designated as the Kachemak Bay State Wilderness Park. In order to protect and preserve this land and water for its unique and exceptional wilderness value, the park is established and shall be managed as a wilderness park. The land and water lying within the following described parcels is reserved from all uses incompatible with its primary function as a wilderness park and is assigned to the department for control and maintenance:

(1) Township 8 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian

Section 9: S1/2

Section 10: S1/2

Section 11: S1/2

Section 12: S1/2

Sections 13  16

Sections 19  36;

(2) Township 9 South, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian

Sections 1  3;

(3) Township 9 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian

Section 7

Section 8: S1/2 and NW1/4

Section 13: S1/2

Section 14: S1/2

Sections 15  36;

(4) Township 9 South, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian

Section 11: NE1/4

Sections 12  13;

(5) Township 10 South, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian

Sections 5  7;

(6) Township 10 South, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian;

(7) Township 10 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian;

(8) Township 10 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian;

(9) Township 11 South, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian;

(10) Township 11 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian;

(11) Township 11 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian

Sections 1  10

Section 11: W1/2 and E1/2

Sections 12  17

Sections 21  24.

(b) The following public domain land shall be selected by the state, and classified as wilderness park land and designated as part of Kachemak Bay State Park immediately upon receipt of management authority by the state:

(1) Township 8 South, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian

Sections 4  5

Section 7: S1/2

Sections 8  9

Sections 16  21

Sections 28  33;

(2) Township 9 South, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian: W1/2;

(3) Township 9 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian.
Alaska Stat. § 41.35.375 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.35 / Section 41.35.375
Powers of chairman.
Status: in_force

Subject to available appropriations, the chair may, with the concurrence of a majority of the commission, employ necessary personnel and may contract for the services of experts and other persons who may be needed.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.455 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.455
Nancy Lake State Recreation Area established.
Status: reserved

(a) The presently state-owned land and water and all that acquired in the future by the state, lying within the following described boundary, are hereby designated as the Nancy Lake State Recreation Area, are reserved from all uses incompatible with their primary function as public recreation land, and are assigned to the department for control, development, and maintenance:

Beginning at the brass capped monument marking the one quarter corner position, common to Section 34 and Section 35, Township 19 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian, Alaska, which is the true point of beginning; thence easterly along the 1/4 line of Section 35 to the west shore of an unnamed lake; thence meandering said lake clockwise in a northerly and southerly direction to a point where said meanders intersect the east-west 1/4 line of Section 35; thence easterly along the 1/4 line of Section 35 to the west shore of an unnamed lake; thence meandering said lake clockwise in a northerly and easterly direction to a point where said meanders intersect the east-west 1/4 line of Section 35; thence easterly along the 1/4 line of Section 35 to the 1/4 corner position common to Section 35 and Section 36; thence southerly along the section line common to Sections 35 and 36 to the common corner between Sections 35 and 36, Township 19 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian and Sections 1 and 2, Township 18 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian; thence easterly along the common line between said Sections 1 and 36 to the common corner of Section 1, Township 18 North, Range 5 West and Section 36, Township 19 North, Range 5 West and Section 31, Township 19 North, Range 4 West and Section 6, Township 18 North, Range 4 West; thence easterly along the common line between said Sections 31 and 6 to the 1/4 corner position common to Sections 31 and 6; thence northerly along the 1/4 line of Section 31 to the C 1/4 corner positions; thence easterly along the 1/4 line of Section 31 and Section 32 to the C 1/4 corner position of Section 32, Township 19 North, Range 4 West; thence northerly along the 1/4 line of Section 32 and Section 29 to the C-N-S 1/64th corner position of Section 29, Township 19 North, Range 4 West; thence easterly along the N-S 1/64th line of said Section 29 to the N-S 1/64th corner position common to Section 29 and Section 28; thence southerly along the east section line of Section 29 and Section 32 to the S-N-N 1/256th corner position of said Section 32; thence westerly along the S-N-N 1/256th line to the SE-NE-NE 1/256th corner positions; thence southerly along the E-E-E 1/256th line to the NE-SE-NE 1/256th corner position; thence easterly along the N-S-N 1/256th line to the N-S-N 1/256th corner position; thence southerly along the east boundary of Section 32 to the S-N 1/64th corner position of said Section 32; thence westerly along the S-N 1/64th line to the C-E-SE-NE 1/256th corner position; thence southerly along the E-E-E 1/256th line to the north shore of Nancy Lake; thence meandering said lake clockwise in an easterly, northerly, and southerly direction to a point where said meander line intersects the north line of Section Lot 41, Section 33, Township 19 North, Range 4 West; thence easterly along said north line to the NE corner of said Lot 41; thence southerly along the east line of said Lot 41 to the north shore of Nancy Lake; thence meandering said lake in an easterly, northerly, southerly, and westerly direction to a point where said meander line intersects the east line of Section Lot 54, Section 33, Township 19 North, Range 4 West; thence southerly along said east line of said Lot 54 to the east shore of Nancy Lake; thence meandering said lake in an easterly, northerly, southerly, and westerly direction to a point where said meander line intersects the N-N-N 1/256th line of Section 4, Township 18 North, Range 4 West; thence westerly along said N-N-N 1/256th line to the NE-NW-NW 1/256th corner position; thence southerly along the E-W-W 1/256th line to the SE-NW-NW 1/256th corner position; thence easterly along the S-N-N 1/256th line to the C-S-N-NW 1/256th corner position; thence along the W 1/16th line to the C-W 1/16th corner position; thence westerly along the 1/4 line to the 1/4 corner position common to Section 4 and Section 5; thence southerly along the east section line of Sections 5, 8, 17, 20, 29, 32, and 5, to the section corner common to Sections 4, 5, 8, and 9, Township 17 North, Range 4 West; thence westerly along the section line common to Section 5 and Section 8 to the E 1/16th corner position; thence southerly along the E 1/16th line to the SE 1/16th corner position of said Section 8; thence westerly along the S 1/16th line to the C-S 1/16th corner position of Section 7, Township 17 North, Range 4 West; thence northerly along the 1/4 line to the C 1/4 corner position of Section 6, Township 17 North, Range 4 West; thence westerly along the 1/4 line of said Section 6 to the east shore of Butterfly Lake; thence meandering said lake clockwise in a southerly, northerly, and westerly direction to a point on the west shore of Butterfly Lake where said meander line intersects the north section line of Section 1, Township 17 North, Range 5 West; thence westerly along the north section line of Section 1 and Section 2 to the point of intersection with line 9-10 of U.S. Survey No. 4638; thence south to Corner No. 4, Lot 3 of said U.S. Survey No. 4638; thence west along the north line of said Lot 3 to the point of intersection with the north-south section line common to Section 2 and Section 3; thence northerly along the west section line of Sections 2, 35, and 26, to the point of intersection with line 3-4 of U.S. Survey No. 3869, Township 18 North, Range 5 West; thence west along said line 3-4 of U.S. Survey No. 3869 to the point of intersection with the E 1/16th line of Section 27; thence northerly along said E 1/16th line to the point of intersection with line 1-2 of U.S. Survey No. 3869; thence west along said line 1-2 to Corner No. 1 of said U.S. Survey No. 3869; thence N 20° to 06´ E along line 2-3 of Lot 31, U.S. Survey No. 3868 for a distance of 268.62 ft. to Corner No. 2 of said Lot 31; thence N 69° 54´ W along line 1-2 of said Lot 31, to the east shore of Red Shirt Lake; thence meandering said lake clockwise in a southerly, westerly, easterly, and northerly direction to a point where said meander line intersects line 3-4 of Lot 3, U.S. Survey No. 3868; thence west along said line 3-4 to Corner No. 3 of Lot 3, U.S. Survey No. 3868; thence south along line 2-3 of said Lot 3 to the point of intersection with the east-west section line common to Section 21 and Section 28, Township 18 North, Range 5 West; thence westerly along said section line to the section corner position common to Sections 20, 21, 28, and 29, Township 18 North, Range 5 West; thence northerly along the section line common to Section 20 and Section 21 to the section corner position common to Sections 16, 17, 20, and 21; thence easterly along the section line common to Section 16 and Section 21 to the 1/4 corner position common to said Sections 16 and 21; thence northerly along the 1/4 line of Section 16 to the C 1/4 corner position of said Section 16; thence easterly along the 1/4 line of Section 16 to the 1/4 corner position common to Section 15 and Section 16; thence northerly along the section line common to Section 15 and Section 16 to the section corner position common to Sections 9, 10, 15, and 16; thence easterly along the section line common to Section 10 and Section 15 to the 1/4 corner position common to said Sections 10 and 15; thence northerly along the 1/4 line of Section 10 to the 1/4 corner position common to Section 3 and Section 10; thence easterly along the section line common to Sections 3 and 10 to the section corner position common to Sections 2, 3, 10, and 11; thence northerly along the section line common to Section 2 and Section 3, Township 18 North, Range 5 West, and Section 34 and Section 35, Township 19 North, Range 5 West to the brass capped monument marking the 1/4 corner position common to said Sections 34 and 35 which is the true point of beginning.

(b) Nothing in this section affects the right of an organized borough to extract gravel from land that is located within the recreation area and that has been selected by the borough before April 22, 1970, under former AS 07.10.150  07.10.160.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.852 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.852
Selection.
Status: in_force

The department, in consultation with the Departments of Fish and Game and Transportation and Public Facilities, shall designate a system of wilderness trails and campsites throughout the state. Significant in the selection shall be the scenic, historic, natural, or cultural qualities of the areas through which the trails may pass. The department may acquire the trail sites jointly selected by grant, gift, purchase, lease, dedication, or prescription and hold them in the name of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.611 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.611
Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve established.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to valid existing rights, the land and water presently owned by the state and all land and water acquired in the future by the state lying within the boundaries described in (b) of this section are designated the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve and assigned to the department for control, development, and maintenance.

(b) Except for University of Alaska grant land, the land and water owned by the state and all land and water acquired by the state in the future lying within the following described parcels are designated as the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve: (1) Township 26 South, Range 55 East, Copper River Meridian Section 12: that portion within USS 3708

Section 13: that portion within USS 3708

Section 23: SE1/4NE1/4, NE1/4SE1/4, E1/2NW1/4SE1/4, S1/2SE1/4

Sections 24 and 25

Section 26: E1/2

Section 33: SE1/4SE1/4SE1/4

Section 34: E1/2NE1/4, E1/2SW1/4NE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4SW1/4, E1/2SW1/4SW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4SW1/4, SE1/4SW1/4, SE1/4

Section 35

Section 36: NE1/4NW1/4NE1/4, W1/2W1/2NE1/4, NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4, N1/2SW1/4SW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4;

(2) Township 26 South, Range 56 East, Copper River Meridian Section 7: SW1/4NE1/4, that portion of the S1/2NW1/4 within USS 3708, S1/2

Section 8: SE1/4SW1/4NW1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, SW1/4, that portion of the S1/2NE1/4 within USS 3708

Section 17: W1/2NW1/4

Section 18

Section 19: W1/2, SW1/4SE1/4

Section 30: NE1/4NW1/4NE1/4, W1/2NW1/4NE1/4, NW1/4, W1/2SW1/4;

(3) Township 27 South, Range 55 East, Copper River Meridian Section 2: NW1/4, W1/2NE1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4, N1/2SW1/4SW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4SW1/4, except USS 3744

Section 3

Section 4: NE1/4NE1/4NE1/4, S1/2NE1/4NE1/4, E1/2SW1/4NE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4, E1/2SE1/4SW1/4, SE1/4

Section 8: SE1/4SE1/4SW1/4, S1/2S1/2SE1/4, N1/2SE1/4SE1/4

Section 9: E1/2, E1/2NW1/4, N1/2NE1/4SW1/4, SE1/4NE1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4SW1/4, S1/2S1/2SW1/4

Section 10: W1/2W1/2NE1/4, W1/2

Section 15: NW1/4NW1/4NE1/4, S1/2NW1/4NE1/4, SW1/4NE1/4, W1/2, W1/2SE1/4

Section 16: E1/2, NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4SW1/4, E1/2SE1/4SW1/4

Section 17: N1/2NE1/4, NE1/4SW1/4NE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4, E1/2NE1/4NW1/4, N1/2NE1/4SE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4SE1/4

Section 21: E1/2, E1/2E1/2NW1/4, SW1/4SE1/4NW1/4, E1/2SW1/4, SE1/4SW1/4SW1/4

Section 22: SW1/4NE1/4NE1/4, W1/2E1/2, W1/2SE1/4NE1/4, W1/2, W1/2E1/2SE1/4

Section 26: NW1/4NW1/4NW1/4, S1/2NW1/4NW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4, W1/2E1/2SW1/4, W1/2SW1/4

Section 27

Section 28: E1/2, E1/2W1/2, E1/2W1/2W1/2

Section 33: N1/2NE1/4, E1/2SW1/4NE1/4, NW1/4SW1/4NE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4, E1/2NE1/4NW1/4, NE1/4SE1/4, E1/2NW1/4SE1/4, N1/2SE1/4SE1/4, SE1/4SE1/4SE1/4

Section 34

Section 35: NW1/4NW1/4NE1/4, S1/2NW1/4NE1/4, SW1/4NE1/4, NW1/4SE1/4NE1/4, S1/2SE1/4NE1/4, W1/2, SE1/4

Section 36: W1/2SW1/4SW1/4;

(4) Township 28 South, Range 55 East, Copper River Meridian Section 1: S1/2SW1/4NW1/4, SW1/4

Section 2

Section 3: NE1/4, N1/2NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4NW1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, NE1/4NE1/4SW1/4, N1/2SE1/4, SE1/4SE1/4

Section 4: E1/2NE1/4NE1/4

Section 10: that portion of Mosquito Lake within the NE1/4

Section 11: N1/2, N1/2SE1/4, NE1/4SW1/4SE1/4, SE1/4SE1/4, except USS 3431

Section 12

Section 13: E1/2, NE1/4NW1/4, E1/2NW1/4NW1/4, NW1/4NW1/4NW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4NW1/4, E1/2SE1/4NW1/4

Section 19: Lot 13

Section 24: E1/2E1/2, NE1/4NW1/4NE1/4

Section 25: except that portion north of the Haines Highway

Section 26: that portion south of the Haines Highway except Lots 2, 3, and the SW1/4SW1/4

Section 27: that portion south of the Haines Highway except S1/2S1/2

Section 28: except S1/2S1/2, the south 660 feet of Lots 5  7, and that portion north of the Haines Highway

Section 29: except S1/2S1/2S1/2, NE1/4SE1/4SE1/4, and Lots 9, 14, 15, and 18

Section 30: E1/2NE1/4, N1/2NE1/4SE1/4

Section 34: S1/2S1/2S1/2

Section 35: except NW1/4NE1/4, S1/2NE1/4, NW1/4, S1/2

Section 36: except SW1/4NW1/4, S1/2, and the south 660 feet of Lots 3  4;

(5) Township 28 South, Range 56 East, Copper River Meridian Section 7: SW1/4NW1/4NW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4, SW1/4SE1/4NW1/4, W1/2NE1/4SW1/4, SE1/4NE1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4, S1/2SW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4SE1/4

Section 17: W1/2SW1/4SW1/4, SE1/4SW1/4SW1/4

Section 18: W1/2W1/2NE1/4, E1/2SW1/4NE1/4, SW1/4SE1/4NE1/4, W1/2, SE1/4

Section 19

Section 20: W1/2W1/2

Section 29: except USS 948, USS 991, Lots 1, 2, and 4  7, NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4

Section 30: except Lots 1, 4, 5, 8, 15-17, and the NE1/4SW1/4

Section 31

Section 32: except USS 991, USS 2455, and Lots 1, 2, and 24

Section 33: S1/2 except USS 2455 and Lots 18  21

Section 34: W1/2SW1/4SE1/4, SE1/4SW1/4SE1/4, SW1/4 except NE1/4SW1/4 and Lots 1 and 2;

(6) Township 28 South, Range 57 East, Copper River Meridian Section 22: NE1/4SW1/4, E1/2SE1/4SW1/4, W1/2NW1/4SE1/4, SW1/4SE1/4, NW1/4SE1/4SE1/4, S1/2SE1/4SE1/4

Section 26: W1/2SW1/4NW1/4, W1/2W1/2SW1/4

Section 27: E1/2E1/2, N1/2NW1/4NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4NE1/4

Section 34: NE1/4NE1/4, NE1/4SE1/4NE1/4

Section 35: SW1/4SW1/4NE1/4, NW1/4NW1/4NW1/4, S1/2NW1/4NW1/4, S1/2NW1/4, E1/2SW1/4, NW1/4NW1/4SE1/4, S1/2NW1/4SE1/4, S1/2SE1/4, SW1/4NE1/4SE1/4;

(7) Township 29 South, Range 55 East, Copper River Meridian Section 1: S1/2NE1/4NE1/4, E1/2SW1/4NE1/4, N1/2SE1/4NE1/4, SW1/4SE1/4NE1/4, NW1/4NE1/4SE1/4, NE1/4NW1/4SE1/4;

(8) Township 29 South, Range 56 East, Copper River Meridian Section 1

Section 2: N1/2NE1/4, E1/2SE1/4NE1/4, NE1/4NW1/4, E1/2NE1/4SE1/4, NE1/4SE1/4SE1/4

Section 4: W1/2NW1/4, W1/2SE1/4NW1/4, SE1/4SE1/4NW1/4, SW1/4, W1/2NW1/4SE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4SE1/4, SW1/4SE1/4, W1/2SE1/4SE1/4, SE1/4SE1/4SE1/4

Section 5: E1/2, N1/2NW1/4, SE1/4NE1/4SW1/4, E1/2SE1/4SW1/4

Section 6: N1/2N1/2NE1/4, NE1/4NW1/4, S1/2NW1/4NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4NW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4NW1/4

Section 8: except SW1/4SW1/4 and S1/2SE1/4SW1/4

Section 9

Section 10: S1/2S1/2NE1/4, SW1/4NE1/4NW1/4, NW1/4NW1/4, S1/2NW1/4, S1/2

Section 11: S1/2NE1/4, S1/2S1/2NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4NW1/4, N1/2SE1/4NW1/4, S1/2

Sections 12  14

Section 15: N1/2, N1/2N1/2SW1/4, E1/2SE1/4, NW1/4SE1/4, E1/2SW1/4SE1/4

Section 16: E1/2NE1/4, E1/2W1/2NE1/4, W1/2NW1/4NE1/4, NW1/4SW1/4NE1/4, N1/2N1/2NW1/4, SE1/4NE1/4NW1/4, NE1/4SE1/4NW1/4

Section 17: N1/2NE1/4NE1/4

Section 22: N1/2NE1/4NE1/4, NE1/4NW1/4NE1/4

Section 23: that portion of the N1/2NW1/4 lying west of Chilkat Lake;

(9) Township 29 South, Range 57 East, Copper River Meridian Section 4: NW1/4NW1/4SW1/4, S1/2NW1/4SW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4SW1/4, S1/2SE1/4SW1/4

Section 5: except Lots 2  4, N1/2NE1/4, NE1/4SE1/4NE1/4

Section 6: except Lots 1 and 9

Sections 7 and 8

USS 907

Section 9: W1/2W1/2NE1/4, SE1/4SW1/4NE1/4, SW1/4SE1/4NE1/4, NW1/4, S1/2

Section 10: Lots 1  4, W1/2NE1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4SW1/4, E1/2SW1/4SE1/4SW1/4

Section 14: that portion west of the Haines Highway

Section 15: except NE1/4NE1/4 and Lots 7  10, 13  14

Sections 16  18

USS 786

Section 19: NE1/4NE1/4NE1/4

Section 20: NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, NW1/4NW1/4, E1/2SW1/4NW1/4, NE1/4SE1/4, N1/2NW1/4SE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4SE1/4, NE1/4SE1/4SE1/4

Sections 21 and 22

Section 23: that portion west of the Haines Highway

Section 25: that portion west of the Haines Highway

Section 26: that portion west of the Haines Highway

Section 28: NE1/4, NE1/4NW1/4, N1/2NW1/4NW1/4, N1/2SE1/4NW1/4, NE1/4SE1/4, N1/2NW1/4SE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4SE1/4, NE1/4SE1/4SE1/4

Section 34: NE1/4, NE1/4NW1/4, NE1/4SE1/4NW1/4, NE1/4SE1/4, NE1/4NW1/4SE1/4, E1/2SE1/4SE1/4

Section 36: that portion west of the Haines Highway;

(10) Township 29 South, Range 58 East, Copper River Meridian Section 3: S1/2SW1/4NW1/4, SW1/4NE1/4SW1/4, W1/2SW1/4, SE1/4SW1/4, S1/2SW1/4SE1/4

Section 4: SW1/4NE1/4NE1/4, W1/2NE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4, NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, SE1/4

Section 9: NE1/4NE1/4

Section 10: N1/2, E1/2SW1/4, E1/2W1/2SW1/4, NW1/4NW1/4SW1/4, SE1/4

Section 31: that portion south of the Haines Highway;

(11) Township 30 South, Range 57 East, Copper River Meridian Section 1

Section 2: NE1/4, NE1/4NW1/4, N1/2NW1/4NW1/4, SE1/4NW1/4NW1/4, N1/2SE1/4NW1/4, SE1/4SE1/4NW1/4, N1/2SE1/4, N1/2SE1/4SE1/4

Section 3: NE1/4NE1/4NE1/4

Section 12: NE1/4, NE1/4NW1/4, NE1/4NW1/4NW1/4, NE1/4SE1/4NW1/4, W1/2NE1/4SE1/4, NE1/4NW1/4SE1/4, E1/2E1/2SE1/4, NW1/4SE1/4SE1/4;

(12) Township 30 South, Range 58 East, Copper River Meridian Section 6: that portion west of the Haines Highway

Section 7: that portion west of the Haines Highway

Section 8: that portion west of the Haines Highway

Section 16: that portion west of the Haines Highway

Section 17: that portion west of the Haines Highway

Section 18: Lots 1  3 and 5, SW1/4NE1/4, N1/2SE1/4NW1/4, SE1/4SE1/4NW1/4, SE1/4.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.475 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.475
Chena River State Recreation Area established.
Status: reserved

The presently state-owned land and water, vacant and unappropriated, and all that acquired in the future by the state, lying within the following described boundary, are hereby designated as the Chena River State Recreation Area, are reserved from all uses incompatible with their primary function as public recreation land, and are assigned to the department for control, development and maintenance: (1) Protracted Sections and Townships.  Township 1 North, Range 6 East, Fairbanks Meridian, Section 24; Township 1 North, Range 7 East, Fairbanks Meridian, Sections 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20 and 21; Township 2 North, Range 7 East, Fairbanks Meridian, Sections 12, 13, 24, 25, 35, and 36; Township 2 North, Range 8 East, Fairbanks Meridian, Sections 6, 7, and 18;

(2) Beginning at the N.W. corner of the area designated in (1) of this section, said point being the N.W. corner of Section 6, T2N, R8E, Fairbanks Meridian; thence north along the section line to the N.E. corner of Section 25, T3N, R7E; thence west along the section line to the S.W. corner of the S.E. 1/4 of Section 20, T3N, R7E; thence north along the 1/4 section line to the N.E. corner of the N.W. 1/4, Section 17, T3N, R7E; thence west along the section line to the N.W. corner of Section 16, T3N, R6E; thence south along the section line to the N.W. corner of Section 16, T2N, R6E; thence west along the section line to the N.W. corner of Section 14, T2N, R5E; thence south along the section line to the N.W. corner of Section 23, T1N, R5E; thence west along the section line to the N.W. corner of Section 20, T1N, R5E; thence south along the section line to the S.W. corner of Section 32, T1N, R5E; thence east to the N.W. corner of Section 2, T1S, R5E; thence south along the section line to the S.W. corner of Section 11, T1S, R5E; thence east along the section line to the S.W. corner of Section 10, T1S, R6E; thence south along the section line to the S.W. corner of Section 10, T2S, R6E; thence east along the section line to the S.W. corner of Section 7, T2S, R9E; thence north along the section line to the N.W. corner of Section 6, T1S, R9E; thence east to the S.E. corner of Section 36, T1N, R8E; thence north along the section line to the N.E. corner of Section 12, T2N, R8E; thence west along the section line to the N.E. corner of Section 7, T2N, R8E; thence north along the section line to the N.E. corner of Section 6, T2N, R8E; thence west along the section line to the point of beginning, containing approximately 254,080 acres.
Alaska Stat. § 41.35.010 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.35 / Section 41.35.010
Declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the state to preserve and protect the historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources of Alaska from loss, desecration, and destruction so that the scientific, historic, and cultural heritage embodied in these resources may pass undiminished to future generations. To this end, the legislature finds and declares that the historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources of the state are properly the subject of concerted and coordinated efforts exercised on behalf of the general welfare of the public in order that these resources may be located, preserved, studied, exhibited, and evaluated.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.187 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.187
Designation of management responsibility.
Status: in_force

(a) The state land and water described in AS 41.21.186 is assigned to the department as a unit of the state park system for control, maintenance, and development consistent with the purposes and provisions of AS 41.21.185  41.21.189.

(b) The Department of Fish and Game is responsible for the management of fish and game resources in the Afognak Island State Park, consistent with the sustained yield principle and the purposes and provisions of this chapter. The Board of Fisheries, the Board of Game, and the commissioner of fish and game are responsible for adopting regulations governing uses of fish and game in accordance with AS 16 . The fish and game habitat and breeding areas shall be managed to ensure that the fish and game resources of the park and habitat are maintained or enhanced.

(c) The Department of Natural Resources shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game before adoption of regulations governing public use of the Afognak Island State Park.

(d) The Board of Fisheries, the Board of Game, and the commissioner of fish and game shall consult with the Department of Natural Resources before adoption of regulations governing fish and game use in the Afognak Island State Park.

(e) Regulations under this section shall be adopted under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).

(f) The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Fish and Game shall have necessary access to the Afognak Island State Park for fish and game management, research, and enforcement purposes.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.514 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.514
Civil enforcement.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the attorney general may seek an injunction and damages at the request of the commissioner for a violation of a regulation adopted under AS 41.21.500  41.21.514 or a regulation that is applicable to the Kenai River Special Management Area established under AS 41.21.502 .
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.460 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.460
Acquisition of additional land.
Status: in_force

(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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.161 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.161
Wood-Tikchik State Park established.
Status: in_force

(a) The state-owned or acquired land and water lying within the following parcel, containing approximately 1,428,320 acres, is designated as the Wood-Tikchik State Park: beginning at the SE corner of T7S, R54W, S.M., which is the true point of beginning; thence westerly to the NE corner of T8S, R58W, S.M.; thence southerly to the SE corner of T8S, R58W, S.M.; thence westerly to the SW corner of T8S, R58W, S.M.; thence northerly to the NW corner of T5S, R58W, S.M.; thence westerly to the SW corner of Section 34, T4S, R58W, S.M.; thence northerly to the NE corner of Section 4, T1S, R58W, S.M.; thence westerly to the SW corner of T1N, R57W, S.M.; thence northerly to the NW corner of T2N, R57W, S.M.; thence easterly to the NE corner of T2N, R57W, S.M.; thence northerly to the NW corner of T4N, R56W, S.M.; thence easterly to the SW corner of T5N, R55W, S.M.; thence northerly to the NW corner of T5N, R55W, S.M.; thence easterly to the NE corner of T5N, R55W, S.M.; thence southerly to the SE corner of T5N, R55W, S.M.; thence easterly to the NE corner of T4N, R54W, S.M.; thence southerly to the SE corner of T4N, R54W, S.M.; thence easterly to the NE corner of T3N, R53W, S.M.; thence southerly to the SE corner of T3N, R53W, S.M.; thence easterly to the NE corner of T2N, R52W, S.M.; thence southerly to the SW corner of T1N, R51W, S.M.; thence easterly to the NE corner of T1S, R52W, S.M.; thence southerly to the SE corner of T2S, R52W, S.M.; thence easterly to the NE corner of T3S, R51W, S.M.; thence southerly to the SE corner of T3S, R51W, S.M.; thence westerly to the NE corner of T4S, R53W, S.M.; thence southerly to the SE corner of T4S, R53W, S.M.; thence westerly to the NE corner of T5S, R54W, S.M.; thence southerly to the SE corner of T7S, R54W, S.M., which point is the true point of beginning.

(b) All or part of the state-owned or acquired land and water within the following adjacent parcel, containing approximately 126,720 acres may be added to the Wood-Tikchik State Park by proclamation of the governor: beginning at the SE corner of T7S, R54W, S.M., which point is the true point of beginning; thence southerly to the SE corner of T8S, R54W, S.M.; thence westerly to the NE corner of T9S, R55W, S.M.; thence southerly to the SE corner of the NE quarter of T9S, R55W, S.M.; thence westerly to the SW corner of the NW quarter of T9S, R57W, S.M.; thence northerly to the NW corner of T9S, R57W, S.M.; thence westerly to the SE corner of T8S, R58W, S.M.; thence northerly to the NE corner of T8S, R58W, S.M.; thence easterly to the SE corner of T7S, R54W, S.M., which point is the true point of beginning.

(c) Land lying within the parcels described in (a) or (b) of this section upon which there are valid entries or that is withdrawn for or selected by Native village or regional corporations under 43 U.S.C. 1610, 1611, and 1613 (P.L. 92-203, §§ 11, 12, and 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act), is excepted from (a) and (b) of this section. However, if any land excepted under this subsection is subsequently relinquished to the state, it shall be included as part of the Wood-Tikchik State Park.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.132 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.132
Incompatible uses.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall designate by regulation incompatible uses within the boundaries of the Kachemak Bay State Park in accordance with the requirements of AS 41.21.130  41.21.142, and those incompatible uses designated shall be prohibited or restricted, as provided by regulation.
Alaska Stat. § 41.10.065 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.10 / Section 41.10.065
Major land areas of the state.
Status: in_force

The five major land areas of the state are: (1) the Arctic and northwest Alaska;

(2) the Yukon and Tanana Valleys;

(3) southwest Alaska and the Kenai Peninsula;

(4) southcentral Alaska; and

(5) southeast Alaska.
Alaska Stat. § 41.06.130 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.06 / Section 41.06.130
Permit requirements.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall consult with the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Department of Natural Resources before issuing a permit under AS 41.06.120 .

(b) Before the commission may approve a permit application submitted under AS 41.06.120 , the commission must find (1) that the storage operator has complied with all requirements set by the commission;

(2) that the proposed storage facility is suitable and feasible for carbon storage;

(3) that the carbon dioxide to be stored is of a quality that allows it to be safely and efficiently stored in the storage reservoir;

(4) that the storage operator has made a good faith effort to get the consent of all persons with an ownership interest in the proposed storage reservoir and surface owners of land overlying the proposed storage reservoir;

(5) if the proposed storage facility contains commercially valuable minerals, that the interests of the mineral owners or mineral lessees will not be adversely affected or have been addressed in an arrangement entered into by the mineral owners or mineral lessees and the storage operator;

(6) that the proposed storage facility will not adversely affect surface water or formations containing fresh water;

(7) that carbon dioxide is not reasonably anticipated to escape from the storage reservoir;

(8) that substances that compromise the objectives of AS 41.06.105  41.06.210 or the integrity of a storage reservoir will not enter a storage reservoir;

(9) that the proposed storage facility will not endanger human health or unduly endanger the environment;

(10) that the proposed storage facility is in the public interest;

(11) that the horizontal and vertical boundaries of the proposed storage reservoir are defined and the boundaries include buffer areas to ensure that the storage facility is operated safely and as contemplated;

(12) that the storage operator will establish monitoring facilities and protocols to assess the location and migration of carbon dioxide injected for carbon storage and to ensure compliance with all permit, statutory, and administrative requirements;

(13) that all nonconsenting landowners or holders of mineral rights are, or will be, equitably compensated; and

(14) that the storage operator is not in violation of a provision of AS 41.06.105  41.06.210 or regulations adopted by the commission.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.610 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.610
Lumber grading training program.
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall establish a lumber grading training program to train mill operators to grade lumber.

(b) The training program must be offered at least once each year.

(c) The division shall prescribe the (1) content of the training program;

(2) qualifications for instructors; and

(3) requirements for completing the training program, including requirements for issuing and renewing lumber grading certificates.
Alaska Stat. § 41.10.140 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.10 / Section 41.10.140
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, (1) board means the Alaska Natural Resource Conservation and Development Board;

(2) land user or user of land means a person who (A) is a producer of renewable resources, including farming and forestry; and

(B) has a current cooperative agreement with a soil and water conservation district.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.130 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.130
Purpose of AS 41.21.130  41.21.142.
Status: in_force

The purpose of AS 41.21.130  41.21.142 is to restrict state-owned land and water described in AS 41.21.131 to use as a state park. Under AS 38.05.300 , state land, water, or land and water containing more than 640 acres may be closed to multiple purpose use only by act of the legislature. Because the area described in AS 41.21.131 exceeds 640 acres, AS 41.21.130  41.21.142 are intended to provide for the closing of the described land and water to multiple purpose use in conformity with AS 38.05.300 and its subsequent designation as a special purpose site in accordance with art. VIII, § 7, of the Constitution of the State of Alaska.
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.050 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.050
Purpose of AS 41.23.050  41.23.080.
Status: in_force

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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.194 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.194
Additions to park.
Status: in_force

Land and water outside of the boundaries established under AS 41.21.191 may be added to the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical Park only by an act of the legislature.
Alaska Stat. § 41.15.240 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.15 / Section 41.15.240
Records of fire suppression fund.
Status: in_force

The department shall maintain accounting records showing the income and expenses of the fire suppression fund.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.425 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.425
Negotiated purchase authorized.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may acquire, by negotiated purchase only in the name of the state, title to or interest in real property lying within the boundaries of the Captain Cook State Recreation Area.
Alaska Stat. § 41.15.160 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.15 / Section 41.15.160
Double damages in civil actions.
Status: in_force

In addition to the criminal punishment provided for by AS 11.46.400  11.46.450, AS 41.15.140 , 41.15.150, and 41.15.155, the United States, the state, a municipality, or any person may recover in a civil action double the amount of damages sustained as a consequence of a violation of AS 11.46.400  11.46.450, AS 41.15.010  41.15.155. In a civil action brought under AS 41.15.010  41.15.170 or any other law relating to the subject matter of AS 41.15.010  41.15.170, the escape of a fire is presumptive evidence of negligence by the person responsible for starting the fire and unless rebutted is sufficient to sustain the recovery.
Alaska Stat. § 41.15.110 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.15 / Section 41.15.110
Uncontrolled spread of fire; leaving fire unattended.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who knows of a fire or sets a fire on forested land owned, possessed, or controlled by the person, shall exercise due care to prevent the uncontrolled spread of the fire.

(b) A person shall make every effort possible to extinguish a fire the person knowingly sets on forested land and may not leave a fire unattended.

(c) In a criminal action brought under this section, the escape of the fire may be considered by a court as evidence that the person responsible for starting the fire acted knowingly.
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.289 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.289
Penalty.
Status: in_force

(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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.300 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.300
State land reforestation fund.
Status: in_force

A state land reforestation fund is established in the department. The money in the state land reforestation fund may be used only for the reforestation of state land, including site preparation, seed and seedling acquisition and cultivation, planting, and other reforestation measures, timber stand improvement, and the development of materials and techniques for the reforestation of state land.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.506 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.506
Comprehensive management plan; regulations.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall develop and adopt a comprehensive management plan for the Kenai River Special Management Area in consultation with the Kenai Peninsula Borough. The plan may include the land adjacent to the rivers described in AS 41.21.502 (a)(1)  (3) whether the land is owned by the state or privately owned and may include other land considered appropriate by the commissioner and the Kenai Peninsula Borough. The commissioner shall periodically review the plan and adopt changes to the plan in consultation with the Kenai Peninsula Borough.

(b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) that are necessary to achieve the purposes of AS 41.21.500  41.21.514 and to implement the plan adopted under (a) of this section. The regulations must (1) designate incompatible uses and prohibit or restrict them; and

(2) establish a registration, licensing, or comparable procedure for professional fishing guides and such additional fishing guide controls as the commissioner considers necessary.

(c) Until regulations adopted under AS 41.21.500  41.21.514 take effect, existing state regulations otherwise applicable to the Kenai River Special Management Area remain in effect.

(d) A regulation adopted under this section applies to land owned by the state but does not apply to land not owned by the state that is located within the boundaries of a municipality unless the regulation has been approved by the municipality.

(e) The provisions of AS 41.21.025 (b) and (c) do not apply to the land and water described in AS 41.21.502 (a).
Alaska Stat. § 41.15.130 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.15 / Section 41.15.130
Backfires and burnouts excluded.
Status: in_force

AS 41.15.010  41.15.040 and 41.15.050  41.15.170 do not apply to the setting of backfires, burnouts, and other burning or clearing of land under the direction of an officer or employee of the United States or the state who is authorized to prevent or suppress fires.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.113 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.113
Eminent domain prohibited.
Status: in_force

The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land for inclusion in Chilkat State Park.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.512 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.512
Cooperative management agreements.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may enter into cooperative management agreements with a federal agency, a municipality, another state agency, or a private landowner to achieve the purposes of AS 41.21.500  41.21.514.
Alaska Stat. § 41.15.140 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.15 / Section 41.15.140
Penalty.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in AS 41.15.150 , a person who (1) knowingly violates a provision of AS 41.15.040  41.15.130 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor punishable as provided in AS 12.55 ;

(2) without any culpable mental state, violates a provision of AS 41.15.040  41.15.130 or a regulation adopted under AS 41.15.040  41.15.130 is guilty of a violation and upon conviction is punishable by a fine under AS 12.55 .
Alaska Stat. § 41.06.050 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.06 / Section 41.06.050
Permits to drill.
Status: in_force

(a) A person shall apply for and receive a permit from the commission before drilling a well in (1) search of geothermal resources; or

(2) support of the recovery or production of geothermal resources.

(b) The application required in (a) of this section must contain sufficient information to enable the commission to determine if the operation of the well will interfere with or impair a prior water, oil, or gas right.

(c) A person must submit a separate permit application for each well. The permit application must be in the form or format required by the commission and include all information required by the commission.

(d) As soon as practicable after receiving an application under (a) of this section, the commission shall approve or deny the application for a permit to drill.

(e) In making the determination under (d) of this section, the commission shall consider whether the (1) proposed well will significantly interfere with or substantially impair a prior water, oil, or gas right;

(2) proposed well is contrary to a provision of AS 41.06.005  41.06.060, a regulation adopted by the commission, another law, or an order, stipulation, or term of a permit issued by the commission; and

(3) applicant is in violation of a provision of AS 41.06.005  41.06.060, a regulation adopted by the commission, another law, or an order, stipulation, or term of a permit issued by the commission; the commission shall consider the magnitude of the violation.
Alaska Stat. § 41.06.145 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.06 / Section 41.06.145
Certificate.
Status: in_force

When the commission issues a permit under AS 41.06.120 , the commission shall also issue a certificate that states that the permit has been issued, describes the area covered, and contains other information the commission considers appropriate. The storage operator may file a copy of the certificate with the office of the recorder in the district in which the storage facility is located.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.115 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.115
Management of riparian areas; regulations.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall protect riparian areas from the significant adverse effects of timber harvest activities on fish habitat and water quality. The management intent for riparian areas is the adequate preservation of fish habitat by maintaining a short- and long-term source of large woody debris, stream bank stability, channel morphology, water temperatures, stream flows, water quality, adequate nutrient cycling, food sources, clean spawning gravels, and sunlight.

(b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations for the protection of riparian areas; the regulations may include higher standards of protection for fish and other public resources on land managed by the department than on other public land or private land. The regulations may vary by region of the state and must take into consideration reasonable classification of water bodies and the economic feasibility of timber operations.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.131 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.131
Penalties for violations.
Status: in_force

(a) An operator, forest landowner, or timber owner who violates or permits a violation of this chapter, a regulation adopted under this chapter, a directive issued under AS 41.17.136 , or a stop work order issued under AS 41.17.138 is liable, after notice and hearing, for a civil fine in an amount not to exceed $10,000 to be assessed by the commissioner. In determining the amount of civil fine, the commissioner shall consider (1) the character and degree of injury to forest resources and values;

(2) the degree of intent or negligence of the respondent in causing or permitting the violation;

(3) the character and number of past violations caused or permitted by the respondent; and

(4) if the information is available, the net economic savings realized by the respondent through the violation.

(b) An operator, forest landowner, or timber owner that, with criminal negligence, violates or permits a violation of this chapter, a regulation adopted under this chapter, a directive issued under AS 41.17.136 , or a stop work order issued under AS 41.17.138 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. In this subsection, criminal negligence has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 (a).

(c) Each day that a violation described in this section occurs is a separate violation.

(d) If a respondent violates a directive issued under AS 41.17.136 or a stop work order issued under AS 41.17.138 , the attorney general, at the request of the commissioner, may seek an injunction requiring the respondent to suspend all or part of the operations until the respondent complies with the directive or stop work order, and requiring the respondent to repair or correct damage resulting from the violation.

(e) If a respondent violates a directive issued under AS 41.17.136 that requires the respondent to repair or correct damage, the commissioner may proceed to repair or correct the damage using state agency employees or contractors and the respondent is liable for the cost of the repair. The commissioner shall deliver to the respondent an itemized statement of expenses incurred.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.805 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.805
Construction and maintenance of facilities.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may construct and maintain facilities at scenic sites, recreation beaches or roadside rests as are determined to be necessary and desirable. Facilities may include, but are not limited to, access roads, camp facilities, including picnic tables, fireplaces and toilets, camping areas or other facilities that are considered necessary and desirable for the convenience and benefit of travelers and small boat operators.
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.220 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.220
Penalty.
Status: in_force

(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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.288 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.288
Enforcement authority.
Status: in_force

(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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.15.170 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.15 / Section 41.15.170
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 41.15.010  41.15.170, (1) criminal negligence has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 ;

(2) damages includes costs incurred in suppressing, controlling, or extinguishing a fire;

(3) destructive agent means an insect, pathogen, or other environmental agent that causes damage to a forest resource;

(4) forested land includes all land on which grass, brush, timber, and other natural vegetative material grows;

(5) knowingly has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 ;

(6) wildland fire includes the uncontrolled burning of grass, brush, timber, and other natural vegetative material.

Article 2. Forest Reserve Fund.
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.280 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.280
Purpose of AS 41.23.280  41.23.289.
Status: in_force

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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.910 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.910
Alaska Youth Hostel System established.
Status: in_force

There is established the Alaska youth hostel system administered by the division of parks of the department.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.950 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.950
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) anadromous water body means the portion of a fresh water body or estuarine area that (A) is cataloged under AS 16.05.871 as important for anadromous fish; or

(B) is not cataloged under AS 16.05.871 as important for anadromous fish but has been determined by the Department of Fish and Game to contain or exhibit evidence of anadromous fish in which event the anadromous portion of the stream or waterway extends up to the first point of physical blockage;

(2) backwater slough means a water body that (A) has sluggish flow, is warm in summer, and is typically only connected to the main stem or a side channel at one end of the water body;

(B) carries river current only under high water conditions; and

(C) may have only a seasonal connection to the main stem or side channel;

(3) board means the Board of Forestry established in AS 41.17.041 ;

(4) broadcast chemicals includes pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, fertilizers, poisons, and any other substances (A) used for silvicultural management or related purposes;

(B) not native to the ecosystem in which they are being applied; and

(C) having a foreseeable adverse impact on the welfare of renewable resources, as determined by the commissioner of environmental conservation;

(5) division means the division of forestry and fire protection;

(6) forest land means land stocked or having been stocked with forest trees of any size and not currently developed for nonforest use, regardless of whether presently available or accessible for commercial purposes, and includes any such land under state, municipal, or private ownership;

(7) forest landowner means a person who owns forest land, but does not include the owner of mineral or subsurface rights only;

(8) glacial, with respect to a water body, as used in the phrases glacial high value resident fish water body and glacial anadromous water body, means that, under normal conditions, a water body receives significant surface flow from a glacier; glacial, with respect to a water body, includes a water body that receives a mix of glacial water and water from other sources;

(9) high value resident fish means resident fish populations that are used for recreational, personal use, commercial, or subsistence purposes;

(10) multiple use means (A) the management of all the various resources of forest land so that they are used in the combination that will best meet the needs of the citizens of the state, making the most judicious use of the land for some or all of these resources or related values, benefits, and services over areas large enough to provide sufficient latitude for periodic adjustments in use to conform to changing needs and conditions;

(B) that some land will be used for less than all of the resources; and

(C) harmonious and coordinated management of the various resources, each with the other, without significant impairment of the productivity of the land and water, with consideration being given to the relative values of the various resources, and not necessarily the combination of uses that will give the greatest dollar return or the greatest unit output;

(11) nonglacial, with respect to a water body, as used in the phrases nonglacial high value resident fish water body and nonglacial anadromous water body, means that, under normal conditions, a water body does not receive significant surface flow from a glacier;

(12) operations means timber harvesting or activates associated with timber harvesting or forest development unless exempted under AS 41.17.900 (a)  (c);

(13) operator means a person who is engaged in timber harvesting or activities associated with timber harvesting or forest development, or who contracts with others to conduct operations for that person, except a person who is engaged in an operation as an employee with wages or piecework as the sole compensation;

(14) ordinary high water mark means the mark along the bank or shore up to which the presence and action of the tidal or nontidal water are so common and usual, and so long continued in all ordinary years, as to leave a natural line impressed on the bank or shore and indicated by erosion, shelving, changes in soil characteristics, destruction of terrestrial vegetation, or other distinctive physical characteristics;

(15) other public land means state land managed by state agencies other than the department, land owned by a municipality, and land owned by the University of Alaska;

(16) outer bend subject to erosion means, in Region II, a stream bend that has a cutbank and is opposite a point bar on the inner bend;

(17) person has the meaning given in AS 01.10.060 and also includes a joint venture;

(18) point bar means, in Region II, a ridge or low mound of sediment, often sand or gravel, that has been deposited on the inside of a curve in a stream, where the water velocity is lower;

(19) Region I means all land in Southeast Alaska, plus all land that is south of the crest of the Chugach Mountains and Saint Elias Mountains and east of a line running from the crest of the Chugach Mountains to O'Malley Peak, then southerly to Gull Rock, then southwesterly to the eastern junction of Skilak Lake Road and the Sterling Highway, then southwesterly to the mouth of the Fox River, then southwesterly through Kachemak Bay to Mt. Douglas, plus all land on the Alaska Peninsula between Mt. Douglas and Cape Kumliun that is east of the crest of the Aleutian Range, plus all islands in the Gulf of Alaska north of 56 degrees 23 minutes North latitude;

(20) Region II means all land in the state south of the Nutzotin Mountains and Mentasta Mountains, south of the Alaska Range, and east of the Aleutian Range, except for the area within Region I and peninsular and island land south of Cape Kumliun;

(21) Region III means all land in the state outside of Regions I and II;

(22) riparian area means (A) the areas subject to riparian protection standards in AS 41.17.116 (a) and (c) on private land in Regions I and III;

(B) the area 150 feet from the shore or bank of a Type II-A or II-B water body, and 100 feet from the shore or bank of a Type II-C or II-D water body in Region II;

(C) the area 100 feet from the shore or bank of an anadromous or high value resident fish water body on state land managed by the department and on other public land in Regions I and III;

(23) significant impairment of the productivity of the land and water means an activity that may foreseeably result in prolonged or substantial damage to renewable resources or prolonged or substantial reduction of the continuing capability of the land or water to produce renewable resources at their natural or historic levels;

(24) silviculture means the art of producing and tending a forest, the application of the knowledge of silvics in the treatment of a forest, and the theory and practice of controlling and managing forest establishment, composition, and growth;

(25) state forest means an area designated by the legislature and retained in state ownership in order to (A) provide a base for sustained yield management of renewable resources; and

(B) permit a variety of beneficial uses;

(26) sustained yield means the achievement and maintenance in perpetuity of a high level annual or regular periodic output of the various renewable resources of forest land and water without significant impairment of the productivity of the land and water, but does not require that timber be harvested in a non-declining yield basis over a rotation period;

(27) terrace means, in Region II, a change in elevation greater than 10 feet for a Type II-A water body or greater than 20 feet for a Type II-B water body, and that has a slope greater than 30 percent;

(28) terrace top break means, in Region II, the point at which the terrace slope changes to the lower angle slope of the adjacent upland; for purposes of measurement, the terrace top break is where the degree of slope is reduced by 20 percent or more when measured away from the stream;

(29) timber owner means a person who owns timber on forest land or who has the rights to timber, but does not own the land itself;

(30) Type I-A water body means, in Region I, an anadromous water body that (A) is a stream or river of any size having an average gradient of eight percent or less, with banks held in place by vegetation, channels that are not incised, and a substrate composed of rubble, gravel, sand, or silt;

(B) consists of wetlands and lakes, including their outlets; and

(C) is an estuarine area delimited by the presence of salt-tolerant vegetation;

(31) Type I-B water body means, in Region I, an anadromous water body that does not meet the definition of a Type I-A water body;

(32) Type I-C water body means, in Region I, a water body that is not anadromous, that is a tributary to a Type I-A or Type I-B water body, and that has a gradient of 12 percent or less;

(33) Type I-D water body means, in Region I, a water body that is not anadromous, that is tributary to a Type I-A or Type I-B water body, and that has a gradient greater than 12 percent;

(34) Type II-A water body means, in Region II, (A) a nonglacial stream greater than 50 feet wide that has anadromous or high value resident fish and that has an unconfined and dynamic channel; and

(B) a water body that typically has point bars, islands, scour planes, active or recent side channels, and areas of obvious bank erosion;

(35) Type II-B water body means, in Region II, a glacial stream that has anadromous or high value resident fish and that is not a glacial Type II-C water body;

(36) Type II-C water body means, in Region II, a water body that has anadromous or high value resident fish that (A) is a nonglacial water body greater than three feet wide and less than or equal to 50 feet wide at ordinary high water mark that has an unconfined and dynamic channel;

(B) is a nonglacial water body greater than three feet wide at ordinary high water mark that has a confined channel;

(C) is a reach of the Kenai River, Kasilof River, or Lake Fork Crescent River greater than three feet wide at ordinary high water mark; or

(D) is a lake or pond;

(37) Type II-D water body means, in Region II, a nonglacial stream or a reach of the Kenai River, Kasilof River, or Lake Fork Crescent River that is less than or equal to three feet wide at ordinary high water mark that has anadromous or high value resident fish;

(38) Type III-A water body means, in Region III, a (A) nonglacial high value resident fish water body greater than three feet in width at the ordinary high water mark;

(B) nonglacial anadromous water body; or

(C) backwater slough;

(39) Type III-B water body means, in Region III, a glacial high value resident fish water body or a glacial anadromous water body; Type III-B water body does not include a glacial backwater slough;

(40) Type III-C water body means, in Region III, a nonglacial high value resident fish water body that is less than or equal to three feet in width at the ordinary high water mark and that does not contain anadromous fish.
Alaska Stat. § 41.15.150 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.15 / Section 41.15.150
Criminal burning of forested land in the first degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of criminal burning of forested land in the first degree if (1) the person violates AS 41.15.155 ; and

(2) the person's actions or conduct violate a provision of AS 41.15.010  41.15.130 or a regulation adopted under AS 41.15.010  41.15.130.

(b) Criminal burning of forested land in the first degree is a class B felony punishable as provided in AS 12.55 .
Alaska Stat. § 41.15.120 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.15 / Section 41.15.120
Requirement to assist in preventing or suppressing fires.
Status: in_force

If an officer or employee of the United States or the state who is authorized to prevent, investigate, or suppress fires requests a person to assist in the prevention or suppression of a fire and informs the person of the officer or employee's official status, the person shall assist the officer or employee.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.085 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.085
Permit applications.
Status: reserved

(a) [Repealed, § 4, ch 23 SLA 2003.] (b) Where practicable and desirable, the commissioner may enter into cooperative agreements with federal agencies authorizing the department to serve as a collection point for federal permit applications.
Alaska Stat. § 41.35.050 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.35 / Section 41.35.050
Regulations.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of AS 41.35.010  41.35.240.
Alaska Stat. § 41.37.250 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.37 / Section 41.37.250
Agency cooperation.
Status: in_force

Each state department, agency, board, and commission shall cooperate with the commission in the fulfillment of the duties of the commission under AS 41.37.220 .
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.181 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.181
Point Bridget State Park established.
Status: in_force

The state-owned land and water within the following described parcels and any land acquired by the state under AS 41.21.182 are established as the Point Bridget State Park:

All state land lying within the following unsurveyed sections:

Township 37 South, Range 63 East, Copper River Meridian Section 10: E1/2

Section 11: excluding Native Allotment A-061005

Section 12: W1/2, excluding USS 2925, Interim Conveyance 408, and Native Allotment A-061005

Section 13: W1/2 and W1/2E1/2, excluding USS 1154, USS 1157, and Interim Conveyance 408

Section 14

Section 15: E1/2

Section 23: N1/2

Section 24: NE1/4, excluding Interim Conveyance 408 and the Glacier Highway right-of-way.
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.440 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.440
Management plan.
Status: in_force

(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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.06.140 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.06 / Section 41.06.140
Amalgamating property interests.
Status: in_force

If a storage operator does not obtain the consent of all persons with an ownership interest in the storage reservoir, the commission may order that the pore space rights of nonconsenting owners be included in a storage facility and subject to carbon storage. Before the commission may issue an order forming an amalgamation under this section, the commission shall provide public notice and hold a hearing.
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.010 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.010
Purpose of AS 41.23.010  41.23.040.
Status: in_force

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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.872 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.872
Reports.
Status: in_force

Cities and boroughs receiving grants under AS 41.21.864  41.21.872 shall submit to the commissioner complete reports covering their expenditures relating to the establishment of trails and footpaths. Reports shall be submitted annually on projects extending over 12 months. Reports on shorter projects shall be submitted at the completion of the project.
Alaska Stat. § 41.35.220 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.35 / Section 41.35.220
Enforcement authority.
Status: in_force

The following persons are peace officers of the state and shall enforce AS 41.35.010  41.35.240: (1) an employee of the department authorized by the commissioner;

(2) a peace officer in the state;

(3) any other person authorized by the commissioner.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.045 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.045
Removal of members.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor may initiate the removal of a board member for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office by delivering to the member a written copy of the charges and giving the member an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel at a public hearing before the governor or the governor's designee on at least 10 days' written notice by registered mail. The member has a right of confrontation and cross-examination of witnesses testifying.

(b) The removal is effective 15 days after the governor files a complete statement of all charges made against the member and the findings on those charges, in the main office of the board, except that a member may appeal the findings to the superior court. The court shall limit its review to a determination of whether the findings on the charges are substantiated by the evidence presented. The removal is suspended for any period of time during which an appeal from the findings of the governor or the governor's designee is pending.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.960 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.960
Form and issuance of citation.
Status: in_force

(a) When a peace officer stops or contacts a person concerning the commission of a misdemeanor offense committed within a park or recreational facility subject to the department's supervision, the officer may issue a citation to the person, subject to the provisions of AS 12.25.175  12.25.230. The person receiving the citation may not be required to endorse the citation.

(b) The state supreme court shall identify those offenses that are amenable to disposition without court appearance and shall establish by rule or order a schedule of bail amounts, not to exceed fines prescribed by law, for those offenses. Before establishing or amending the schedule of bail amounts required by this subsection, the supreme court shall appoint and consult with an advisory committee consisting of two persons from the department, two district court judges, one member of the House Resources Committee, and one member of the Senate Resources Committee of the legislature. If the offense for which the citation is issued is one that may be disposed of without court appearance, the citing officer shall write on the citation the amount of bail applicable to the cited offense.

(c) If a person cited for an offense for which a bail amount has been established under (b) of this section does not contest the citation, the person may, on or before the 30th day after the date of the citation, mail or personally deliver to the clerk of the court having jurisdiction over the place where the offense occurred (1) the amount of bail indicated on the citation for that offense; and

(2) a copy of the citation indicating the offender's waiver of appearance, plea of no contest, and direction to forfeit the bail and any items seized from the offender.

(d) When bail has been forfeited under this section, a judgment of conviction shall be entered. Forfeiture under this section of bail and items seized from the offender is a complete satisfaction for the offense, and the clerk of the court shall provide the offender with a receipt stating that fact if requested.

(e) A person cited under this section is guilty of failure to obey a citation under AS 12.25.230 if the person fails to pay the bail amount established under (b) of this section or fails to appear in court as required.

(f) Notwithstanding other provisions of law, if a person cited for a misdemeanor for which a bail amount has been established under (b) of this section appears in court and is found guilty, the penalty that is imposed for the offense may not exceed the bail amount for that offense established under (b) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 41.10.080 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.10 / Section 41.10.080
Vacancies.
Status: in_force

The governor shall fill vacancies by appointment for the unexpired term.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.122 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.122
Management responsibility.
Status: in_force

The state land and water described in AS 41.21.121 as the Chugach State Park is assigned to the department for control, development and maintenance, except that the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is responsible for the repair and maintenance of all existing public roads within the park. The control of highway access and roadside structures within the Chugach State Park is the responsibility of the department. The Department of Fish and Game shall cooperate with the department to provide for those purposes under AS 41.21.121 relevant to the duties of the Department of Fish and Game. If, in the exercise of management responsibility under this section, conflicts of land ownership, jurisdiction, or authority are unreconcilable or unmanageable other than at an unreasonable cost and expense to the state, the commissioner after public hearing in accordance with AS 44.62 may modify, subject to the approval of the legislature, the boundaries of the Chugach State Park not to exceed 20 percent of the total acreage described in AS 41.21.121 .
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.153 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.153
Certain land excepted.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding AS 41.21.020 (a)(6), 41.21.150, or 41.21.151, state-owned land in the following described parcels may be leased in accordance with AS 38.35 (Right-of-Way Leasing Act) for the purpose of construction and operation of a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope: (1) Township 29 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian Section 4: N1/2, SW1/4

Section 5: E1/2

Section 7: E1/2, SW1/4

Section 8

Section 9: NW1/4

Section 18: E1/2

Section 19: E1/2

Section 29: SW1/4

Section 30: E1/2

Section 31: E1/2

Section 32: W1/2;

(2) Township 30 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian Section 2: NW1/4

Section 3

Section 4: SE1/4

Section 8: E1/2

Section 9

Section 10: W1/2

Section 16: W1/2

Section 17: E1/2

Section 20: E1/2

Section 21: W1/2

Section 28

Section 33;

(3) Township 31 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian Section 1: NW1/4, N1/2NE1/4

Section 2

Section 3: SE1/4

Section 9: SE1/4

Section 10

Section 11: W1/2

Section 14: NW1/4

Section 15: N1/2

Section 16

Section 17: S1/2

Section 19: NE1/4, S1/2

Section 20: N1/2, SW1/4

Section 21: NW1/4

Section 30: N1/2;

(4) Township 31 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian Section 24: SE1/4

Section 25

Section 26: E1/2

Section 34: SE1/4

Section 35

Section 36: NW1/4;

(5) Township 32 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian Section 6: NW1/4;

(6) Township 32 North, Range 3 West, Seward Meridian Section 1: N1/2, SW1/4

Section 2

Section 3: SE1/4

Section 8: SE1/4

Section 9

Section 10: N1/2, SW1/4, N1/2SE1/4

Section 11: NW1/4

Section 16: N1/2

Section 17

Section 19: S1/2, NE1/4

Section 20: N1/2, SW1/4, N1/2SE1/4

Section 29: NW1/4

Section 30

Section 31: N1/2, SW1/4;

(7) Township 32 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian Section 25: SE1/4

Section 35: SE1/4

Section 36;

(8) Township 33 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian Section 16

Section 17: SE1/4

Section 20: NE1/4, S1/2, S1/2NW1/4

Section 21: W1/2

Section 29: N1/2, SW1/4

Section 30: S1/2, NE1/4

Section 31;

(9) Township 33 North, Range 3 West, Seward Meridian Section 36: S1/2.

(b) A state or federal survey does not remove land from the parcels described in (a) of this section.

(c) The department shall manage any state-owned land described in this section and within the exterior boundaries of Denali State Park as part of Denali State Park until the land is leased under AS 38.35 . State-owned land described in this section will revert to Denali State Park upon release of the land from a right-of-way through termination of the lease or otherwise and upon satisfaction of the lessee's obligations to restore and revegetate the land.

(d) Any right-of-way lease issued under AS 38.35 across land described in this section and within the exterior boundaries of Denali State Park must (1) reserve to the state the interests necessary to provide for public access by foot, snow machine, dog sled, and other traditional means of access along and across the leased corridor;

(2) preserve, to the maximum extent practicable, the recreational, scenic, cultural, historical, and habitat values consistent with the leasehold's location within the exterior boundaries of Denali State Park; and

(3) provide for termination of the lease if construction of the pipeline has not begun 10 years after the effective date of the lease.

(e) AS 38.35.130 does not apply to land within the exterior boundaries of Denali State Park.

(f) A natural gas pipeline right-of-way lease may not be issued across land described in this section unless the lease becomes effective before January 1, 2025.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.116 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.116
Riparian standards for private land.
Status: in_force

(a) Private forest land adjacent to the following types of water and located in Region I is subject to the riparian protection standards established in this subsection: (1) along a Type I-A water body, (A) operations within 100 feet of the water body or to the break of the slope, whichever area is smaller, shall be conducted in compliance with slope stability standards established in regulations adopted under this chapter; and

(B) harvest of timber may not be undertaken within 66 feet of the water body;

(2) along a Type I-B water body, (A) operations within 100 feet of the water body or to the break of the slope, whichever area is smaller, shall be conducted in compliance with slope stability standards established in regulations adopted under this chapter; and

(B) harvest of timber may not be undertaken within 66 feet of the water body or to the break of the slope, whichever area is smaller;

(3) along a Type I-C water body, (A) operations within 100 feet of the water body or to the break of the slope, whichever area is smaller, shall be conducted in compliance with slope stability standards established in regulations adopted under this chapter; and

(B) where prudent, the operator shall retain low value timber within 25 feet of the water body or to the limit of the area described in (A) of this paragraph, whichever area is greater, where the width of the water body is (i) greater than 13 feet at the ordinary high water mark; or

(ii) greater than eight feet at the ordinary high water mark if the channel is incised;

(4) along a Type I-D water body, (A) operations within 50 feet of the water body or to the break of the slope, whichever area is smaller, shall be conducted in compliance with slope stability standards established in regulations adopted under this chapter; and

(B) where prudent, the operator shall retain low value timber within 25 feet of the water body or to the limit of the area described in (A) of this paragraph, whichever area is greater, where the width of the water body is (i) greater than 13 feet at the ordinary high water mark; or

(ii) greater than eight feet at the ordinary high water mark if the channel is incised.

(b) Private forest land adjacent to the following types of water and located in Region II is subject to the riparian protection standards established in this subsection: (1) along a Type II-A water body, harvest of timber may not be undertaken within 150 feet of the water body; additionally, harvest of timber may not be undertaken along outer bends subject to erosion within 225 feet of the water body or to the terrace top break, whichever is smaller;

(2) along a Type II-B water body, harvest of timber may not be undertaken within 150 feet of the water body; additionally, harvest of timber may not be undertaken along outer bends subject to erosion within 325 feet of the water body or to the terrace top break, whichever is smaller;

(3) along a Type II-C water body, harvest of timber may not be undertaken within 100 feet of the water body;

(4) along a Type II-D water body, there is a 100-foot riparian area; harvest of timber may not be undertaken within 50 feet of the water body;

(5) the length of the augmented buffer along an outer bend subject to erosion in (1) or (2) of this subsection must be equal to a distance eight times the stream width measured on a reach between bends at a point not widened by a point bar or channel movement; the augmented buffer must be located so that three stream widths are upstream and five stream widths are downstream of the point opposite the apex of the point bar;

(6) where an estuarine area is adjacent to an anadromous or high value resident fish water body, the riparian retention area for the adjacent water body applies to the estuarine area.

(c) Private forest land adjacent to the following types of waters and located in Region III is subject to the riparian protection standards established in this subsection: (1) along a Type III-A water body, harvest of timber may not be undertaken within 66 feet of the water body;

(2) along a Type III-B water body, harvest of timber may not be undertaken within 33 feet of the water body; between 33 and 66 feet from the water body, up to 50 percent of standing white spruce trees having at least a nine-inch diameter at breast height may be harvested without requiring a variation;

(3) along a Type III-C water body, harvest of timber within 100 feet of the water body must be located and designed primarily to protect fish habitat and surface water quality as determined by the commissioner with due deference to the Department of Fish and Game.

(d) In this section, (1) low value timber means timber that the owner or operator determines, at the time of harvest, to be uneconomic to harvest and market;

(2) prudent means that the requirement can be met using reasonably available means or technology, that complying with the requirement is not likely to create significant impairment of the productivity of the land and water, and that the cost of achieving the requirement is not out of proportion to the benefits that can reasonably be expected to be achieved in the particular situation.
Alaska Stat. § 41.37.230 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.37 / Section 41.37.230
Advisory groups of the commission.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may establish advisory groups in the state.

(b) The commission shall invite nominations for the membership on the advisory groups and shall consider the nominations in making its appointments to the groups.

(c) The membership of each advisory group shall be broadly representative of individuals involved in activities affected by the establishment or management of units of federal land within the state.
Alaska Stat. § 41.37.180 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.37 / Section 41.37.180
Qualifications of members.
Status: in_force

The members of the commission appointed by the governor under AS 41.37.170 (c) and members appointed under AS 41.37.170 (d) and (e) who are not members of the legislature shall be representative of the diversity of users and uses of federal land in the state. At least one member must be enrolled in and represent a federally recognized tribe. At least one other member must be a shareholder of and represent a corporation organized under 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. (Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act).
Alaska Stat. § 41.06.105 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.06 / Section 41.06.105
Jurisdiction over storage facilities.
Status: in_force

The commission has jurisdiction under AS 41.06.105  41.06.210 over storage facilities to prevent waste, protect correlative rights, and ensure public health and safety.
Alaska Stat. § 41.10.100 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.10 / Section 41.10.100
Duties of board.
Status: in_force

(a) At the request of the commissioner, the board shall meet and advise the commissioner in the exercise of the powers, duties, and functions of the commissioner.

(b) The board shall also (1) receive and review reports concerning the use of soil resources of the state;

(2) hold public hearings and meetings to determine whether land in the state is being used in a manner consistent with sound soil and water conservation practices;

(3) make recommendations for specific action necessary to provide for the effective and orderly development of agricultural, forest, and grazing land in the state;

(4) review an appeal by an applicant or lessee from a decision of the director of the division of lands concerning a sale or lease of state agricultural or grazing land and submit its recommendations to the commissioner or hearing officer;

(5) act in an advisory capacity to the soil and water conservation districts in the state;

(6) act in an advisory capacity to the commissioner and director of the division of the department with responsibility for agriculture in the review of farm conservation plans for all state agricultural land sales in the state.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.090 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.090
Notification of plans to harvest timber.
Status: in_force

(a) Operations on forest land shall be reviewed under this section for consistency with the policies and provisions of this chapter and regulations adopted under this chapter.

(b) A forest landowner, timber owner, or operator may provide to the commissioner a voluntary plan of operations that describes the long-term plans for timber harvesting. The purpose of a voluntary plan is to give the division and the public an early opportunity to review plans, to identify areas of concern, and to allow the agencies and the public to provide local knowledge and early notice of potential problems to the forest landowner, timber owner, or operator.

(c) Before beginning operations on municipal or private forest land or on state land not managed by the division, the operator shall provide the state forester with a detailed plan of operations. The detailed plan of operations must include (1) a description of the proposed operations, identifying the land involved and the action proposed in sufficient detail to inform the public of the nature and location of the proposed operations; the description must include a map and must be in a form suitable for duplication;

(2) the name, address, and approving signature of the forest landowner, timber owner, and operator; and

(3) other information required in the regulations adopted under this chapter.

(d) Within five days after receipt of a detailed plan of operations under (c) of this section, the state forester shall distribute the information received under (c) of this section to affected state agencies and shall distribute the information received under (c)(1) of this section to each member of the public who has asked to receive copies of notifications for the affected area.

(e) Within 30 days after receipt of a detailed plan of operations, the state forester shall review the plan to determine if the operations are consistent with this chapter and regulations adopted under this chapter. Operations may begin under the plan upon the expiration of the 30-day period or upon notice from the state forester that the review has been completed, whichever occurs first, unless the division has issued a stop work order for a particular portion of the plan or has notified the operator that a one-time, 10-day extension is necessary for agency review under AS 41.17.098 (f). The operator may proceed with operations not covered by the stop work order, notice of field inspection, or the agency review. During the review of a detailed plan of operations, if a question arises concerning the proper classification of water body type for purposes of the standards in AS 41.17.116 (a), the Department of Fish and Game may resolve the question.

(f) If the state forester determines that a field inspection is necessary to determine consistency of the detailed plan of operations or a portion of the plan with applicable standards, the state forester shall notify the operator. The notice of field inspection may not cover more than the minimum area necessary to determine compliance with this chapter and applicable regulations. The operator shall inform the state forester when the site will be available for an inspection. The state forester shall conduct the field inspection within 21 days after the date that the site will be accessible and available unless the operator otherwise agrees, and the operator may begin operations at the conclusion of the 21-day period unless the state forester has issued a stop work order under AS 41.17.138 .

(g) During the review of a detailed plan of operations, modifications to accommodate comments may be made without requiring the operator to resubmit the plan. After the review of the detailed plan of operations made under (e) and (f) of this section, an operator shall notify the state forester of a proposed substantial change in operations by following the procedures specified in (c)  (f) of this section.

(h) Information and paperwork required of the operator under this section is limited to that necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.

(i) An operator shall renew a detailed plan of operations annually.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.191 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.191
Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical Park established.
Status: in_force

Except for upland, shoreland, tideland, and water overlying the land lying northeasterly of a line running parallel to and 1100 feet offset southwesterly from the runway centerline of the Sitka Airport, the upland, shoreland, tideland, and water overlying the land owned or acquired by the state within the following described parcels are established as the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical Park:

Township 56 South, Range 63 East, Copper River Meridian, described as: The following lots located within United States Survey 3926:

Section 2: That portion of Lot 86 within Section 2

That portion of Lot 86A within Section 2

That portion of Lot 90 within Section 2

Lot 91

Lot 92

Section 3: E1/2SE1/4NW1/4NE1/4NW1/4

E1/2NE1/4SW1/4NE1/4NW1/4

NW1/4SE1/4NE1/4NW1/4

SW1/4NE1/4NE1/4NW1/4

Lot 74

Lot 75

Lot 75A

Lot 76

That portion of Lot 77 within Section 3

Lot 78

Lot 78A

Lot 79

Lot 80

Lot 80A

Lot 81

Lot 81A

Lot 82

Lot 82A

That portion of Lot 83 within Section 3

Lot 84

Lot 84A

Lot 85

Lot 85A

That portion of Lot 86 within Section 3

That portion of Lot 86A within Section 3

Lot 87

Lot 88

Lot 89

That portion of Lot 90 within Section 3

Section 4: That portion of Lot 77 within Section 4

That portion of Lot 83 within Section 4.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.162 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.162
Designation of management responsibility.
Status: in_force

The land and water described in AS 41.21.161 is assigned to the department for control, maintenance, and development consistent with the purposes and provisions of this chapter. The Department of Fish and Game is responsible for the management of fish and game resources in the Wood-Tikchik State Park, consistent with the purposes and provisions of this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.210 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.210
Enforcement authority.
Status: in_force

(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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.080 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.080
Ernie Haugen Public Use Area.
Status: in_force

(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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.35.347 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.35 / Section 41.35.347
Meetings and quorum.
Status: in_force

The commission shall meet at least twice a year. Additional meetings may be called by the chair or by petition of at least five members. Five members of the commission constitutes a quorum.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.630 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.630
Use of graded and certified lumber.
Status: in_force

(a) Load-bearing dimensional lumber graded and certified in accordance with this section may be used in one-, two-, and three-family dwellings in this state.

(b) Load-bearing dimensional lumber graded and certified under this section must be milled in a manner that meets or exceeds the requirements of the applicable building code adopted for one-, two-, and three-family dwellings for the location where the lumber will be used or, if a building code for that location has not been adopted, the building code most broadly used in the state, as determined by the division.

(c) An individual holding a lumber grading certificate issued under AS 41.17.620 may grade load-bearing dimensional lumber that the individual mills. The individual shall provide written certification that the lumber meets the requirements of (b) of this section. The certification must be (1) on a form prescribed by the division;

(2) accompanied by a copy of the individual's lumber grading certificate.

(d) Load-bearing dimensional lumber graded and certified under this section may be used in a dwelling only if the individual holding the lumber grading certificate sells the lumber directly to a building contractor, the owner of the dwelling, or a person acting on behalf of the owner of the dwelling.

(e) Upon receiving written certification required by (c) of this section, an inspector authorized to review plans or inspect the dwelling under applicable local building codes may authorize the use of the lumber, reject the use of the lumber, or authorize the use of the lumber subject to more restrictive construction requirements, including requirements as to size, spacing, length of spans, and design.

Article 8. General Provisions.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.612 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.612
Land excluded.
Status: in_force

(a) Private land, approved or pending Native allotments, pending and approved land selections made by the Haines Borough under state law on July 1, 1982, University of Alaska grant land not located within the Chilkat River Critical Habitat Area established by AS 16.20.585 , and existing transportation and utility corridors located partially or completely within the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve are excluded from the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.

(b) University of Alaska grant land located within the boundary of the Chilkat River Critical Habitat Area established under AS 16.20.585 is excluded from the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.800 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.800
Selection of sites.
Status: in_force

The department and the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities shall jointly select sites of 10 acres or less for their historic or scenic value, or for recreation beaches along waterways, roadside rests for travelers resting, camping, or parking, and determine what facilities are necessary or desirable at these sites. Selection of the sites for roadside rests and recreation beaches shall be based upon the flow of traffic and distances to and between facilities otherwise provided. Insofar as possible, sites shall be located on, or adjacent to, highway rights-of-way and small boat waterways. The department may acquire the sites jointly selected by grant, gift, purchase, lease, dedication, or prescription and hold them in the name of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 41.06.005 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.06 / Section 41.06.005
Jurisdiction over geothermal resources.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission has jurisdiction under AS 41.06.005  41.06.060 over geothermal wells to prevent waste, to protect correlative rights, and to ensure public safety.

(b) The Department of Natural Resources has jurisdiction under AS 41.06.005  41.06.060 over management of geothermal leases and units in the public interest and to effect development.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.138 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.138
Stop work orders.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon a determination that a violation of this chapter or a regulation adopted under it is occurring or is likely to occur and that significant harm to public resources is likely to occur if work is not halted before a hearing can be held, the state forester may issue a stop work order requiring the respondent to stop the violation or otherwise halt the threatened harm. A stop work order must be in writing and must state the facts on which it is based.

(b) The state forester shall immediately refer the matter to a hearing officer for determination of the validity of the stop work order under AS 41.17.139 . The hearing officer shall consider any arguments and evidence presented by the respondent within five workdays after receipt of the stop work order and shall then make an immediate decision sustaining or reversing the stop work order. The stop work order is of no further effect if it is not sustained by the hearing officer within the five-workday period. A stop work order may be sustained only upon the same grounds on which it was originally issued.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.630 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.630
Existing rights.
Status: in_force

The establishment of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve under AS 41.21.610  41.21.630 does not enlarge, diminish, add to, or waive a requirement of law otherwise applicable to the management or use of the state land of the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area ( AS 41.15.300  41.15.330) or private land. An activity allowed under law on land not described in AS 41.21.611 (b), including but not limited to an activity described in AS 41.21.618 , timber harvest, mining, resource development, and recreation, is permitted so long as the activity is conducted in compliance with law.
Alaska Stat. § 41.10.120 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.10 / Section 41.10.120
Approval of land user.
Status: in_force

A survey, investigation or plan for land may not be undertaken by the commissioner and measures for soil conservation and erosion control may not be carried out without the prior approval of the user of the land.
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.060 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.060
Management.
Status: in_force

(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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.15.210 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.15 / Section 41.15.210
Fire suppression fund.
Status: in_force

A fire suppression fund is established in the state treasury for the use of the department. The fund shall be used for actual expenses incurred in the suppression of fires. The fund may not be used (1) for capital expenditures; or

(2) to fund nonemergency activities of emergency firefighting personnel under AS 41.15.030 .
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.193 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.193
Incompatible uses.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may designate by regulation incompatible uses within the land and water of the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical Park.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.908 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.908
Nonapplicability of child labor laws.
Status: in_force

AS 23.10.325  23.10.370 do not apply to AS 41.21.900  41.21.908.
Alaska Stat. § 41.35.300 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.35 / Section 41.35.300
Creation.
Status: in_force

There is created in the department the Alaska Historical Commission.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.470 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.470
Purpose of AS 41.21.470  41.21.490.
Status: in_force

The purpose of AS 41.21.470  41.21.490 is to restrict all vacant and unappropriated state-owned land, water, and stream crossings within the boundaries described in AS 41.21.475 to use as a public recreation area. Under the provisions of AS 38.05.300 , state land, water, or land and water containing more than 640 acres may be closed to multiple purpose use only by act of the legislature. Inasmuch as the area described in AS 41.21.475 exceeds 640 acres, AS 41.21.470  41.21.490 are intended to except the area described from the provisions of AS 38.05.300 .
Alaska Stat. § 41.10.040 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.10 / Section 41.10.040
Natural Resource Conservation and Development Board.
Status: in_force

The Alaska Natural Resource Conservation and Development Board is composed of five members. The commissioner or, in the absence of the commissioner, the director of agriculture, serves ex officio but without a vote on the board.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.083 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.083
Clearing of forest land for non-timber purposes.
Status: in_force

A state agency, municipality, or public utility shall determine whether the timber to be removed has significant salvage value before approving or conducting clearing of forest land for purposes other than timber harvest. If the timber has significant salvage value, the agency or utility shall salvage the timber as part of the clearing process.
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.260 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.260
Incompatible uses.
Status: in_force

(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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.06.175 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.06 / Section 41.06.175
Carbon storage facility injection surcharge.
Status: in_force

(a) A storage operator injecting carbon dioxide at a storage facility shall pay to the commission a surcharge each year for the first 12 years that carbon dioxide is injected at the storage facility. The commission shall deposit the surcharge into the general fund. The legislature may appropriate a surcharge collected under this subsection into the carbon storage closure trust fund established in AS 37.14.850 .

(b) The annual surcharge in this section is determined by the following formula: S = (7,500,000 x (I/261.78)) / 12, where (1) S is the dollar amount of the annual surcharge for a storage facility;

(2) I is equal to the Consumer Price Index for urban consumers for urban Alaska, as determined by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, without seasonal adjustment, for December of the calendar year immediately preceding the year of issuance of the storage facility permit.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.955 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.955
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Forest Resources and Practices Act.
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.140 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.140
Purpose of AS 41.23.140  41.23.170.
Status: in_force

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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.15.950 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.15 / Section 41.15.950
Enforcement authority.
Status: in_force

(a) The following persons are peace officers of the state and they shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted under this chapter: (1) solely for the purpose of enforcing this chapter, an employee of the department, or other person, authorized by the commissioner;

(2) a police officer in the state.

(b) A person designated in (a) of this section may, when enforcing the provisions of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter, (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;

(3) arrest a person who violates a provision of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter; and

(4) issue a citation to a person who violates a provision of AS 41.15.010  41.15.170 or a regulation adopted under this chapter.

(c) A person is not required under this section to disclose a deadly weapon under AS 11.61.220 (a)(1)(A) to a peace officer described under (a)(1) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.858 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.858
Campsites; work by prisoners.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may construct and maintain campsites throughout the wilderness trails system. Campsites may include any type of shelter or camp facility considered necessary and desirable for the benefit and convenience of travelers.

(b) As an aid to the construction and maintenance of trails and campsites under (a) of this section, the commissioner of corrections is authorized to establish a program that would allow prisoners to volunteer for work on the trails and campsites. The commissioner is authorized to grant remuneration for the work, either in money or reduction of sentence, which the commissioner considers sufficient.
Alaska Stat. § 41.17.910 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.17 / Section 41.17.910
Wildlife habitat on private land.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Fish and Game and the commissioner shall work cooperatively with private forest landowners and timber owners to protect, maintain, and enhance wildlife habitat to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the interests of the owners in the use of their timber resources.

(b) The Department of Fish and Game shall provide educational and technical assistance and extension services to owners of private forest land or timber to assist in identifying important wildlife habitat and to assist in designing voluntary management techniques that minimize adverse effects on wildlife habitat.

(c) The Department of Fish and Game and the landowner shall cooperate in identifying areas of important wildlife habitat on private forest land and in developing methods for their protection. Methods of protection for wildlife habitat may include, with the agreement of the landowner, the purchase of fee title, purchase of conservation easements, and land exchanges.

(d) This section does not alter or diminish the authority and responsibility of the state over wildlife on private land.
Alaska Stat. § 41.10.090 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.10 / Section 41.10.090
Compensation and per diem.
Status: in_force

Members receive no salary but receive the same per diem and travel expenses authorized for members of state boards.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.492 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.492
Designation of management responsibilities.
Status: in_force

(a) The land and water described in AS 41.21.491 (a), including land and water owned by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and designated by the borough in a management agreement under AS 41.21.491 (b), is assigned to the department for control, maintenance, and development, consistent with the purposes of AS 41.21.491  41.21.495.

(b) Nothing in AS 41.21.491  41.21.495 affects the responsibilities of (1) the Department of Fish and Game, the Board of Fisheries, or the Board of Game under AS 16 and AS 41.99.010 ; or

(2) the Department of Environmental Conservation under AS 46.03 .
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.306 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.306
Incompatible uses.
Status: reserved

(a) The commissioner may prohibit or restrict by regulation except as provided in AS 41.21.302 (d) incompatible uses within the state-owned land and water described in AS 41.21.304 .

(b) [Repealed, § 2 ch 126 SLA 1984.] (c) Nothing in AS 41.21.300  41.21.306 prohibits the Department of Fish and Game from engaging in rehabilitation, enhancement, and development under AS 16.05.092 within an area described in AS 41.21.304 .

(d) Reasonable access shall be permitted to and across a marine park unit of the Alaska state park system for lawful hunting, fishing, trapping and recreational purposes, and other lawful purposes.

(e) The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Fish and Game shall be allowed reasonable access for fish and game management, research, and enforcement purposes.

Article 4. State Recreation Areas.
Alaska Stat. § 41.15.155 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.15 / Section 41.15.155
Criminal burning of forested land in the second degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of criminal burning of forested land in the second degree if (1) the person knowingly sets a fire;

(2) with criminal negligence, the person (A) permits the fire to spread beyond the person's control; or

(B) fails to prevent the fire from spreading to forested land or other flammable material; and

(3) as a result, the fire burns forested land or other flammable material located or growing on land that is not owned, possessed, or controlled by the person.

(b) Criminal burning of forested land in the second degree is a class C felony punishable as provided in AS 12.55 .
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.508 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.508
Acquisition of additional land; adjustment of boundaries.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may acquire title to or an interest in land or improvements on land that is adjacent to or within the boundaries of the Kenai River Special Management Area in the name of the state in order to achieve the purposes of AS 41.21.500  41.21.514, by lease, purchase, exchange under AS 38.50 , bequest, gift, or other lawful means but not by eminent domain.

(b) The commissioner may adjust the boundaries of the Kenai River Special Management Area under AS 38.05.295  38.05.300 by adding state-owned land and water to the Kenai River Special Management Area to achieve the purposes of AS 41.21.500  41.21.514.
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.240 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.240
Purpose and establishment of the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area.
Status: in_force

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.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.900 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.900
Purpose of AS 41.21.900  41.21.908.
Status: in_force

The purpose of AS 41.21.900  41.21.908 is to provide avenues of action for youth in the state interested in the preservation of a healthy environment by establishing a volunteer corps to teach and practice conservation on all levels of activities which are environment related. The aim is to foster and supplement programs on the local and state level and provide some of the manpower needed to successfully accomplish the goal of a healthy and pleasant environment in which to live.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.868 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.868
Authorization of funds.
Status: in_force

(a) An amount of not less than three-eighths of one percent nor more than one percent of the total yearly state and federal matching sum combined, under the federal-aid highways program (23 U.S.C.), shall be appropriated annually from the general fund to the department for the purposes of providing grants to eligible cities and boroughs for trails, footpaths, and shelter construction and maintenance in appropriate areas, including but not limited to existing park and recreation areas and for the purpose of providing grants to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities for developing the program specified in AS 41.21.864 (b) and 41.21.866.

(b) Except as provided in (c) of this section, the sums appropriated under this section shall continue to be available for expenditure by the departments or by eligible cities and boroughs for a period of three years after the close of the fiscal year for which the sums are authorized, unless they are obligated for expenditure, in which case they shall remain available until spent. Any amounts not obligated remaining unexpended at the end of the three-year period lapse.

(c) The amount expended by a city or borough under AS 41.21.864 (a) or by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities under AS 41.21.864 (b) and 41.21.866, may not in any one fiscal year be less than 10 percent of the total amount of the funds it receives in that year for the purposes authorized in AS 41.21.864  41.21.872.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.445 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.445
Purchase authorized; eminent domain prohibited.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may acquire, by purchase in the name of the state, title to or interest in real property lying within the boundaries of the Caines Head State Recreation Area. The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land for inclusion in the Caines Head State Recreation Area.
Alaska Stat. § 41.21.151 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.21 / Section 41.21.151
Denali State Park established.
Status: reserved

The state-owned land and water and that acquired in the future by the state lying within the parcels described in this section are designated as the Denali State Park. This land and water is reserved from all uses incompatible with its primary function as park area. Land covered by AS 41.21.150  41.21.152 is that within the following described parcels: (1) Township 29N Range 6W, Range 5W, and that portion of Range 4W lying north and west of the Alaska Railroad right-of-way; Township 30N Range 5W and that portion of Range 3W and 4W lying north and west of the Alaska Railroad right-of-way; Township 31N Range 5W, Range 4W and that portion of Range 3W and Range 2W lying north and west of the Alaska Railroad right-of-way; Township 32N Range 4W, Range 3W and that portion of Range 2W lying north and west of the Alaska Railroad right-of-way; and Township 33N Range 4W, Range 3W and that portion of Range 2W lying west of the Alaska Railroad right-of-way, all in the Seward Meridian;

(2) Township 29N, Range 7W; Sections 1-27 and 34-36, Township 29N, Range 8W; containing approximately 42,240 acres, all in the Seward Meridian.
Alaska Stat. § 41.08.040 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.08 / Section 41.08.040
Cooperation with other agencies.
Status: in_force

The state geologist, with the consent of the commissioner, may enter into cooperative agreements with federal, state, and local governmental agencies to perform geological and geophysical surveys, studies, investigations, and services.
Alaska Stat. § 41.23.170 — AK Code / Title 41 / Chapter 41.23 / Section 41.23.170
Goldstream Public Use Area.
Status: reserved

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.