!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

Steese National 

Conservation Area

Steese National 

Conservation Area

Porcupine River

Yukon Flats 

National Wildlife Refuge

YukonCharley

Rivers

National

Preserve

White Mountains

National Recreation

Area

8 9 11

9

5

6

7

4

8

11

13

10 12 13 14

10

14

27

12

15N

15E

STEESE HIGHWAY

Twelvemile

Creek

Chena River

Caribou Creek

Lo w er Birch

Cr e e k Slough

McManus Cree k

Champion Creek

South

Fork

Birc h C er ek

West Fork

Chena River

Salcha River

Little

Bl ack Rive r

Victoria Creek

CrookedCreek

Middle Fork

Chena River

Chatanik a River

Gr assRiver

Upper Mout

Birch Cre

h

e k

Sheen j e kRiv er

Lower Mouth

Birch Creek

Ch ristian R vi er

Chandalar River

D raanjik

Riv e r Sucker River

Preacher Cr e ek

Porcupine

River

Yukon River

Bea ver Cre e k

Birch Cre ek

Miller Fork

Eagle Creek

East Fork Chandalar River

Seventeenmile Slough Back Yukon Slough

Birch

Creek

Circle Hot

Springs

Chena Hot

Springs

Chalkyitsik

Circle

Fort

Yukon

Venetie

Beaver

Central

144°W

144°W

145°W

145°W

146°W

146°W

147°W

147°W

67°N

67°N

66°N

66°N

65°N

65°N

0 6 12 18 24 2 4

Miles

Map 1 Land Status - Steese Planning Area The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

Steese

Planning Area

Land Status 

(Current as of April 2016)

Please note: 

Due to the scale of map, small land 

 parcels may not be visible.

Steese Planning Area - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska Native Allotment

Private

Federal Mining Claims

 (BLM land)

US Fish & Wildlife Service

State of Alaska

Native Patent

National Park Service

BLM - Managed Land

BLM - Native Selected

BLM - State Selected

Steese Planning Area Boundary

Wild & Scenic River Corridors

!

7

5

9

6

3

7

4

8

11

13

17

21 

21

10

14

18

19

12

16

20

15N

1W
!

!

!

!

Beaver Creek

Peacher Creek

Discove

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

Yukon

-Charley

Rivers

National

Preserve

Steese

National

Conservation

Area

Steese

National Conservation

Area

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Little

Black River

Miller

Fork

Chena

River

Eagle

Cr eek

Victoria Creek

Twelvemile Creek

Caribou Creek

Champion Creek

McMan u sCr e ek

Chata nika Rive r

South

F ork

Birch

C r e ek

We st Fork

Chena River

S

aclha R iv e r

Middle Fork

Chena River

B eaver Creek

Crooked C reek

Yu kon River

P rea che r Cree k

B irch Cree k

STEESE HIGHWAY

CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD

Circle

Hot Springs

Chena Hot

Springs

Circle

Central

190804010401

190804010212

190804010506

190804010207

190804010407

190804010403

190804010408

190804020103

190804010601

190804011005

190804011102

190804010606

190804011103

190804020706

190804011009

190804011201

190804011104

190801070105

190804020708 190804011105

190804020605

190804010903

190804011202

190705041903

190705041904

190705041906

190804010205

190804010206

190804010406

190804020304

190804010306

144°W

144°W

145°W

145°W

146°W

146°W

66°N

66°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

Conservation and 

Restoration Watersheds -

Steese Planing Area

Map 2

Steese

Planning Area

Riparian Conservation Area &

High Priority Restoration

Watersheds

Steese Planning Area - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

The Riparian Conservation Areas' and Resoration

Watersheds' labels are the "HUC 12" number for 

the 6 level watersheds.

 Example: 190405030602

State Inholdings

Steese Planning Area Boundary

National Conservation Area Boundary

Birch Creek Wild & Scenic River

Corridor

Riparian Conservation Areas

High Priority Restoration Watersheds

Native Allotment / Private

US Fish & Wildlife Service

National Park Service

State of Alaska

Native Patent

BLM - Managed Land

ry

Creek
!

!

!

!

!j !9

!j

!9

!0

!0

!j !j

!j

!j

!B

State Right of Way

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

Yukon

-Charley

Rivers

National

Preserve

Steese

National Conservation

Area

Steese

National Conservation

Area

Birch Creek

Wild River

YukonRiver

Miller

Fork

Chena

River

Eagle

Creek

Litt

B

le

lack River

Victor

C

ia

reek

Twelvemile

Creek

Caribou

Creek

Champion

Creek

Chatanika

River

McManus

Creek

South Fork

Birch Creek

West Fork

Chena River

Salcha

River

Middle Fork

Chena River

Beaver Creek

Crooked

Creek

Yukon

River

Preacher

Creek

Birch

Creek

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

STEESE HIGHWAY

CHENA HOT

SPRINGS

ROAD

Circle Hot

Springs

Chena Hot

Springs

Circle

Central

144°W

144°W

145°W

145°W

146°W

146°W

66°N

66°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

Visual Resource 

Management - 

Steese Planning Area

Map 3

Steese

Planning Area

Campground

Recreation Cabin

Trail Shelter

Trailhead

Wayside

!9

!=

!0

!B

!j

Visual Resource Management

Class

Trails

Steese Planning Area - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

US Fish & Wildlife Service

National Park Service

State of Alaska

Native Allotment / Private

Native Patent

Class II

Class III

Class I

Class IV

State Inholdings

Steese Planning Area Boundary

National Conservation Area

Wild & Scenic River Corridors

te

ains

nal

ation

a
!

!

!

!

!j !9

!j

!9

!0

!0

!j !j

!j

!j

!B

State Right of Way

Pinell Mt Trail

Steese

National Conservation

Area

Steese

National Conservation

Area

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

Yukon

-Charley

Rivers

National

Preserve

White-Crazy Mountains Proposed Wilderness Area

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

STEESE HIGHWAY

Miller

Fork

Chena

River

Eagle Creek

Victoria Creek

Twelvemile Creek

Caribou Creek

Champion Creek

Chatanika River

McManus Creek

South Fork

Birch Creek

We stFork

Ch ena River

Salcha River

Middle Fork

Chena River

Beaver Cre e k

Crooked Cree k

Yukon River

Preacher Creek

Birch Creek

CHENA HOT

SPRINGS

ROAD

Little Black River

Circle Hot

Springs

Chena Hot

Springs

Circle

Central

144°W

144°W

145°W

145°W

146°W

146°W

66°N

66°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

Wilderness Characteristics - 

Steese Planning Area

Map 4

Steese

Planning Area

Campground

Recreation Cabin

Trail Shelter

Trailhead

Wayside

!9

!=

!0

!B

!j

Trail

Steese Planning Area - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

Wilderness Characteristics

Areas inventoried that have wilderness

characteristics and emphasize other

multiple uses while applying

management restrictions to reduce

impacts to wilderness characteristics

Areas inventoried that have wilderness

characteristics and emphasize other

multiple uses as a priority over

wilderness characteristics

Areas inventoried that do not have

wilderness characteristics

White-Crazy Mountains Proposed

Wilderness Area (US Fish & Wildlife)

State Inholdings

Birch Creek Wild & Scenic River

Corridor

National Conservation Area

Steese Planning Area Boundary

Native Allotment / Private

Land status

US Fish & Wildlife Service

National Park Service

State of Alaska

Native Patent 
!

!

!

!

Yukon Flats 

National Wildlife Refuge

Steese National

Conservation Area

Steese National

Conservation Area

YukonCharley

Rivers

National

Preserve

Mt Prindle

RNA

Big Windy

Hot Springs RNA

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

STEESE HIGHWAY

Chena River

Little Black River

CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD

Miller

Fork

Eagle Creek

Victoria Creek

Twelvemile Creek

Caribou Creek

Champion Creek

McManus Creek

ChatanikaRiver

South Fork

Birch Creek

We stFork

Chena River

Salcha River

Middle Fork

Chena River

BeaverCre ek

CrookedCree k

Yukon River

Preacher Creek

Birch Creek

Circle Hot

Springs

Chena Hot

Springs

Circle

Central

144°W

144°W

145°W

145°W

146°W

146°W

66°N

66°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area rreferencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

Map 5

Steese

Planning Area Crucial caribou and Dall

sheep habitat - Steese

Planning Area

Steese Planning Area - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

Crucial caribou and Dall sheep habitat

Wild & Scenic River Corridor

Steese Planning Area Boundary

Land Status (April 2016)

Native Allotment / Private

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

National Park Service

State of Alaska

Native Patent

BLM - Managed Land

Research Natural Area (RNA)
!

!

!

!

Steese National

Conservation Area

Steese National

Conservation Area

YukonCharley

Rivers

National

Preserve

Yukon Flats

National Wildlife Refuge

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Miller

Fork

Chena

River

Eagle Creek

Victoria Creek

Twelvemile Creek

Caribou Creek

Champion Creek

McManus Creek

Ch a tanikaRiv e r

South Fork

Birch Creek

We stFork

Chena River

Salcha River

Middle Fork

Chena River

BeaverCre ek

Crooked Cree k

Yukon River

Preacher Creek

Birch Creek

CHENA HOT

SPRINGS

ROAD

Little Black River

STEESE HIGHWAY

Circle Hot

Springs

Chena Hot

Springs

Circle

Central

144°W

144°W

145°W

145°W

146°W

146°W

66°N

66°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

Caribou Migration Corridor

and Sensitive Caribou 

Winter Range - Steese

Planning Area

Map 6

Steese

Planning Area

Caribou Migration Corridor

Sensitive Caribou Winter Range

Land Status (April 2016)

Steese Planning Area - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

National Conservation Area

Steese Planning Area Boundary

Wild & Scenic River Corridor

Native Allotment / Private

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

National Park Service

State of Alaska

Native Patent

BLM - Managed Land
!

!

!

!

Steese National 

Conservation Area

Steese National 

Conservation Area

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

Yukon

-Charley

Rivers

National

Preserve

Miller

Fork

Chena

River

Ea gle Cre ek

Victoria Creek

Twelvemile Creek

Caribou Creek

Champion Creek

Chatanik a River

McManus Creek

South

Fork

Birch Creek

We s t Fork

ChenaRiver

Salcha River

Middle Fork

Chena River

BeaverCreek

Crooked Creek

Yu kon River Pre acherCreek

Birch Creek

Little

Black River

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

STEESE HIGHWAY

CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD

Circle Hot

Springs

Chena Hot

Springs

Circle

Central

145°W

145°W

66°N

66°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

Lands for Retention

- Steese Planning Area

Map 7

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

Steese

Planning Area

A

Lands for Retention

Zone 1 Lands

Steese Planning Area - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

Land Status (Current as of April 2016)

Steese Planning Area Boundary

Wild & Scenic Rivers Corridors

Federal Mining Claims

Native Allotment / Private

US Fish & Wildlife Service

National Park Service

State of Alaska

Native Patent

BLM - Managed Land

D
!j !9

!j

!9

!0

!0

!j !j

!j

!j

!B

!

!

!

!

Steese

National Conservation

Area

Yukon

-Charley

Rivers

National

Preserve

Yukon-Flats National Wildlife Refuge

Steese

National Conservation

Area

Chena River

Little Black River

Miller

Fork

Eagle Creek

Victoria Creek

Twelvemile Creek

Caribou Creek

Champion Creek

Chatanika Ri ver

McMan usCreek

South Fork

Birch Creek

We stFork

Chena River

Salcha River

Middle Fork

Chena River

Beaver Cree k

Crooked Creek

Yukon River

Preacher Creek

Birch Creek

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

STEESE HIGHWAY

CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD

Circle Hot Springs

Chena Hot

Springs

Circle

Central

144°W

144°W

145°W

145°W

146°W

146°W

66°N

66°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

Withdrawals and Proposed

New FLPMA Withdrawals -

Steese Planning Area

Map 8

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

Steese

Planning Area

Stesse Planning Area - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

Steese Planning Area Boundary

Native Allotment / Private

BLM Managed Land

Withdrawn by ANILCA

Recommend New FLPMA withdrawals

Recommend Lifting ANCSA

withdrawals

Land status (April 2016)

National Conservation Area

Fish & Wildlife Service

National Park Service

State of Alaska

Native Patent

Wild & Scenic River Corridor
!

!

!

!

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

YukonCharley

Rivers

National

Preserve

Steese

National

Conservation

Area

Steese

National Conservation

Area

9

5

6

7

4

8

11

13

10

14

12

Miller

Fork

Chena

River

Eagle Cre ek

Victoria Creek

Twelvemile Creek

Caribou Creek

Champion Creek

Ch atanik a River

McManus Creek

South

Fork

Birch Creek

We s t Fork

Chena River

Salcha River

Middle Fork

Chena River

B eaverCreek

Crooked Creek

Yukon River

Prea che r Creek

Birch Cre ek

Little Black River

CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD

STEESE HIGHWAY

Circle Hot

Springs

Chena Hot

Springs

Circle

Central

144°W

144°W

145°W

145°W

146°W

146°W

66°N

66°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

Leasable & Locatable

Minerals - Steese Planning

Area

Map 9

Steese

Planning Area

Riparian Conservation Areas

Land Status (April 2016)

Fluid Leasable &Locatable Minerals

Open to Leasables and Locatables

Closed to Leasables and Locatables

National Park Service

State of Alaska

US Fish & Wildlife Service

Steese Planning Area - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

Planning Area & Subunit Boundaries

National Conservation Area

Native Patent

Native Allotment / Private
!j !9

!j

!9

!0

!0

!j !j

!j

!j

!B

!

!

!

!

!X

Mt. 

Prindle

RNA

Big Windy 

Hot Springs RNA

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

Steese

National Conservation

Area

Steese

National Conservation

Area

Birch Creek 

Wild River

YukonCharley 

Rivers 

National 

Preserve

9

5

6

7

4

8

11

13

10

14

12

Miller

Fork

Eagle Cre ek

Victoria Creek

Twelvemile Creek

Caribou Creek

Champion Creek

Cha tanika Riv er

McManus Creek

South

Fork

Birch Creek

Wes t Fork

ChenaRiver

Salcha River

Middle Fork

Chena Rive r

Be a ve r Creek

Crooked Creek

Yu kon River Pre acherCreek

Birc h Creek

Chena River

Little Black River

Davidson

Ditch

Cripple

Creek

U.S. Creek

Road

Overlook

Mount

Prindle

Ptarmigan

Creek

Shelter

North Fork

Shelter

Upper Birch

Ck Wayside

Twelvemile

Summit

Wayside

Eagle

Summit

Wayside

Lower Birch

Ck Wayside

US Creek

Sheep

Cave

CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD

STEESE HIGHWAY

Circle Hot

Springs

Chena Hot

Springs

Circle

Central

144°W

144°W

145°W

145°W

146°W

146°W

66°N

66°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 1986 and 2016

Map 10

Steese

Planning Area

Campground

Recreation Cabin

Trail Shelter

Trailhead

Wayside

!9

!=

!0

!B

!j

Trails

Interim Travel Management -

Steese Planning Area

Management Units

See table in map for explanantion of

OHV designation

Secondary Roads

Steese Planning Area - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

Research Natural Areas (RNA)

Primitive

Semi-Primitive Motorized

Steese Planning Area Boundary

National Conservation Area

Wild & Scenic River Corridors

State Inholding

Land Status ( April 2016 )

Management Unit OHV Limitations OHV Liimitations

Summer ( May 1 - October 14 ) Winter ( October 15 - April 30 )

Primitive, Research Natural Area, Wild & 

Scenic River Corridor No summer use of OHVs

Open to winter use of snowmobiles weighing 

1,000 pounds or less curb weight and 50 inches or 

less in width

Semi-primitive motorized

Open to OHVs weighing 1000 pounds curb weight 

or less and 50 inches or less in width

Open to winter use of snowmobiles weighing 

1,000 pounds or less curb weight and 50 inches or 

less in width

Pinnell Mountain National Recreation Trail Closed to all motorized vehicles year round Closed to all motorized vehicles year round

Native Allotment / Private

National Park Service

US Fish & Wildlife Service

State of Alaska

Native Patent

Other BLM - Managed Land
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!

!j !9

!j

!9

!0

!0

!j !j

!j

!j

!B

!X

State Right of Way

Steese

National Conservation

Area

Steese

National Conservation

Area

White Mountains

National Recreation

Area

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

Yukon

-Charley

Rivers

National

Preserve

Pinn ell Mt Trail

Wolf Creek RMZ

Clums RMZ

Preacher Creek

RMZ

Harrison RMZ

Birch Creek RMZ Bachelor

Creek

RMZ

Pinnell

Mountain

RMZ

Mount

Prindle

RNA

Big Windy

RNA

Mount

Prindle

North Fork

Shelter

Cripple Creek (MP 60)

US Creek &

Davidson Ditch (MP 57)

Ptarmigan Creek

Shelter

US Creek Road

Overlook

Eagle Summit

Wayside (MP 107)

Twelvemile Summit

Wayside (MP 86)

Upper Birch Creek

Wayside (MP 95)

Lower Birch Creek

Wayside (MP 140)

Miller

Fork

Chena

River

Ea gle Cre ek

Victoria Creek

Twelvemile Creek

Caribou Creek

Champion Creek

Chatanik a River

McManus Creek

Sout h

F ork

Birch Cr eek

Wes t Fork

Che

naRi v er

Salcha River Middle Fork

Chena River

BeaverCreek

Crooked Creek

Yukon River

Pre acherCreek

Birch Creek

Little Black River

Sheep

Cave

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD

STEESE HIGHWAY

Circle Hot

Springs

Chena Hot

Springs

Circle

Central

144°W

144°W

145°W

145°W

146°W

146°W

66°N

66°N

0 2 4 6 12 18

Miles

The information displayed on this map should be used for 

graphic display only. For official land status information, refer 

to Cadastral Survey Plats, Master Title Plats, and case files.

Projection: Albers Conic Equal Area referencing NAD83

Source: USDOI-BLM, 2016

Recreation & Travel

Management

- Steese Planning Area

Map 11

Steese

Planning Area

!j Wayside

!9 Campground

!B Trailhead

!0 Trail Shelter

Trails

Primitive Roads

ANCSA 17(b) Easements have not been inventoried

and may not represent on-the-ground conditions.

Steese Planning Area - Record of Decision

Bureau of Land Management - Alaska

Recreation Management Zone

OHV Area Designation: Limited Travel

management plan deferrred.

Interim management (see Map 10)

Recreation Management Area

Special Recreation Management Area

State Inholdings

! ! ! ! ! ! ! 17(b) Easements

Land Status ( April 2016 )

National Conservation Area

Steese Planning Area Boundary

Wild & Scenic River Corridor

Native Allotment / Private

State of Alaska

US Fish & Wildlife Service

National Park Service

Native Patent

Primitive

Semi-Primitive

Backcountry

Frontcountry

Middlecountry

Other (remaining BLM Land)

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