Appendix C 

Easements, Withdrawals, and Asserted Rights of Way within the Alaska Peninsula 

and Becharof National Wildlife Refuges 
Appendix C: Easements, Withdrawals, and Rights of Way 

Alaska Peninsula and Becharof NWR Comprehensive Conservation Plan C-1 

Easements, Withdrawals, and Asserted Rights of Way within the Alaska 

Peninsula and Becharof National Wildlife Refuges 

Easements reserved by the Service 

over private lands under Sec. 17(b) 

of ANCSA 

Section 17(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

(ANCSA) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reserve 

public easements on lands conveyed to Native corporations to 

guarantee access to public lands. These easements include 

linear easements across Native lands and waters and site 

easements. These easements are depicted on Figure C-1. The 

following are listed by easement identification number (EIN). 

Ugashik Unit 

SITES (one acre) 

EIN 1a C4................................. (Dog Salmon River at north [right] bank in T32S R50W, Sec. 3) 

Chignik Unit 

SITES (one acre) 

EIN 2 D9................................... (Ivanof Bay at north [left] bank of unnamed slough in T50S 

R66W, Sec. 18) 

EIN 2b D9................................. (Chignik River at east [left] bank in T43S R61W, Sec. 32) 

EIN 2d D9................................. (Portage Bay in T46S R60W, Sec. 15) 

EIN 2e D9................................. (Chignik River at south [right] bank in T45S R60W, Sec. 30) 

EIN 5a C5................................. (Anchor Bay at east [left] bank of Red Bluff Creek in T49S 

R63W, Sec. 22) 

EIN 9a C5................................. (Bay east of Perryville in T49S R64W, Sec. 26) 

EIN 20a C4............................... (Black Lake in T43S R61W, Sec. 5) 

EIN 25a..................................... (One-acre site on right bank of Chignik River south of Bearskin 

Creek with a 25-foot-wide easement on the bed of the Chignik 

River in T44S R61W, Sec. 32) 

TRAILS 

EIN 1 D9................................... (50 feet wide: Black Lake southerly to Chignik Lake along east 

[left] bank of Chignik River) 

EIN 7 C5................................... (25 feet wide: village of Chignik Lake southwesterly to southern 

arm of Chignik Lake in T46S R61W, Sec. 4) 

EIN 23....................................... (50 feet wide: From EIN 20b to Cathedral Creek floodplain and 

public land in T44S R61W, Sec. 9) 
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C-2 Alaska Peninsula and Becharof NWR Comprehensive Conservation Plan 

PROPOSED TRAILS (25 feet wide) 

EIN 3 D9 ...................................(Site EIN 2 D9 at Ivanof Bay, westerly along north [left] bank 

of unnamed slough to T50S R67W, Sec. 23—“Granville 

Portage”) 

EIN 5 C5....................................(Site EIN 5a C5 at Anchor Bay, northwesterly parallel to east 

[left] bank of Red Bluff Creek to T48S R63W, Sec. 9) 

EIN 7 C4....................................(T50S R67W, Sec. 21, northerly along east [left] bank of 

unnamed stream to T49S R67W, Sec. 10) 

EIN 9 C5....................................(Site EIN 9a C5 at bay east of Perryville, northwesterly parallel 

to south [right] bank of Kametolook River to T48S R64W, Sec. 

21) 

EIN 13 E ...................................(Port Heiden, southerly parallel to coastline to north bank of 

Meshik River, southeasterly to T40S R58W, Sec. 6) 

EIN 17 C5..................................(Site EIN 2e D9 at Chignik River, southerly to T46S R60W, 

Sec. 6) 

EIN 18 C4..................................(Site EIN 2d D9 at Chignik River, northwesterly to T46S 

R60W, Sec. 9) 

EIN 20b C4 ...............................(Site EIN 20a C4 at Black Lake, northeasterly to T42S R61W, 

Sec. 33) 

EIN 22 C4..................................(Chignik River in T44S R61W, Sec. 8, southeasterly along 

Chiaktuck Creek to T44S R61W, Sec. 15) 

EIN 25........................................(Proposed trail from the right bank of the Chignik River, east to 

public lands in T44S R62W, Sec. 36) 

AIRSTRIPS (250’ x 3,000’) 

EIN 5b D9 .................................(Chignik River at Black Lake in T43S R61W, Sec. 32) 

WITHDRAWALS 

There are no federal withdrawals within the Refuges. 

ASSERTED RS-2477 RIGHTS-OF-WAY 

The State of Alaska has identified the following routes that it 

believes qualify as highways under Revised Statute (RS) 2477, a 

section of the Mining Act of 1866, which states, “The right-ofway for the construction of highways over public lands, not 

reserved for public uses, is hereby granted.” In addition to 

specific routes, the State of Alaska also claims that the sectionline easements are RS-2477 rights-of-way. RS-2477 was 

repealed by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976, subject to valid existing claims. 
Appendix C: Easements, Withdrawals, and Rights of Way 

Alaska Peninsula and Becharof NWR Draft Conservation Plan C-3 

Table C-1 displays the mileage of asserted RS-2477 routes 

within the Refuges. Figure C-2 displays the locations of 

asserted RS-2477 routes within and near the Refuges. 

Table C-1. Mileage of proposed RS-2477 routes within the Refuges

State 

Number 

Name FWS Native 

Conveyed 

Native 

Selected 

Conflict Private 

Patent 

Total 

68 Egegik–Kanatak Trail 47.25 0.00 2.37 0.00 0.00 49.62 

221 Egegik–Cold (Puale) 

Bay Trail 

82.82 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 82.82 

282 Island Bay–Salmon 

Creek Trail 

4.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.11 

367 Portage Bay–Mt. 

Demian Oil Camp Trail 

19.16 0.00 5.41 0.00 0.00 24.57 

394 Chignik Lagoon–

Aniakchak River Trail 

18.72 12.47 2.45 0.95 0.32 34.91 

1176 Kanatak–Becharof Lake 

Trail 

8.48 0.00 0.31 0.00 0.00 8.79 

1973 DNR Trail 

Inventory Map 

“highways” (3)

8.64 2.75 0.16 0.00 0.58 12.13 

Total 189.18 15.22 10.70 0.95 0.90 216.95 
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C-4 Alaska Peninsula and Becharof NWR Compre

Figure C-1 ANCSA 17(b) easements
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Alaska Peninsula and Becharof NWR Draft Conservation Plan 

Figure C-2 Asserted RS-2477 routes