AK Stat § 41.21.502 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities|Article 5. Special Management Areas.|Sec. 41.21.502. Kenai River Special Management Area.

(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 KeysTownship 5 North, Range 8 West, Seward MeridianSection 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 2Tract BA small un-meandered island located within theSE1/4SE1/4 of Section 36General Land Office Lots 2, 3SW1/4NE1/4 NE1/4NW1/4Excluding the Kenai Keys Road Right-of-Way and Stephenkie Alaska Subdivision, Alaska State Land Survey No. 73-146 (B) Bing's LandingTownship 5 North, Range 8 West, Seward MeridianSection 16: Portion of W1/2W1/2 lying south of the Sterling Highway Section 20: Lot 1Section 21: Lot 3 (C) Izaak WaltonTownship 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) NilnunqaTownship 5 North, Range 8 West, Seward MeridianSection 7: Lot 10 (E) Funny RiverTownship 5 North, Range 9 West, Seward MeridianSection 28: SE1/4SE1/4Tract 6, Heistand Subdivision, Addition No. 2Section 33: Lots 1, 3 SE1/4NW1/4portion of NE1/4 lying west of the Funny River Road (F) Morgan's Landing Township 5 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian Section 21: SW1/4SE1/4Section 28: Lots 2, 3, 7 - 9, 14, 15 NE1/4NW1/4NW1/4SW1/4Section 33: Lot 2 (G) Kenai River IslandsTownship 5 North, Range 8 West, Seward MeridianSection 27: Lots 10, 17Township 5 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian Section 6: Lots 9 - 10Section 7: Lots 2 - 4, 8, 11, 16Section 18: Lots 2, 3, 14Section 19: Lots 3, 17Section 30: Lots 2, 8Section 31: Lots 7, 10Section 32: Lot 7Section 33: Lots 5, 8Section 34: Lot 10Township 5 North, Range 11 West, Seward MeridianSection 36: Lot 2 within NE1/4 (H) Slikok CreekTownship 5 North, Range 11 West, Seward MeridianSection 36: Tract “A”, Slikok Creek Alaska Subdivision (I) Big EddyTownship 5 North, Range 11 West, Seward MeridianSection 24: Lots 14, 15NW1/4NE1/4SE1/4 (J) CiechanskiTownship 5 North, Range 11 West, Seward MeridianSection 24: Lot 1 (K) Kenai River FlatsTownship 5 North, Range 11 West, Seward MeridianSection 15: Lot 8NW1/4SE1/4N1/2SW1/4N1/2S1/2SW1/4 (L) Other Lower River LandTownship 5 North, Range 9 West, Seward MeridianSection 22: Lots 4, 9, 10, NE1/4SW1/4Township 5 North, Range 10 West, Seward MeridianSection 6: Lot 8Section 7: Lots 5 - 7, 15Section 18: Lots 1, 2, 4 - 6, Tract A, Larry's Fishing Hole Subdivision, Plat No. 90-42 Government Lots 4 - 7, 10 - 13NE1/4SW1/4E1/2NW1/4Section 19:Tracts A and B, Timberland Terrace Phase 1 Subdivision, Plat 97-26Lot 4, Kobylarz Subdivision, according to the official plat filed under Plat No. 92-24, Kenai Recording OfficeBeginning 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 stateLot 16Section 30: Tracts A, J, and K, Channel Shores Subdivision, Plat No. 85-102Section 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, NE1/4SE1/4Township 5 North, Range 11 West, Seward MeridianSection 1: Lots 9 and 10Section 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 SubdivisionSection 12: Lots 1 - 3, 7 - 10, 13N1/2SE1/4SE1/4NE1/4NE1/4SW1/4N1/2SW1/4SE1/4Section 13: Lot 1SW1/4NW1/4Section 14: Lots 2, 7Section 16: Lots 1 - 10SE1/4NW1/4NW1/4SE1/4SW1/4Section 24: That portion of Lot 11 within LSH 148Section 25: Lot 3Section 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. 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.