AK Stat § 16.20.037 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 20. Protection of Fish and Game; Refuges, Sanctuaries, Range Areas, and Habitat Areas|Article 1. State Game Refuges.|Sec. 16.20.037. Minto Flats State Game Refuge.

(a) The following state-owned land and water is established as the Minto Flats State Game Refuge: (1) Township 1 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 2 - 11Sections 14 - 23Sections 26 - 34; (2) Township 1 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 36; (3) Township 1 North, Range 8 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 16Sections 21 - 28: excluding ASLS 95-37Section 35: E1/2Section 36; (4) Township 1 North, Range 9 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 12; (5) Township 1 North, Range 10 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 12; (6) Township 1 North, Range 11 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 4Sections 8 - 17Section 18: east of Tolovana RiverSection 19: east of Tolovana RiverSections 20 - 29Section 30: east of Tolovana River; (7) Township 2 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 36; (8) Township 2 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 36; (9) Township 2 North, Range 8 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 36; (10) Township 2 North, Range 9 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 36; (11) Township 2 North, Range 10 West, Fairbanks MeridianSection 3Section 7: S1/2Sections 8 - 10Section 11: S1/2N1/2, S1/2Section 12: S1/2N1/2, S1/2Sections 13 - 36; (12) Township 2 North, Range 11 West, Fairbanks MeridianSection 10: S1/2Section 11: S1/2Section 12: S1/2Sections 13 - 15Sections 22 - 27Sections 34 - 36; (13) Township 3 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 13 - 36; (14) Township 3 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 6 - 8Section 9: S1/2S1/2Sections 13 - 36; (15) Township 3 North, Range 8 West, Fairbanks MeridianSection 1Sections 5 - 10Sections 14 - 23Sections 25 - 36; (16) Township 3 North, Range 9 West, Fairbanks MeridianSection 24: S1/2Section 25Sections 33 - 36; (17) Township 3 North, Range 10 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 34 - 35; (18) Township 4 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 2 - 9Sections 16 - 21; (19) Township 4 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 4Section 5: S1/2Section 6: S1/2Sections 7 - 24Sections 27 - 29Sections 30 - 31Section 32: N1/2, SW1/4; (20) Township 4 North, Range 8 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 10 - 15Sections 22 - 27Sections 30 - 31Sections 35 - 36; (21) Township 5 North, Range 5 West, Fairbanks MeridianSection 6: W1/2Section 7: W1/2Section 18: W1/2; (22) Township 5 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 3Section 4: SE1/4Section 9: E1/2Sections 10 - 15Section 16: E1/2, SW1/4Section 20: S1/2Sections 21 - 29Sections 31 - 36; (23) Township 5 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks MeridianSection 35: SE1/4Section 36: S1/2; (24) Township 1 South, Range 6 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 5 - 8Sections 17 - 20Sections 29 - 31; (25) Township 1 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 36; (26) Township 1 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 2Sections 11 - 14Sections 23 - 26Sections 35 - 36; (27) Township 1 South, Range 9 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 36; (28) Township 1 South, Range 10 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 7 - 36; (29) Township 1 South, Range 11 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 25 - 26Sections 35 - 36; (30) Township 2 South, Range 6 West, Fairbanks MeridianSection 6: S1/2NW1/4, S1/2Section 7: all North and West of the Alaska Railroad right-of-waySection 18: all North and West of the Alaska Railroad right-of-waySection 19: all North and West of the Alaska Railroad right-of-way; (31) Township 2 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 12Section 13: NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, S1/2SW1/4, SE1/4Section 14: W1/2Sections 15 - 22Section 23: W1/2Section 24: all North and West of the Alaska Railroad right-of-waySection 27: NW1/4Sections 28 - 32Section 33: NE1/4NE1/4, W1/2NE1/4, W1/2, W1/2SE1/4; (32) Township 2 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks MeridianSection 1Sections 12 - 13Sections 24 - 25Section 36; (33) Township 2 South, Range 9 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 12Section 17: W1/2NW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4Section 18Section 19: N1/2, N1/2S1/2; (34) Township 2 South, Range 10 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 20Section 21: NE1/4, W1/2Section 22: NW1/4Section 24: N1/2, N1/2S1/2Sections 29 - 31; (35) Township 2 South, Range 11 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 5Sections 7 - 36; (36) Township 2 South, Range 12 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 25 - 26Sections 35 - 36; (37) Township 3 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks MeridianSection 5: N1/2NE1/4, W1/2Sections 6 - 7Section 18: NE1/4, W1/2, N1/2SE1/4, SW1/4SE1/4; (38) Township 3 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks MeridianSection 1Section 12Section 13Section 22: NE1/4 (that portion above the ordinary high water mark right bank Tanana River)Section 23: N1/2, SE1/4Section 24: N1/2, SW1/4Section 25: NW1/4; (39) Township 3 South, Range 11 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 2 - 10Section 11: N1/2Section 14: SW1/4NE1/4, S1/2NW1/4, SW1/4, W1/2SE1/4Sections 15 - 21Section 22: NE1/4, W1/2, W1/2SE1/4Section 23: NW1/4Section 27: W1/2NE1/4, NW1/4, W1/2SW1/4Sections 28 - 31Section 32: NE1/4, NW1/4, SE1/4Section 33: W1/2; (40) Township 3 South, Range 12 West, Fairbanks MeridianSections 1 - 2Sections 11 - 14Sections 23 - 26Sections 35 - 36. (b) The Minto Flats State Game Refuge is established to (1) ensure the protection and enhancement of habitat; (2) ensure the conservation of fish and wildlife; and (3) guarantee the continuation of hunting, fishing, trapping, and other uses by the public compatible with the protection and enhancement of habitat and the conservation of fish and wildlife. (c) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within the Minto Flats State Game Refuge, but may acquire privately owned land by purchase, exchange, or otherwise for inclusion in the Minto Flats State Game Refuge. (d) Management decisions under this section made by the commissioner of natural resources and the commissioner of fish and game are applicable only to land and water described in (a) of this section. (e) Public access to the Minto Flats State Game Refuge by means of horse, boat, aircraft, dog team, snow machine, ATV, or other means consistent with (b) of this section may not be prohibited. (f) Access to and from private property within the Minto Flats State Game Refuge shall be guaranteed through access corridors established through agreement between the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Fish and Game, and the private property owners involved. (g) The Department of Fish and Game and the Department of Natural Resources shall exercise their respective authorities over the Minto Flats State Game Refuge consistent with a management plan prepared by the Department of Fish and Game in consultation with the Department of Natural Resources. (h) Entry upon the Minto Flats State Game Refuge for purposes of exploration and development of oil and gas resources shall be permitted unless a person demonstrates, on the basis of sound science or local traditional knowledge, that exploration and development is incompatible with the purposes specified in (b) of this section.