AK Stat § 16.20.032 (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. 16.20.032. Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge.

(a) The following state-owned land and water is established as the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge: (1) Township 16 North, Range 1 West, Seward MeridianSections 1 - 12Section 13: N1/2Sections 14 - 18; (2) Township 17 North, Range 1 West, Seward MeridianSection 25Section 26: S1/2, S1/2 N1/2, N1/2 NE1/4, NE1/4 NW1/4Section 27: S1/2, SE1/4 NE1/4Section 31: Lot 4, SE1/4, E1/2 SW1/4, SE1/4 NE1/4, S1/2 SW1/4, NE1/4Section 32: S1/2, S1/2 NE1/4, NE1/4 NE1/4, SE1/4 NW1/4Sections 33 - 36; (3) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward MeridianSection 19: Lots 3 and 4, E1/2 SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4Section 21: N1/2 SE1/4, S1/2 S1/2Section 22:excluding NW1/4 NW1/4excluding N1/2 NE1/4 NW1/4excluding NE1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4excluding all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024Section 25: Lots 1 - 6, NW1/4, N1/2 NE1/4, N1/2 SW1/4, SW1/4 SW1/4Section 26: SE1/4 NE1/4, S1/2, excluding all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024Section 27: Lot 1, N1/2, N1/2 S1/2, SE1/4 SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4Section 28: Lots 1 - 2, N1/2, SW1/4, N1/2 SE1/4, SW1/4 SE1/4Section 29: N1/2, N1/2 SW1/4, SE1/4Section 30: Lots 1 - 4, E1/2, E1/2 W1/2Section 31: Lots 1 - 10, NE1/4 NW1/4, SW1/4 NE1/4, N1/2 NE1/4Section 32: Lots 3 - 7, NE1/4, SW1/4 SW1/4, NE1/4 SE1/4Section 33: Lots 5 - 9, S1/2 SE1/4, SW1/4 NW1/4, including all state tide and submerged landSection 34: Lots 1 - 3, E1/2 NW1/4, SW1/4, E1/2, excluding all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024Section 35: Lots 1 - 5, NW1/4, N1/2 SW1/4, SW1/4 SW1/4, N1/2 NE1/4, SW1/4 NE1/4, NW1/4 SE1/4, excluding all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024Section 36: Lots 1 - 10, SE1/4 SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4, NE1/4 SE1/4; (4) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward MeridianSections 19 - 21: Tracts B and D, according to Plat No. 2012-110, Palmer Recording District; (5) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward MeridianU.S. Survey No. 1169: Lots 1 and 2, Block 31, within Section 26; (6) Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Seward MeridianSections 4 - 9Section 17: N1/2Section 18: N1/2 (7) Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Seward MeridianSection 2: That portion lying westerly of Lot 7 and Parcel F of U.S. Survey No. 9023Section 3: That portion lying westerly of Lot 7, Lot 8, and Parcel F of U.S. Survey No. 9023Section 10: That portion lying westerly of Lot 4, Lot 5, and Parcel C of U.S. Survey No. 9023Section 15: That portion northerly of the left bank of the Knik River and lying westerly of Lot 3, Lot 4, and Parcel A of U.S. Survey No. 9023Section 16: That portion northerly of the left bank of the Knik River; (8) Township 16 North, Range 2 West, Seward MeridianSection 1: All, excluding South Hayfield Road right-of-waySection 2: Lot 5Section 11: Lots 1 and 3 - 6, N1/2 NE1/4Section 12: Lots 1 - 4, N1/2 NW1/4, NE1/4 NE1/4; (9) Township 17 North, Range 2 West, Seward MeridianSection 36: That portion of the S1/2 S1/2 lying easterly of the South Hayfield Road right-of-way (b) Selections under 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. (Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) are recognized as valid prior claims to the land within the area described in (a) of this section. Land specified in (a) of this section may not include land patented to a Native corporation under that Act. (c) Land selected by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in Township 17, North Range 1 East S.M. shall be included in the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge, subject to borough approval. If the borough relinquishes the selection of the land, the selected land becomes part of the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge. (d) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within state-owned land specified in (c) of this section for inclusion in the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge. The Department of Natural Resources may adopt, in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), zoning regulations governing privately owned land within the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge. (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) of this section, the land described in this subsection is excluded from the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge established under (a) of this section for the establishment of a transportation and utility corridor. Land within the transportation and utility corridor that is determined by the commissioner of transportation and public facilities to be unnecessary for future transportation or utility corridors becomes a part of the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge. The commissioner of transportation and public facilities is directed to provide access to the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge during future development of state highways in the area. The land that is excluded from the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge under this subsection is described asTownship 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward MeridianSection 22: SE1/4 NW1/4, W1/2 NE1/4, SE1/4 NE1/4, S1/2 NE1/4 NE1/4, NW1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4, NE1/4 SW1/4, W1/2 SE1/4Sections 27 and 34: a corridor 300 feet on each side of the existing highway centerline.