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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 5. Special Management Areas. › Sec. 41.21.508. Acquisition of additional land; adjustment of boundaries.

(a) The commissioner may acquire title to or an interest in land or improvements on land that is adjacent to or within the boundaries of the Kenai River Special Management Area in the name of the state in order to achieve the purposes of AS 41.21.500 - 41.21.514, by lease, purchase, exchange under AS 38.50, bequest, gift, or other lawful means but not by eminent domain.
(b) The commissioner may adjust the boundaries of the Kenai River Special Management Area under AS 38.05.295 - 38.05.300 by adding state-owned land and water to the Kenai River Special Management Area to achieve the purposes of AS 41.21.500 - 41.21.514.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 5. Special Management Areas. › Sec. 41.21.510. Advisory committee.

(a) In developing and implementing the management plan required by AS 41.21.506(a), the commissioner shall appoint an advisory board. The commissioner and the advisory board shall jointly hold public meetings during development of the management plan in the areas affected. The commissioner shall consult with and solicit recommendations from the advisory board and from federal and state agencies, interest groups, and other interested members of the public.
(b) The advisory board appointed under this section shall be representative of user groups, resident property owners, municipalities adjacent to the Kenai River and other interest groups. Unless appointed as a representative of a user group, resident property owners, a municipality adjacent to the Kenai River, or another interest group, an employee, elected official, or other representative of a federal or state government may be appointed to the advisory board only as an ex officio member serving without a vote. A majority of the voting members of the advisory group shall be residents of the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 5. Special Management Areas. › Sec. 41.21.514. Civil enforcement.

In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the attorney general may seek an injunction and damages at the request of the commissioner for a violation of a regulation adopted under AS 41.21.500 - 41.21.514 or a regulation that is applicable to the Kenai River Special Management Area established under AS 41.21.502.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 5. Special Management Areas. › Sec. 41.21.518. Business Park Wetlands Special Management Area established.

The present and future state-owned land and water within the parcels described in this section, are designated as the Business Park Wetlands Special Management Area. The special management area is established to protect and preserve this land and water for its unique and exceptional fishery and wildlife resources and habitat and recreational and scenic resource values, and to designate it as a special purpose site in accordance with art. VIII, sec. 7, of the Constitution of the State of Alaska. The state-owned land and water within the following parcels is reserved from all uses incompatible with its primary function as a special management area, except for utility easements, and is assigned to the department:
Township 13 North, Range 3 West, Seward Meridian
Section 31: N1/2SW1/4NW1/4 Parcel 25
N1/2SE1/4NW1/4 Tract A Doubletree Center Subdivision
N1/2S1/2NW1/4NW1/4 Parcel 28
South 375 feet of Government Lot 1 except that portion included within the boundaries of the Pyhala Subdivision according to plat P - 197.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 5. Special Management Areas. › Sec. 41.21.520. Incompatible uses.

(a) The commissioner may designate by regulation incompatible uses for the state-owned land and water within the Business Park Wetlands Special Management Area in accordance with the requirements of AS 41.21.518 - 41.21.522.
(b) In designating incompatible uses by regulation under (a) of this section, the commissioner shall consult with the public, the Business Park Wetlands Coalition, or any successor organization.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 5. Special Management Areas. › Sec. 41.21.522. Acquisitions authorized; eminent domain prohibited.

The commissioner may acquire by gift or purchase in the name of the state title to or interest in real property within the Business Park Wetlands Special Management Area. The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land for inclusion in the Business Park Wetlands Special Management Area.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 6. Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. › Sec. 41.21.610. Purpose of AS 41.21.610 - 41.21.630.

(a) The purpose of AS 41.21.610 - 41.21.630 is to establish the state-owned land and water described in AS 41.21.611(b) as the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve as part of the state park system. The primary purpose for establishing the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve is to protect and perpetuate the Chilkat bald eagles and their essential habitats within the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve in recognition of their statewide, nationally, and internationally significant values in perpetuity.
(b) The Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve is also established to
(1) protect and sustain the natural salmon spawning and rearing areas of the Chilkat River and Chilkoot River systems within the preserve in perpetuity;
(2) provide continued opportunities for research, study, and enjoyment of bald eagles and other wildlife;
(3) ensure to the maximum extent practicable water quality and necessary water quantity under applicable laws;
(4) provide for other public uses consistent with the primary purpose for which the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve is established; and
(5) provide an opportunity for the continued traditional and natural resource based lifestyle of the people living in the general areas described in AS 41.21.611(b), consistent with the other purposes of this subsection and (a) of this section.
(c) It is the intent of the legislature in enacting AS 41.21.610 - 41.21.630 to provide sufficient protection for the purposes for which the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve is established. Accordingly, the establishment of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve and the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area under AS 41.15.305 is determined to represent a proper balance between the reservation of state public domain land and water for bald eagle preserve purposes and state public domain land and water more appropriate for multiple use. Therefore, the legislature determines that there is no need for legislation expanding or contracting the boundary of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve in the future; the legislature further determines that study by a state agency of the expansion or contracting of the boundary of the preserve shall be conducted under AS 41.21.621.
(d) Inasmuch as the area described in AS 41.21.611(b) exceeds 640 acres, AS 41.21.610 - 41.21.630 are intended to close the area to multiple use in conformity with AS 38.05.300 and the land is dedicated as a special purpose site under art. VIII, § 7 of the state constitution.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 6. Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. › Sec. 41.21.612. Land excluded.

(a) Private land, approved or pending Native allotments, pending and approved land selections made by the Haines Borough under state law on July 1, 1982, University of Alaska grant land not located within the Chilkat River Critical Habitat Area established by AS 16.20.585, and existing transportation and utility corridors located partially or completely within the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve are excluded from the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.
(b) University of Alaska grant land located within the boundary of the Chilkat River Critical Habitat Area established under AS 16.20.585 is excluded from the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 6. Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. › Sec. 41.21.614. Native allotments.

Approved or pending Native allotments located partially or completely within the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve are not adversely affected by the establishment of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve and all approved allotments and all pending allotments located partially or completely within the preserve shall be treated as private land.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 6. Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. › Sec. 41.21.615. Fish and game management.

The Department of Fish and Game is responsible for the management of fish and game resources in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve
(1) under applicable law and consistent with the purposes of AS 41.21.610 - 41.21.630;
(2) subject to the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to permit the taking of bald eagles for the religious purposes of an Indian tribe under 16 U.S.C. 668a (§ 2, Bald Eagle Protection Act).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 6. Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. › Sec. 41.21.616. Regulations.

The department shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, a local governing body of a municipality, any local fish and game advisory committees, and the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council established by AS 41.21.625 before adoption of reasonable regulations governing public use and protection of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. The Department of Fish and Game shall consult with the department and the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council in proposing regulations governing fish and game management in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve for adoption by the Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game. The Department of Fish and Game and the department shall cooperate with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in its administration of federal law governing the conservation of bald eagles.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 6. Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. › Sec. 41.21.617. Other uses generally.

The state land and water described in AS 41.21.611(b) is closed to mineral entry under AS 38.05.135 - 38.05.275, to commercial harvest of timber, and to sale under state land disposal laws. The commissioner may lease the land described in AS 41.21.611(b) under AS 38.05.070 - 38.05.105 for a purpose consistent with AS 41.21.610(a) and (b). A municipality may select land within the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve under law.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 6. Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. › Sec. 41.21.618. Traditional uses.

Continued opportunities for traditional uses of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve at levels and by methods and means that are compatible with the protection of the bald eagle population are guaranteed. These historically compatible uses include but are not limited to hunting, trapping, fishing, berry picking, other subsistence and recreational uses, operation of motorized vehicles, and the harvesting of personal-use firewood. The level and method or means of traditional use may continue subject to reasonable regulation unless the director of the division of parks of the department, after consultation with the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council, makes a finding that the level or method and means of use is causing significant resource damage that is inconsistent with AS 41.21.610(a) and (b). The director of the division of parks shall hold a public hearing in Haines and Klukwan before restricting a traditional use permitted under this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 6. Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. › Sec. 41.21.619. Access and rights-of-way.

If privately owned land, University of Alaska grant land, a valid mining right, an existing mineral lease, a subsurface right on private land, or other valid occupancy is surrounded by state land of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve or if privately owned land, University of Alaska grant land, federal land, municipal land, or state land not described in AS 41.21.611(b), a valid mining claim, subsurface right, or other valid occupancy on land not described in AS 41.21.611(b) does not have reasonable, timely, and economically feasible access and egress by means other than crossing land designated as Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve land in AS 41.21.611(b), the director of the division of parks shall grant a private landowner, the University of Alaska, a holder of a valid existing right to land, or a state agency, municipality, or federal agency the rights necessary to assure reasonable, timely, and economically feasible access and egress. A permittee or licensee of an owner of land or the holder of a valid existing right to land may use access and egress granted under this subsection. The rights of access and egress granted under this subsection are subject to reasonable regulation and stipulations established by the director of the division of parks after consulting with the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council to protect the purposes and values of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve and to minimize adverse environmental impacts in the preserve. As used in this subsection, “valid existing right” includes but is not limited to a valid mining right, an existing mineral right, and a subsurface right. The director of the division of parks shall give favorable consideration to applications for utility rights-of-way that are compatible with AS 41.21.610(a) and (b).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 6. Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. › Sec. 41.21.620. Management plan.

(a) The director of the division of parks and the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Advisory Council established under AS 41.21.625, in written consultation with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Department of Fish and Game, the Chilkat Indian Village, the Chilkoot Indian Association, and other appropriate groups, may use information gained through cooperative resource studies in the development of the management plan for the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve and in decisions affecting the management and administration of the preserve. The director of the division of parks and the advisory council shall investigate the need for additional research to increase the knowledge and understanding of the natural and cultural resources of the area and to enhance the effective management of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.
(b) The director of the division of parks and the director of the division of forestry and fire protection shall consult in the preparation of the management plan prepared under (a) of this section to promote effective, efficient, and coordinated administration of the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area and the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve for the purposes and values for which each is established.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 6. Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. › Sec. 41.21.621. Additions or deletions to preserve.

An agency of the state may not participate or cooperate with a federal or private study considering additions to or deletions from the area of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve without giving 90 days' prior notice to the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council. The director of the division of parks may waive the notice required by this subsection on the director's determination in writing to the advisory council that an emergency necessitates immediate study or a shorter period of notice to the advisory council.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 6. Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. › Sec. 41.21.622. Historical, cultural and burial sites.

Historical, cultural, and burial sites identified in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve management plan are not available for surface disposal under AS 41.21.617 and shall be managed by the director of the division of parks to prevent vandalism, destruction, and desecration.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 6. Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. › Sec. 41.21.625. Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council.

(a) A 12-member Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council is established. The members of the advisory council shall be selected under this section.
(b) The governor shall appoint individuals to the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council representing the following interests for a two-year term:
(1) a resident of the Haines Borough representing a conservation organization;
(2) a representative of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and
(3) a member of the Upper Lynn Canal fish and game advisory committee.
(c) The mayor of the Haines Borough, the president of Klukwan, Inc., the chair of the Council of the Chilkat Indian Village, and the chair of the Chilkoot Indian Association are ex officio members of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council. A member of the Haines Borough Assembly who has been selected by the Haines Borough Assembly is also an ex officio member of the advisory council. For this selection, preference shall be given to those members of the Haines Borough Assembly who do not also sit on boards that are already represented on the advisory council. The mayor of the Haines Borough may recommend to the governor for appointment to the advisory council the name of a resident of the Haines Borough for the representation of commercial or industrial interests.
(d) The commissioner of fish and game, the director of the division of parks, and the director of the division of forestry and fire protection, or their designees, serve ex officio as members of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council.
(e) The Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council shall assist the department in the development and monitoring of a management plan for the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. The management plan shall be presented at public hearings in Haines and Klukwan before approval and implementation by the department.
(f) Members of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council selected under (b) - (d) of this section may select alternates to act as members of the advisory council in their absence.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 6. Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. › Sec. 41.21.630. Existing rights.

The establishment of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve under AS 41.21.610 - 41.21.630 does not enlarge, diminish, add to, or waive a requirement of law otherwise applicable to the management or use of the state land of the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area (AS 41.15.300 - 41.15.330) or private land. An activity allowed under law on land not described in AS 41.21.611(b), including but not limited to an activity described in AS 41.21.618, timber harvest, mining, resource development, and recreation, is permitted so long as the activity is conducted in compliance with law.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 7. Historic or Scenic Sites, Roadside Rests, and Beaches. › Sec. 41.21.800. Selection of sites.

The department and the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities shall jointly select sites of 10 acres or less for their historic or scenic value, or for recreation beaches along waterways, roadside rests for travelers resting, camping, or parking, and determine what facilities are necessary or desirable at these sites. Selection of the sites for roadside rests and recreation beaches shall be based upon the flow of traffic and distances to and between facilities otherwise provided. Insofar as possible, sites shall be located on, or adjacent to, highway rights-of-way and small boat waterways. The department may acquire the sites jointly selected by grant, gift, purchase, lease, dedication, or prescription and hold them in the name of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 7. Historic or Scenic Sites, Roadside Rests, and Beaches. › Sec. 41.21.805. Construction and maintenance of facilities.

The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may construct and maintain facilities at scenic sites, recreation beaches or roadside rests as are determined to be necessary and desirable. Facilities may include, but are not limited to, access roads, camp facilities, including picnic tables, fireplaces and toilets, camping areas or other facilities that are considered necessary and desirable for the convenience and benefit of travelers and small boat operators.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 8. Trails, Footpaths, and Campsites. › Sec. 41.21.852. Selection.

The department, in consultation with the Departments of Fish and Game and Transportation and Public Facilities, shall designate a system of wilderness trails and campsites throughout the state. Significant in the selection shall be the scenic, historic, natural, or cultural qualities of the areas through which the trails may pass. The department may acquire the trail sites jointly selected by grant, gift, purchase, lease, dedication, or prescription and hold them in the name of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 8. Trails, Footpaths, and Campsites. › Sec. 41.21.858. Campsites; work by prisoners.

(a) The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may construct and maintain campsites throughout the wilderness trails system. Campsites may include any type of shelter or camp facility considered necessary and desirable for the benefit and convenience of travelers.
(b) As an aid to the construction and maintenance of trails and campsites under (a) of this section, the commissioner of corrections is authorized to establish a program that would allow prisoners to volunteer for work on the trails and campsites. The commissioner is authorized to grant remuneration for the work, either in money or reduction of sentence, which the commissioner considers sufficient.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 8. Trails, Footpaths, and Campsites. › Sec. 41.21.860. Federal financial assistance.

The commissioner is authorized to consider the feasibility of any form of financial assistance available to the state for the planning, acquisition, or development of trails under 16 U.S.C. 460d, 460l-4 to 460l-11 and 23 U.S.C. 120 (note) (P.L. 88-578, Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 8. Trails, Footpaths, and Campsites. › Sec. 41.21.864. Grants for the establishment of trails and footpaths.

(a) Within the limits of available appropriations, a city or borough of any class is entitled to state grants for the purpose of acquiring land or rights-of-way over land and establishing and maintaining trails and footpaths on that land or those rights-of-way.
(b) Within the limits of available appropriations, the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is entitled to state grants for the establishment and maintenance of footpaths and trails along certain designated existing highways or when a highway, road or street is being constructed, reconstructed or relocated after June 7, 1972.
(c) Before a grant is awarded under this section, application shall be submitted to the commissioner of natural resources, accompanied by a comprehensive plan for the establishment of trails and paths. The plan may provide for ski trails, dog sled trails, motorized vehicle trails, bicycle paths, bridle paths, footpaths and other trails and paths, and designate separate and incompatible uses of these trails and paths.
(d) Upon approval of the plan, funds shall be utilized and disbursed to cities and boroughs and to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities according to regulations adopted by the commissioner of natural resources.
(e) Before the distribution of funds by the commissioner, consideration shall be given to the extent of funding available under other federal, local and state aid programs.
(f) Nothing in AS 41.21.864 - 41.21.872 prohibits a city or borough for which a grant is authorized from entering into an agreement with the Department of Natural Resources for the establishment and maintenance of trails and footpaths outside cities and boroughs.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 8. Trails, Footpaths, and Campsites. › Sec. 41.21.866. Paths and trails along highways.

The commissioner of transportation and public facilities shall administer the plan and program providing for the establishment and maintenance of footpaths, bridle paths, bicycle paths, ski trails, dog sled trails, motorized vehicle trails, and other paths and trails along certain designated existing highways, or when a highway, road, or street is being constructed, reconstructed, or relocated after June 7, 1972. Trails established under an approved plan submitted by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may be used for those types of uses written into the plan. A uniform system of marking the paths and trails established under this section shall be established by the commissioner of transportation and public facilities.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 8. Trails, Footpaths, and Campsites. › Sec. 41.21.868. Authorization of funds.

(a) An amount of not less than three-eighths of one percent nor more than one percent of the total yearly state and federal matching sum combined, under the federal-aid highways program (23 U.S.C.), shall be appropriated annually from the general fund to the department for the purposes of providing grants to eligible cities and boroughs for trails, footpaths, and shelter construction and maintenance in appropriate areas, including but not limited to existing park and recreation areas and for the purpose of providing grants to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities for developing the program specified in AS 41.21.864(b) and 41.21.866.
(b) Except as provided in (c) of this section, the sums appropriated under this section shall continue to be available for expenditure by the departments or by eligible cities and boroughs for a period of three years after the close of the fiscal year for which the sums are authorized, unless they are obligated for expenditure, in which case they shall remain available until spent. Any amounts not obligated remaining unexpended at the end of the three-year period lapse.
(c) The amount expended by a city or borough under AS 41.21.864(a) or by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities under AS 41.21.864(b) and 41.21.866, may not in any one fiscal year be less than 10 percent of the total amount of the funds it receives in that year for the purposes authorized in AS 41.21.864 - 41.21.872.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 8. Trails, Footpaths, and Campsites. › Sec. 41.21.870. Use and marking of trails and footpaths.

Trails established under AS 41.21.864(a) may be used for more than one type of transportation, motorized or nonmotorized, as considered appropriate by the commissioner. Except along highways within the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, the department shall provide a uniform system of marking trails and footpaths.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 8. Trails, Footpaths, and Campsites. › Sec. 41.21.872. Reports.

Cities and boroughs receiving grants under AS 41.21.864 - 41.21.872 shall submit to the commissioner complete reports covering their expenditures relating to the establishment of trails and footpaths. Reports shall be submitted annually on projects extending over 12 months. Reports on shorter projects shall be submitted at the completion of the project.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 9. Conservation Action Corps; Youth Hostel System. › Sec. 41.21.900. Purpose of AS 41.21.900 - 41.21.908.

The purpose of AS 41.21.900 - 41.21.908 is to provide avenues of action for youth in the state interested in the preservation of a healthy environment by establishing a volunteer corps to teach and practice conservation on all levels of activities which are environment related. The aim is to foster and supplement programs on the local and state level and provide some of the manpower needed to successfully accomplish the goal of a healthy and pleasant environment in which to live.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 9. Conservation Action Corps; Youth Hostel System. › Sec. 41.21.904. Activities of corps.

The corps may be assigned
(1) to provide staff services for public agencies involved in planning for the future of our environment;
(2) tasks of cleaning litter from city streets, highways, local parks, neighborhoods, beaches, natural forests, rivers, creeks, state and national parks on a continuing basis;
(3) to participate in neighborhood improvement programs including the creation of neighborhood parks and playgrounds, supplementing local government efforts on a voluntary basis on request;
(4) to fire prevention activities in forest land, including the cleaning of brush and deadfalls and the construction and maintenance of fire trails and firebreaks and firefighting in time of need;
(5) the task of building and maintaining hiking and riding trails and campsites, improving wildlife habitats and protection of wildlife refuges and wilderness areas under supervision of the Department of Fish and Game;
(6) to participate in drainage and erosion control improvements on public land and the reforestation of fire-devastated areas;
(7) the task of conducting conservation summer camp programs for youths to learn and practice conservation skills;
(8) monitoring duties in areas of environmental concern where control and enforcement are maintained such as the monitoring of air and water pollution levels or checking on how well developers are meeting subdivision regulations.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 9. Conservation Action Corps; Youth Hostel System. › Sec. 41.21.906. Compensation.

(a) Part-time corps members shall be paid on an hourly basis, to be determined by the commissioner.
(b) Compensation for corps members who are involved in continuous service in an away-from-home situation shall be set on a weekly or monthly basis to be determined by the commissioner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 9. Conservation Action Corps; Youth Hostel System. › Sec. 41.21.912. Duties of division.

The division shall
(1) after consultation with community organizations or individuals and after maximum utilization of existing local effort, plan and facilitate the implementation of a statewide system of youth hostel facilities;
(2) administer a program of grants to eligible nonprofit corporations, municipalities, and organizations for construction, maintenance, and operation of youth hostels;
(3) cooperate and consult with national or international organizations established for the purpose of establishing or regulating youth hostel facilities and follow, where appropriate, the specific guidelines established by the American Youth Hostel Association and the International Youth Hostel Association;
(4) adopt, in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), regulations governing the establishment and administration of youth hostel facilities.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 9. Conservation Action Corps; Youth Hostel System. › Sec. 41.21.914. Hostel locations.

In developing the statewide system of Alaska youth hostels, the division shall, within the limits of available funding, and after receiving the recommendations of the coordinator of the Alaska youth hostel program, establish at least one youth hostel in each of the five following major regions of the state: arctic, southcentral, interior, southwestern, and southeastern. Hostel facilities shall be located, when possible, within major population areas within those regions. Other hostels may be established within the five regions as funding permits.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 9. Conservation Action Corps; Youth Hostel System. › Sec. 41.21.918. Duties of coordinator.

The director of the division of parks shall designate a member of the division staff as coordinator of the Alaska youth hostel program. The coordinator shall
(1) recommend to the division of parks locations for the construction of youth hostels;
(2) advise the division on use policy for the Alaska youth hostel system;
(3) render other assistance considered necessary and appropriate by the division;
(4) establish criteria for the grant programs authorized under AS 41.21.912(2) and have approval authority for grants made under AS 41.21.912(2).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 10. General Provisions. › Sec. 41.21.950. Penalty.

A person who violates a provision of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 10. General Provisions. › Sec. 41.21.955. Enforcement authority.

(a) For offenses committed within parks and recreational facilities subject to the department's supervision, the following persons are peace officers of the state and they shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted under this chapter:
(1) an employee of the department authorized by the commissioner;
(2) a police officer in the state;
(3) any other person authorized by the commissioner.
(b) Each person designated in (a) of this section may, when enforcing the provisions of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter,
(1) execute a warrant or other process issued by an officer or court of competent jurisdiction;
(2) administer or take an oath, affirmation, or affidavit; and
(3) arrest or issue a citation to a person who violates a provision of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 10. General Provisions. › Sec. 41.21.960. Form and issuance of citation.

(a) When a peace officer stops or contacts a person concerning the commission of a misdemeanor offense committed within a park or recreational facility subject to the department's supervision, the officer may issue a citation to the person, subject to the provisions of AS 12.25.175 - 12.25.230. The person receiving the citation may not be required to endorse the citation.
(b) The state supreme court shall identify those offenses that are amenable to disposition without court appearance and shall establish by rule or order a schedule of bail amounts, not to exceed fines prescribed by law, for those offenses. Before establishing or amending the schedule of bail amounts required by this subsection, the supreme court shall appoint and consult with an advisory committee consisting of two persons from the department, two district court judges, one member of the House Resources Committee, and one member of the Senate Resources Committee of the legislature. If the offense for which the citation is issued is one that may be disposed of without court appearance, the citing officer shall write on the citation the amount of bail applicable to the cited offense.
(c) If a person cited for an offense for which a bail amount has been established under (b) of this section does not contest the citation, the person may, on or before the 30th day after the date of the citation, mail or personally deliver to the clerk of the court having jurisdiction over the place where the offense occurred
(1) the amount of bail indicated on the citation for that offense; and
(2) a copy of the citation indicating the offender's waiver of appearance, plea of no contest, and direction to forfeit the bail and any items seized from the offender.
(d) When bail has been forfeited under this section, a judgment of conviction shall be entered. Forfeiture under this section of bail and items seized from the offender is a complete satisfaction for the offense, and the clerk of the court shall provide the offender with a receipt stating that fact if requested.
(e) A person cited under this section is guilty of failure to obey a citation under AS 12.25.230 if the person fails to pay the bail amount established under (b) of this section or fails to appear in court as required.
(f) Notwithstanding other provisions of law, if a person cited for a misdemeanor for which a bail amount has been established under (b) of this section appears in court and is found guilty, the penalty that is imposed for the offense may not exceed the bail amount for that offense established under (b) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 10. General Provisions. › Sec. 41.21.990. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “scenic park” means relatively spacious areas of outstanding natural significance, where major values are in their natural geological, faunal, or floral characteristics, the purpose of which is directed primarily toward the preservation of its outstanding natural features and where development is minimal and only for the purpose of making the areas available for public enjoyment in a manner consistent with the preservation of the natural values such as camping, picnicking, sightseeing, nature study, hiking, riding, and related activities which involve no major modification of the land, forests, or waters, and without extensive introduction of artificial features or forms of recreational development that are primarily of urban character;
(2) “wilderness park” means an area whose predominant character is the result of the interplay of natural processes, large enough and so situated as to be unaffected, except in minor ways, by what takes place in the nonwilderness around it, a physical condition which activates the innermost emotions of the observer and where development of man-made objects will be strictly limited and depend entirely on good taste and judgment so that the wilderness values are not lost.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 23. Multiple Use Management of Public Resources › Article 1. Public Use Areas. › Sec. 41.23.010. Purpose of AS 41.23.010 - 41.23.040.

The purpose of AS 41.23.010 - 41.23.040 is to establish the area described in AS 41.23.040 as the Nelchina Public Use Area. The Nelchina Public Use Area is established to
(1) protect and maintain fish and wildlife habitat, particularly caribou calving areas, trumpeter swan nesting areas, and other important habitats for moose, Dall sheep, and brown bear so that traditional public uses of fish and wildlife populations may continue;
(2) perpetuate and enhance public enjoyment of fish and wildlife and their habitat including fishing, hunting, trapping, viewing, and photography;
(3) perpetuate and enhance general public recreation in a quality environment;
(4) perpetuate and enhance additional public uses described in the Susitna Area Plan;
(5) allow additional public uses of the area in a manner compatible with the purposes specified in (1) - (4) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 23. Multiple Use Management of Public Resources › Article 1. Public Use Areas. › Sec. 41.23.020. Management.

(a) Management of the surface and subsurface estate of the Nelchina Public Use Area is the responsibility of the department. After adequate public hearings the commissioner may designate incompatible uses and shall adopt and may revise a management plan for the Nelchina Public Use Area. With regard to the management of land within the central caribou calving area described in AS 41.23.040(b), the commissioner shall obtain the concurrence of the Department of Fish and Game in the adoption and revision of the management plan. With regard to the management of land within the public use area described in AS 41.23.040(c), the commissioner shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game in the adoption and revision of the management plan.
(b) The Department of Fish and Game is responsible for the management of fish and game resources and public use of fish and wildlife in the Nelchina Public Use Area consistent with the purposes of AS 41.23.010.
(c) The Nelchina Public Use Area shall be open to mineral entry under AS 38.05.185 - 38.05.275, and the commissioner may adopt regulations to achieve the purposes specified in AS 41.23.010. Each valid existing right or permit shall remain valid and continue in full force and effect according to its terms. Exploration, development, and extraction of subsurface resources shall be allowed in a manner that is compatible with the purposes specified in AS 41.23.010(1) - (4).
(d) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within or abutting state-owned land described in AS 41.23.040 but may acquire privately owned land by purchase, exchange, or otherwise for inclusion in the Nelchina Public Use Area.
(e) The commissioner may not manage the Nelchina Public Use Area as a unit of the state park system.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 23. Multiple Use Management of Public Resources › Article 1. Public Use Areas. › Sec. 41.23.030. Incompatible uses.

(a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner may prohibit or restrict incompatible uses under the management plan adopted under AS 41.23.020 within the state-owned land and water described in AS 41.23.040.
(b) Nothing in AS 41.23.010 - 41.23.040 prohibits the Department of Fish and Game from engaging in rehabilitation, enhancement, and development of fish and wildlife habitat within an area described in AS 41.23.040.
(c) The commissioner may not restrict lawful sport and subsistence fishing, hunting, or trapping rights allowed under a regulation of the Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game within the Nelchina Public Use Area.
(d) The commissioner shall allow traditional access to the Nelchina Public Use Area by motorized or nonmotorized means of transportation to private land, interests in private land, and for lawful sport and subsistence hunting, fishing, trapping, and recreational purposes in a manner that is compatible with purposes specified in AS 41.23.010(1) - (4).
(e) The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Fish and Game shall have necessary access for fish and game management, research, and enforcement purposes.
(f) If the commissioner determines that a use is incompatible with one or more other uses in a portion of the Nelchina Public Use Area, the commissioner shall state in the management plan adopted or revised under AS 41.23.020
(1) each determination of incompatibility;
(2) the specific area where the incompatibility is determined to exist;
(3) the time within which the incompatibility is determined to exist; and
(4) the reasons for each determination of incompatibility.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 23. Multiple Use Management of Public Resources › Article 1. Public Use Areas. › Sec. 41.23.050. Purpose of AS 41.23.050 - 41.23.080.

The purpose of AS 41.23.050 - 41.23.080 is to establish the area described in AS 41.23.080 as the Ernie Haugen Public Use Area. The Ernie Haugen Public Use Area is established to
(1) protect and maintain fish and wildlife habitat so that traditional public uses may continue;
(2) perpetuate and enhance public enjoyment of fishing, hunting, trapping, viewing, and photography;
(3) perpetuate and enhance general public recreation in a quality environment; and
(4) allow additional public uses of the area, including personal use wood cutting, when determined compatible with the purposes specified in (1) - (3) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 23. Multiple Use Management of Public Resources › Article 1. Public Use Areas. › Sec. 41.23.060. Management.

(a) Management of the surface and subsurface estate of the Ernie Haugen Public Use Area is the responsibility of the department. After adequate public hearings the commissioner may designate incompatible uses and shall adopt and may revise a management plan for the Ernie Haugen Public Use Area. With regard to the management of land within the public use area described in AS 41.23.080(a), the commissioner shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game in the adoption and revision of the management plan.
(b) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within or abutting state-owned land described in AS 41.23.080 but may acquire privately owned land by purchase, exchange, donation, or otherwise for inclusion in the Ernie Haugen Public Use Area.
(c) The commissioner may not manage the Ernie Haugen Public Use Area as a unit of the state park system.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 23. Multiple Use Management of Public Resources › Article 1. Public Use Areas. › Sec. 41.23.070. Incompatible uses.

(a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner may prohibit or restrict incompatible uses under the management plan adopted under AS 41.23.060 within the state-owned land described in AS 41.23.080.
(b) The commissioner shall allow traditional access to or through the Ernie Haugen Public Use Area by motorized or nonmotorized means of transportation to private land, interests in private land, and for lawful sport and subsistence hunting, fishing, trapping, and recreational purposes in a manner that is compatible with purposes specified in AS 41.23.050(1) - (3).
(c) If the commissioner determines that a use is incompatible with one or more other uses in a portion of the Ernie Haugen Public Use Area, the commissioner shall state in the management plan adopted or revised under AS 41.23.060
(1) each determination of incompatibility;
(2) the specific area where the incompatibility is determined to exist;
(3) the time within which the incompatibility is determined to exist; and
(4) the reasons for each determination of incompatibility.