2023 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 Meridian
Sections 2 - 11
Sections 14 - 23
Sections 26 - 34;
(2) Township 1 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 36;
(3) Township 1 North, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 16
Sections 21 - 28: excluding ASLS 95-37
Section 35: E1/2
Section 36;
(4) Township 1 North, Range 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 12;
(5) Township 1 North, Range 10 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 12;
(6) Township 1 North, Range 11 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 4
Sections 8 - 17
Section 18: east of Tolovana River
Section 19: east of Tolovana River
Sections 20 - 29
Section 30: east of Tolovana River;
(7) Township 2 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 36;
(8) Township 2 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 36;
(9) Township 2 North, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 36;
(10) Township 2 North, Range 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 36;
(11) Township 2 North, Range 10 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Section 3
Section 7: S1/2
Sections 8 - 10
Section 11: S1/2N1/2, S1/2
Section 12: S1/2N1/2, S1/2
Sections 13 - 36;
(12) Township 2 North, Range 11 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Section 10: S1/2
Section 11: S1/2
Section 12: S1/2
Sections 13 - 15
Sections 22 - 27
Sections 34 - 36;
(13) Township 3 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 13 - 36;
(14) Township 3 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 6 - 8
Section 9: S1/2S1/2
Sections 13 - 36;
(15) Township 3 North, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Section 1
Sections 5 - 10
Sections 14 - 23
Sections 25 - 36;
(16) Township 3 North, Range 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Section 24: S1/2
Section 25
Sections 33 - 36;
(17) Township 3 North, Range 10 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 34 - 35;
(18) Township 4 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 2 - 9
Sections 16 - 21;
(19) Township 4 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 4
Section 5: S1/2
Section 6: S1/2
Sections 7 - 24
Sections 27 - 29
Sections 30 - 31
Section 32: N1/2, SW1/4;
(20) Township 4 North, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 10 - 15
Sections 22 - 27
Sections 30 - 31
Sections 35 - 36;
(21) Township 5 North, Range 5 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Section 6: W1/2
Section 7: W1/2
Section 18: W1/2;
(22) Township 5 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 3
Section 4: SE1/4
Section 9: E1/2
Sections 10 - 15
Section 16: E1/2, SW1/4
Section 20: S1/2
Sections 21 - 29
Sections 31 - 36;
(23) Township 5 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Section 35: SE1/4
Section 36: S1/2;
(24) Township 1 South, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 5 - 8
Sections 17 - 20
Sections 29 - 31;
(25) Township 1 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 36;
(26) Township 1 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 2
Sections 11 - 14
Sections 23 - 26
Sections 35 - 36;
(27) Township 1 South, Range 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 36;
(28) Township 1 South, Range 10 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 7 - 36;
(29) Township 1 South, Range 11 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 25 - 26
Sections 35 - 36;
(30) Township 2 South, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Section 6: S1/2NW1/4, S1/2
Section 7: all North and West of the Alaska Railroad right-of-way
Section 18: all North and West of the Alaska Railroad right-of-way
Section 19: all North and West of the Alaska Railroad right-of-way;
(31) Township 2 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 12
Section 13: NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, S1/2SW1/4, SE1/4
Section 14: W1/2
Sections 15 - 22
Section 23: W1/2
Section 24: all North and West of the Alaska Railroad right-of-way
Section 27: NW1/4
Sections 28 - 32
Section 33: NE1/4NE1/4, W1/2NE1/4, W1/2, W1/2SE1/4;
(32) Township 2 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Section 1
Sections 12 - 13
Sections 24 - 25
Section 36;
(33) Township 2 South, Range 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 12
Section 17: W1/2NW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4
Section 18
Section 19: N1/2, N1/2S1/2;
(34) Township 2 South, Range 10 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 20
Section 21: NE1/4, W1/2
Section 22: NW1/4
Section 24: N1/2, N1/2S1/2
Sections 29 - 31;
(35) Township 2 South, Range 11 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 5
Sections 7 - 36;
(36) Township 2 South, Range 12 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 25 - 26
Sections 35 - 36;
(37) Township 3 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Section 5: N1/2NE1/4, W1/2
Sections 6 - 7
Section 18: NE1/4, W1/2, N1/2SE1/4, SW1/4SE1/4;
(38) Township 3 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Section 1
Section 12
Section 13
Section 22: NE1/4 (that portion above the ordinary high water mark right bank Tanana River)
Section 23: N1/2, SE1/4
Section 24: N1/2, SW1/4
Section 25: NW1/4;
(39) Township 3 South, Range 11 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 2 - 10
Section 11: N1/2
Section 14: SW1/4NE1/4, S1/2NW1/4, SW1/4, W1/2SE1/4
Sections 15 - 21
Section 22: NE1/4, W1/2, W1/2SE1/4
Section 23: NW1/4
Section 27: W1/2NE1/4, NW1/4, W1/2SW1/4
Sections 28 - 31
Section 32: NE1/4, NW1/4, SE1/4
Section 33: W1/2;
(40) Township 3 South, Range 12 West, Fairbanks Meridian
Sections 1 - 2
Sections 11 - 14
Sections 23 - 26
Sections 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.