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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.163. Management Council created.

A seven-member Wood-Tikchik State Park Management Council is created and shall be appointed by the governor. Management council members may, subject to appropriations, receive the same per diem and travel expenses authorized for members of state boards. The governor shall appoint one member of the council from three nominations submitted to the governor by each of the following:
(1) the village council of Koliganek;
(2) the village council of New Stuyahok;
(3) the village council of Aleknagik;
(4) the city council of Dillingham;
(5) the Bristol Bay Native Association, Inc.;
(6) the commissioner of natural resources;
(7) the commissioner of fish and game.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.165. Regulations.

The department shall consult with Department of Fish and Game and the management council before adoption of regulations governing the public use of the park. The Department of Fish and Game shall consult with the department and the management council before adoption of regulations governing fish and wildlife management in the park. Regulations may not be adopted by either department without prior review at public hearings.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.167. Compatible and incompatible uses.

(a) The land and water areas described in AS 41.21.161 are not open to mineral entry under AS 38.05.135 - 38.05.275.
(b) The regulations adopted under AS 41.21.165 shall recognize that the current practice of traditional subsistence and recreational activities includes the use of small outboard motors and snow machines. Reasonable access by aircraft for recreational purposes shall be permitted.
(c) Development and operation of a hydroelectric site at Lake Elva or Grant Lake is not considered an incompatible use.
(d) Development and operation of campsites on or adjacent to major spawning and breeding areas are incompatible uses unless it can be shown by a preponderance of evidence that the fishery and wildlife habitat and breeding areas will not be adversely affected to a significant degree by the development and operation.
(e) The development and operation of a hydroelectric site at the Nuyakuk River Falls is a compatible use if the development and operation
(1) does not include a dam that fully spans a river;
(2) maintains at least 70 percent of the daily upstream water flow of an affected river along the natural course of the river; and
(3) after July 1, 2024, is licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.170. Declaration of purpose.

(a) The purpose of AS 41.21.170 - 41.21.178 is to establish, subject to valid existing rights, the state-owned or acquired land and water described in AS 41.21.172 as the Shuyak Island State Park. In accordance with the covenants and deed restrictions set by the Kodiak Island Borough that support the basic tenets of the Alaska lifestyle, the primary purpose of establishing the Shuyak Island State Park is to preserve, protect, and enhance traditional public access to and use of the area's natural resources for various activities including sport and subsistence hunting, sport, subsistence, and commercial fishing, and trapping.
(b) Under the provisions of AS 38.05.300, state land, water, or land and water containing more than 640 acres may be closed to multiple purpose use only by act of the legislature. Because the area described in AS 41.21.172 exceeds 640 acres, AS 41.21.170 - 41.21.178 are intended to close the described land and water to multiple purpose use in conformity with AS 38.05.300 and to dedicate them as a special purpose site in accordance with art. VIII, § 7, Constitution of the State of Alaska.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.172. Designated state land and water.

The upland, shoreland, tideland, land underlying tidally influenced inland water, and water overlying this land, including both the surface and subsurface estate, owned or acquired by the state within the following described parcels are designated as the Shuyak Island State Park:
(1) Township 17 South, Range 19 West, Seward Meridian
Section 18
Section 19
Section 30;
(2) Township 17 South, Range 20 West, Seward Meridian
Section 24
Section 25;
(3) Township 18 South, Range 18 West, Seward Meridian
Section 6
Section 7
Section 20
Section 28
Section 29;
(4) Township 18 South, Range 19 West, Seward Meridian
Section 1
Section 2
Section 4
Section 5
Sections 7-36;
(5) Township 18 South, Range 20 West, Seward Meridian
Section 2
Section 3
Sections 9-11
Sections 13-17
Sections 19-36;
(6) Township 18 South, Range 21 West, Seward Meridian
Section 36;
(7) Township 19 South, Range 19 West, Seward Meridian
Sections 1-24
Sections 26-34;
(8) Township 19 South, Range 20 West, Seward Meridian
Sections 1-30
Section 32: N1/2
Sections 33-36;
(9) Township 19 South, Range 21 West, Seward Meridian
Section 1
Sections 12-14
Section 24
Section 25;
(10) Township 20 South, Range 19 West, Seward Meridian
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6: N1/2, N1/2S1/2;
(11) Township 20 South, Range 20 West, Seward Meridian
Section 1: N1/2, N1/2S1/2
Section 2: N1/2
Section 3: N1/2.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.174. Designation of management responsibility.

(a) The state land and water described in AS 41.21.172 are assigned to the department for control, maintenance, and development consistent with the purposes and provisions of AS 41.21.170 - 41.21.178.
(b) The Department of Fish and Game is responsible for the management of fish and game resources in the Shuyak Island State Park, consistent with the sustained yield principle and the purposes and provisions of this chapter. The Board of Fisheries, the Board of Game, and the commissioner of fish and game are responsible for adopting regulations governing uses of fish and game in accordance with AS 16. The fish and game habitat and breeding areas shall be managed to ensure that the fish and game resources of the park continue on a sustained yield basis. In managing the fish and game resources of the Shuyak Island State Park and adopting regulations governing uses of the fish and game, the Board of Fisheries, the Board of Game, or the commissioner of fish and game may not permanently close any fishing, hunting, or trapping within the park unless the closure is implemented because of a biological emergency. A closure implemented because of a biological emergency (1) may continue in effect only as long as the biological emergency continues to exist, and (2) must be reevaluated on a regular basis, not less than annually, to justify that the closure continues to be necessary.
(c) The department shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game before adoption of regulations governing public use of the Shuyak Island State Park.
(d) The Department of Fish and Game shall consult with the department before adoption of regulations governing fish and game management in Shuyak Island State Park.
(e) The regulations established under this section shall be adopted in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
(f) The commissioner shall permit reasonable camping within the Shuyak Island State Park on an extended basis on request.
(g) Nothing in AS 41.21.170 - 41.21.178 prohibits the Department of Fish and Game from engaging in rehabilitation, enhancement, and development of fish and game habitat under AS 16.05 on land and water within the Shuyak Island State Park.
(h) 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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.176. Incompatible uses; access.

(a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner may designate by regulation incompatible uses within the land and water of the Shuyak Island State Park.
(b) Possession and use of a weapon in the Shuyak Island State Park shall be allowed at all times and use of the weapon may be restricted only under extraordinary circumstances and only in such areas where public safety is threatened.
(c) The commissioner may not restrict lawful sport, subsistence, or commercial fishing, sport or subsistence hunting, or trapping permitted under law or under a regulation of the Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game within the Shuyak Island State Park.
(d) The commissioner shall allow traditional access to
(1) Shuyak Island State Park for recreational purposes and for lawful sport, subsistence, and commercial fishing, sport and subsistence hunting, and trapping;
(2) private land within the park.
(e) If the commissioner determines that a use is incompatible with one or more other uses in a portion of the Shuyak Island State Park, the commissioner shall state
(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 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.178. Additions to park.

Land and water outside of the boundaries established in AS 41.21.172 may be added to the Shuyak Island State Park only by an act of the legislature. The commissioner may not acquire land and water within the boundaries of the Shuyak Island State Park by eminent domain.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.180. Purpose of AS 41.21.180 - 41.21.183.

(a) The purpose of AS 41.21.180 - 41.21.183 is to establish, subject to valid existing rights, the state-owned or acquired land described in AS 41.21.181 as the Point Bridget State Park. The primary purposes of establishing the Point Bridget State Park are to protect the area's recreational and scenic resources and to preserve and enhance the continued use of the area for hunting and fishing and recreational activities.
(b) The legislature recognizes the rights of the owners of the private land that adjoin the Point Bridget State Park established in AS 41.21.180 - 41.21.183. The legislature further recognizes the value of the services provided by the owners of the adjacent land to the residents of the state. The establishment of the park will not impair the use of the private land by the owners of the private land or the right of a riparian owner of private land to seek title to accreted land.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.181. Point Bridget State Park established.

The state-owned land and water within the following described parcels and any land acquired by the state under AS 41.21.182 are established as the Point Bridget State Park:
All state land lying within the following unsurveyed sections:
Township 37 South, Range 63 East, Copper River Meridian
Section 10: E1/2
Section 11: excluding Native Allotment A-061005
Section 12: W1/2, excluding USS 2925, Interim Conveyance 408, and Native Allotment A-061005
Section 13: W1/2 and W1/2E1/2, excluding USS 1154, USS 1157, and Interim Conveyance 408
Section 14
Section 15: E1/2
Section 23: N1/2
Section 24: NE1/4, excluding Interim Conveyance 408 and the Glacier Highway right-of-way.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.182. Purchase or exchange authorized.

If requested by an owner of land, the department may purchase or enter into an exchange under AS 38.50 if the purchase or exchange will improve access to the park, consolidate the ownership of land, or otherwise enhance the purposes of the park as expressed in AS 41.21.180. Land acquired by the department under this subsection becomes a part of the Point Bridget State Park.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.183. Designation of management responsibility.

(a) The state-owned land and water described in AS 41.21.181 is assigned to the department for control, maintenance, and development consistent with the purposes and provisions of AS 41.21.180 - 41.21.183.
(b) The Department of Fish and Game is responsible for the management of fish and game resources in the Point Bridget State Park, consistent with the sustained-yield principle and the purposes and provisions of this chapter. The Board of Fisheries, the Board of Game, and the commissioner of fish and game are responsible for adopting regulations governing uses of fish and game under AS 16. The fish and game habitat and breeding areas shall be managed to ensure that the fish and game resources of the park continue on a sustained-yield basis.
(c) The department shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game before adoption of regulations governing public use of the Point Bridget State Park.
(d) The Department of Fish and Game shall consult with the department before adoption of regulations governing fish and game management in the Point Bridget State Park.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.185. Purpose of AS 41.21.185 - 41.21.189.

(a) The purpose of AS 41.21.185 - 41.21.189 is to establish, subject to valid existing rights including those rights created by the Afognak Island Road Use Agreement executed on July 24, 1991, and as amended from time to time, the state-owned or acquired land and water described in AS 41.21.186 as the Afognak Island State Park. The primary purposes of establishing the Afognak Island State Park are to protect the area's recreational and scenic resources; to protect the area's fish and wildlife habitat; to preserve and enhance the continued use of the area for sport and subsistence hunting and fishing, personal use fishing, trapping, recreational activities, and commercial fishing; and to restore and enhance resources and services injured by the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
(b) Under the provisions of AS 38.05.300, state land, water, or land and water containing more than 640 acres may be closed to multiple purpose use only by act of the legislature. Because the area described in AS 41.21.186 exceeds 640 acres, AS 41.21.185 - 41.21.189 are intended to close the described land and water to multiple purpose use in conformity with AS 38.05.300 and to dedicate them as a special purpose site in accordance with art. VIII, sec. 7, Constitution of the State of Alaska.
(c) The legislature recognizes the rights of the owners of the private land that adjoins the Afognak Island State Park established in AS 41.21.185 - 41.21.189. The status of the land as a park will not impair the uses to which private land that adjoins the park may be put in the future.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.187. Designation of management responsibility.

(a) The state land and water described in AS 41.21.186 is assigned to the department as a unit of the state park system for control, maintenance, and development consistent with the purposes and provisions of AS 41.21.185 - 41.21.189.
(b) The Department of Fish and Game is responsible for the management of fish and game resources in the Afognak Island State Park, consistent with the sustained yield principle and the purposes and provisions of this chapter. The Board of Fisheries, the Board of Game, and the commissioner of fish and game are responsible for adopting regulations governing uses of fish and game in accordance with AS 16. The fish and game habitat and breeding areas shall be managed to ensure that the fish and game resources of the park and habitat are maintained or enhanced.
(c) The Department of Natural Resources shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game before adoption of regulations governing public use of the Afognak Island State Park.
(d) The Board of Fisheries, the Board of Game, and the commissioner of fish and game shall consult with the Department of Natural Resources before adoption of regulations governing fish and game use in the Afognak Island State Park.
(e) Regulations under this section shall be adopted under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
(f) The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Fish and Game shall have necessary access to the Afognak Island State Park for fish and game management, research, and enforcement purposes.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.188. Incompatible uses.

(a) The commissioner may designate by regulation incompatible uses within the land and water of the Afognak Island State Park.
(b) Lawful use of a weapon in the Afognak Island State Park shall be allowed except in areas that may be closed for purposes of public safety by regulation by the commissioner.
(c) The regulations governing public use of the Afognak Island State Park must provide reasonable access for lawful sport and subsistence hunting and fishing, personal use fishing, trapping, recreational uses, and commercial fishing. Except to protect public safety, the commissioner may not restrict the exercise of sport or subsistence hunting or fishing, personal use fishing, trapping, or commercial fishing permitted under law or under a regulation of the Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game within the Afognak Island State Park.
(d) The commissioner may not designate as an incompatible use a use permitted by the Afognak Island Road Use Agreement executed on July 24, 1991, as amended.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.189. Additions to park.

Land and water outside of the boundaries established under AS 41.21.186 may be added to the Afognak Island State Park only by an act of the legislature. The commissioner may acquire land and water within the boundaries of the Afognak Island State Park except by eminent domain.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.190. Purpose of AS 41.21.190 - 41.21.194.

The purpose of AS 41.21.190 - 41.21.194 is to establish, subject to valid existing rights, the state-owned or acquired land and water described in AS 41.21.191 as the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical Park. The primary purposes of establishing the land and water areas described in AS 41.21.191 as the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical Park are to promote, support, and preserve public use by maintaining and protecting the area's fish and wildlife habitat, cultural resources, and scenic values.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.191. Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical Park established.

Except for upland, shoreland, tideland, and water overlying the land lying northeasterly of a line running parallel to and 1100 feet offset southwesterly from the runway centerline of the Sitka Airport, the upland, shoreland, tideland, and water overlying the land owned or acquired by the state within the following described parcels are established as the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical Park:
Township 56 South, Range 63 East, Copper River Meridian, described as:
The following lots located within United States Survey 3926:
Section 2: That portion of Lot 86 within Section 2
That portion of Lot 86A within Section 2
That portion of Lot 90 within Section 2
Lot 91
Lot 92
Section 3: E1/2SE1/4NW1/4NE1/4NW1/4
E1/2NE1/4SW1/4NE1/4NW1/4
NW1/4SE1/4NE1/4NW1/4
SW1/4NE1/4NE1/4NW1/4
Lot 74
Lot 75
Lot 75A
Lot 76
That portion of Lot 77 within Section 3
Lot 78
Lot 78A
Lot 79
Lot 80
Lot 80A
Lot 81
Lot 81A
Lot 82
Lot 82A
That portion of Lot 83 within Section 3
Lot 84
Lot 84A
Lot 85
Lot 85A
That portion of Lot 86 within Section 3
That portion of Lot 86A within Section 3
Lot 87
Lot 88
Lot 89
That portion of Lot 90 within Section 3
Section 4: That portion of Lot 77 within Section 4
That portion of Lot 83 within Section 4.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 2. State Parks. › Sec. 41.21.192. Designation of management responsibility.

The state-owned land and water described in AS 41.21.191 is assigned to the department for control, maintenance, and development consistent with the purposes and provisions of AS 41.21.190 - 41.21.194.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 3. Alaska Marine Parks. › Sec. 41.21.300. Declaration of purpose.

(a) The purpose of AS 41.21.300 - 41.21.306 is to establish, subject to valid existing rights, the state-owned or acquired land and water described in AS 41.21.304 as marine park units of the Alaska state park system. The primary purposes in establishing the land and water areas described in AS 41.21.304 as marine park units of the Alaska state park system are to
(1) maintain natural, cultural, and scenic values;
(2) maintain fish and wildlife resources and lawful existing uses of these resources;
(3) promote and support recreation and tourism in the state.
(b) The land and water described in AS 41.21.304 is dedicated as special purpose sites under art. VIII, § 7 of the state constitution.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 3. Alaska Marine Parks. › Sec. 41.21.306. Incompatible uses.

(a) The commissioner may prohibit or restrict by regulation except as provided in AS 41.21.302(d) incompatible uses within the state-owned land and water described in AS 41.21.304.
(b) [Repealed, § 2 ch 126 SLA 1984.]
(c) Nothing in AS 41.21.300 - 41.21.306 prohibits the Department of Fish and Game from engaging in rehabilitation, enhancement, and development under AS 16.05.092 within an area described in AS 41.21.304.
(d) Reasonable access shall be permitted to and across a marine park unit of the Alaska state park system for lawful hunting, fishing, trapping and recreational purposes, and other lawful purposes.
(e) The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Fish and Game shall be allowed reasonable access for fish and game management, research, and enforcement purposes.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.410. Purpose of AS 41.21.410 - 41.21.426.

The purpose of AS 41.21.410 - 41.21.426 is to empower the governor to restrict state owned land and water described in AS 41.21.415, except as provided in AS 41.21.426, to use as a public recreation area. Under AS 38.05.300, state land, water, or land and water containing more than 640 acres may be closed to multiple purpose use only by act of the legislature. Because the area described in AS 41.21.415 exceeds 640 acres, AS 41.21.410 - 41.21.426 are intended to provide for the closing of the land and water described in AS 41.21.415, as that description is modified by AS 41.21.426, to multiple purpose use in conformity with AS 38.05.300 and its subsequent designation as a special purpose site in accordance with art. VIII, sec. 7, of the Constitution of the State of Alaska.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.415. Authority to designate Captain Cook State Recreation Area.

The governor may designate by proclamation the state-owned land and water and all that acquired in the future by the state, lying within the parcels described in this section, as the Captain Cook State Recreation Area. The proclamation may include the entire area or portions of the area at different times, shall reserve the areas included from all uses incompatible with their primary function as public recreation land and water, and shall assign them to the department for control, development and maintenance. Land covered by AS 41.21.410 - 41.21.425 is that within the following described parcels:
Township 8 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian
Section 3
Section 9
Section 10: NW1/4, NE1/4, SW1/4, W1/2 SE1/4
Section 15: W1/2 W1/2
Sections 16 and 17
All tideland abutting the above and all of Stormy Lake.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.420. Incompatible uses.

The commissioner shall designate by regulation incompatible uses within the boundaries of the Captain Cook State Recreation Area in accordance with AS 41.21.410, and those incompatible uses designated shall be prohibited or restricted, as provided by regulation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.426. Certain land excepted.

(a) Notwithstanding AS 41.21.020(a)(6), 41.21.410 - 41.21.425, or a regulation issued implementing AS 41.21.420, state-owned land in the following described parcels may be leased in accordance with AS 38.35 (Right-of-Way Leasing Act) for the purpose of construction and operation of a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope:
Township 8 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian
Section 3: SE1/4
Section 9: SE1/4
Section 10: N1/2, SW1/4, W1/2SE1/4
Section 15: W1/2W1/2
Section 16
Section 17: S1/2, S1/2NE1/4.
(b) A state or federal survey does not remove land from the parcels described in (a) of this section.
(c) The department shall manage any state-owned land described in this section and within the exterior boundaries of Captain Cook State Recreation Area as part of Captain Cook State Recreation Area until the land is leased under AS 38.35. State-owned land described in this section will revert to Captain Cook State Recreation Area upon release of the land from a right-of-way through termination of the lease or otherwise and upon satisfaction of the lessee's obligations to restore and revegetate the land.
(d) Any right-of-way lease issued under AS 38.35 across land described in this section and within the exterior boundaries of Captain Cook State Recreation Area must
(1) reserve to the state the interests necessary to provide for public access by foot, snow machine, dog sled, and other traditional means of access along and across the leased corridor;
(2) preserve, to the maximum extent practicable, the recreational, scenic, cultural, historical, and habitat values consistent with the leasehold's location within the exterior boundaries of Captain Cook State Recreation Area; and
(3) provide for termination of the lease if construction of the pipeline has not begun 10 years after the effective date of the lease.
(e) AS 38.35.130 does not apply to land within the exterior boundaries of Captain Cook State Recreation Area.
(f) A natural gas pipeline right-of-way lease may not be issued across land described in this section unless the lease becomes effective before January 1, 2025.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.430. Purpose of AS 41.21.430 - 41.21.445.

The purpose of AS 41.21.430 - 41.21.445 is to empower the governor to restrict state-owned land and water described in AS 41.21.435 to use as a public recreation area. Under AS 38.05.300, state land, water, or land and water containing more than 640 acres may be closed to multiple purpose use only by act of the legislature. Because the area described in AS 41.21.435 exceeds 640 acres, AS 41.21.430 - 41.21.445 are intended to provide for the closing of the described land and water to multiple purpose use in conformity with AS 38.05.300 and its subsequent designation as a special purpose site in accordance with art. VIII, § 7, of the Constitution of the State of Alaska.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.435. Authority to designate Caines Head State Recreation Area.

The governor may designate by proclamation the state-owned land and water and all that acquired in the future by the state, lying within the parcels described in this section, as the Caines Head State Recreation Area. The proclamation may include the entire area or portions of the area at different times, shall reserve the areas included from all uses incompatible with their primary function as public recreation land and water, and shall assign them to the department for control, development and maintenance. Land covered by (1) - (4) of this section has a total acreage of 1801.11 acres, including approximately 221.11 acres of federal land. Land covered by (5) of this section has a total acreage of approximately 4,160 acres. Land covered by AS 41.21.430 - 41.21.445 is that within the following described parcels:
(1) U.S.S. 2742: portions of Sections 22 and 27 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian;
(2) U.S.S. 2744: in Section 14 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian;
(3) U.S.S. 4830: portions of Sections 14, 23 and 24 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian (E.O. 3406 Lighthouse Reserve);
(4) Section 10 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian E1/2; Section 11 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian SW1/4; Section 14 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian NW1/4, SW1/4, SE1/4 and portions of NE1/4 above mean low tide; Section 15 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian E1/2; Section 22 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian E1/2; Section 23 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian NW1/4, NE1/4 and portions of SW1/4 above mean low tide and portions of SE1/4 above mean low tide; Section 24 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian W1/2 portion above mean low tide; Section 27 T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian N1/2, NE1/4 above mean low tide;
(5) Section 9, T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian; Section 10, T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian, West 1/2; Section 15, T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian, West 1/2; Section 16, T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian; Section 21, T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian; Section 22, T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian, West 1/2; Section 27, T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian; Section 28, T2S, R1W, Seward Meridian.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.440. Incompatible uses.

The commissioner shall designate by regulation incompatible uses within the boundaries of the Caines Head State Recreation Area in accordance with AS 41.21.435, and those incompatible uses designated are prohibited or restricted, as provided by regulation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.445. Purchase authorized; eminent domain prohibited.

The commissioner may acquire, by purchase in the name of the state, title to or interest in real property lying within the boundaries of the Caines Head State Recreation Area. The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land for inclusion in the Caines Head State Recreation Area.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.450. Purpose of AS 41.21.450 - 41.21.466.

The purpose of AS 41.21.450 - 41.21.466 is to restrict state-owned land and water within the boundaries described in AS 41.21.455, except as provided in AS 41.21.466, to use as a public recreation area. Under the provisions of AS 38.05.300, state land, water, or land and water containing more than 640 acres may be closed to multiple purpose use only by act of the legislature. Inasmuch as the area described in AS 41.21.455 exceeds 640 acres, AS 41.21.450 - 41.21.466 are intended to except the area described in AS 41.21.455, as that description is modified by AS 41.21.466, from the provisions of AS 38.05.300.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.460. Incompatible uses.

The commissioner shall designate by regulation incompatible uses within the boundaries of the Nancy Lake State Recreation Area in accordance with the requirements of AS 41.21.450, and those incompatible uses designated shall be prohibited or restricted, as provided by regulation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.466. Certain land excepted.

(a) Notwithstanding AS 41.21.020(a)(6) or 41.21.450 - 41.21.465, state-owned land in the following described parcels may be leased in accordance with AS 38.35 (Right-of-Way Leasing Act) for the purpose of construction and operation of a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope:
(1) Township 18 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian
Section 10: E1/2
Section 11: NW1/4
Section 15: NW1/4
Section 16: SE1/4
Section 21: W1/2;
(2) Township 19 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian
Section 35: SW1/4.
(b) A state or federal survey does not remove land from the parcels described in (a) of this section.
(c) The department shall manage any state-owned land described in this section and within the exterior boundaries of Nancy Lake State Recreation Area as part of Nancy Lake State Recreation Area until the land is leased under AS 38.35. State-owned land described in this section will revert to Nancy Lake State Recreation Area upon release of the land from a right-of-way through termination of the lease or otherwise and upon satisfaction of the lessee's obligations to restore and revegetate the land.
(d) Any right-of-way lease issued under AS 38.35 across land described in this section and within the exterior boundaries of Nancy Lake State Recreation Area must
(1) reserve to the state the interests necessary to provide for public access by foot, snow machine, dog sled, and other traditional means of access along and across the leased corridor;
(2) preserve, to the maximum extent practicable, the recreational, scenic, cultural, historical, and habitat values consistent with the leasehold's location within the exterior boundaries of Nancy Lake State Recreation Area; and
(3) provide for termination of the lease if construction of the pipeline has not begun 10 years after the effective date of the lease.
(e) AS 38.35.130 does not apply to land within the exterior boundaries of Nancy Lake State Recreation Area.
(f) A natural gas pipeline right-of-way lease may not be issued across land described in this section unless the lease becomes effective before January 1, 2025.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.470. Purpose of AS 41.21.470 - 41.21.490.

The purpose of AS 41.21.470 - 41.21.490 is to restrict all vacant and unappropriated state-owned land, water, and stream crossings within the boundaries described in AS 41.21.475 to use as a public recreation area. Under the provisions of AS 38.05.300, state land, water, or land and water containing more than 640 acres may be closed to multiple purpose use only by act of the legislature. Inasmuch as the area described in AS 41.21.475 exceeds 640 acres, AS 41.21.470 - 41.21.490 are intended to except the area described from the provisions of AS 38.05.300.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.475. Chena River State Recreation Area established.

The presently state-owned land and water, vacant and unappropriated, and all that acquired in the future by the state, lying within the following described boundary, are hereby designated as the Chena River State Recreation Area, are reserved from all uses incompatible with their primary function as public recreation land, and are assigned to the department for control, development and maintenance:
(1) Protracted Sections and Townships. - Township 1 North, Range 6 East, Fairbanks Meridian, Section 24; Township 1 North, Range 7 East, Fairbanks Meridian, Sections 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20 and 21; Township 2 North, Range 7 East, Fairbanks Meridian, Sections 12, 13, 24, 25, 35, and 36; Township 2 North, Range 8 East, Fairbanks Meridian, Sections 6, 7, and 18;
(2) Beginning at the N.W. corner of the area designated in (1) of this section, said point being the N.W. corner of Section 6, T2N, R8E, Fairbanks Meridian; thence north along the section line to the N.E. corner of Section 25, T3N, R7E; thence west along the section line to the S.W. corner of the S.E. 1/4 of Section 20, T3N, R7E; thence north along the 1/4 section line to the N.E. corner of the N.W. 1/4, Section 17, T3N, R7E; thence west along the section line to the N.W. corner of Section 16, T3N, R6E; thence south along the section line to the N.W. corner of Section 16, T2N, R6E; thence west along the section line to the N.W. corner of Section 14, T2N, R5E; thence south along the section line to the N.W. corner of Section 23, T1N, R5E; thence west along the section line to the N.W. corner of Section 20, T1N, R5E; thence south along the section line to the S.W. corner of Section 32, T1N, R5E; thence east to the N.W. corner of Section 2, T1S, R5E; thence south along the section line to the S.W. corner of Section 11, T1S, R5E; thence east along the section line to the S.W. corner of Section 10, T1S, R6E; thence south along the section line to the S.W. corner of Section 10, T2S, R6E; thence east along the section line to the S.W. corner of Section 7, T2S, R9E; thence north along the section line to the N.W. corner of Section 6, T1S, R9E; thence east to the S.E. corner of Section 36, T1N, R8E; thence north along the section line to the N.E. corner of Section 12, T2N, R8E; thence west along the section line to the N.E. corner of Section 7, T2N, R8E; thence north along the section line to the N.E. corner of Section 6, T2N, R8E; thence west along the section line to the point of beginning, containing approximately 254,080 acres.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.490. Incompatible uses.

The commissioner shall designate by regulation incompatible uses within the boundaries of the Chena River State Recreation Area in accordance with the requirements of AS 41.21.020(a)(13) and 41.21.470, and those incompatible uses designated shall be prohibited or restricted, as provided by regulation. The regulations may not prohibit
(1) work on valid mineral leases or mining claims;
(2) the legal taking of fur-bearing animals;
(3) the traditional use of roads and trails by any means of transportation, including a vehicle propelled by machinery, if the use occurred regularly in the area of the state recreation area before June 18, 1967;
(4) the cutting of dead and down or burnt timber.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.491. Willow Creek State Recreation Area.

(a) The surface estate in the land and water owned by the state as of June 9, 1987, and all land and water acquired by the state in the future, including shore and submerged land, lying within the parcels described in this subsection is designated as the Willow Creek State Recreation Area:
(1) Township 19 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian
Section 5: Lot 3, Lot 4, S1/2NE1/4NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4NE1/4, SW1/4NE1/4, N1/2NW1/4SE1/4, S1/2NW1/4
Section 6: Lot 3, Lot 4, Lot 5, SE1/4NW1/4;
(2) Township 19 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian
Section 1: SE1/4, W1/2, Tract A, Tract B, Tract C
Section 2
Section 3: N1/2;
(3) Township 20 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian
Section 34
Section 35
Section 36: S1/2.
(b) The department may agree to manage land owned by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough that is within the parcels described in (a) of this section and that is designated by ordinance or resolution of the borough as a part of the Willow Creek State Recreation Area.
(c) 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, sec. 7, Constitution of the State of Alaska.
(d) Except for 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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.492. Designation of management responsibilities.

(a) The land and water described in AS 41.21.491(a), including land and water owned by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and designated by the borough in a management agreement under AS 41.21.491(b), is assigned to the department for control, maintenance, and development, consistent with the purposes of AS 41.21.491 - 41.21.495.
(b) Nothing in AS 41.21.491 - 41.21.495 affects the responsibilities of
(1) the Department of Fish and Game, the Board of Fisheries, or the Board of Game under AS 16 and AS 41.99.010; or
(2) the Department of Environmental Conservation under AS 46.03.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.494. Regulations.

The commissioner shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) that are necessary to achieve the purposes of AS 41.21.491 - 41.21.495 and to implement the plan adopted under AS 41.21.493. The regulations must
(1) designate incompatible uses and prohibit or restrict them;
(2) allow road, railroad, and utility crossing of Willow Creek so as to minimize disturbance to the river's habitat and scenic and recreation values;
(3) allow fishery rehabilitation or enhancement practices under terms that are compatible with AS 41.21.491 - 41.21.495;
(4) allow the legal taking of fur-bearing animals; and
(5) allow for hunting, except where it must be prohibited for reasons of public safety.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 4. State Recreation Areas. › Sec. 41.21.496. Certain lands excepted.

(a) Notwithstanding AS 41.21.020(a)(6) or 41.21.491 - 41.21.495, state-owned land in the following described parcels may be leased in accordance with AS 38.35 (Right-of-Way Leasing Act) for the purpose of construction and operation of a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope: the East 1/2 of Section 2, Township 19 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian and the East 1/2 of Section 35, Township 20 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian.
(b) A state or federal survey does not remove land from the parcels described in (a) of this section.
(c) The department shall manage any state-owned land described in this section and within the exterior boundaries of Willow Creek State Recreation Area as part of Willow Creek State Recreation Area until the land is leased under AS 38.35. State-owned land described in this section will revert to Willow Creek State Recreation Area upon release of the land from a right-of-way through termination of the lease or otherwise and upon satisfaction of the lessee's obligations to restore and revegetate the land.
(d) Any right-of-way lease issued under AS 38.35 across land described in this section and within the exterior boundaries of Willow Creek State Recreation Area must
(1) reserve to the state the interests necessary to provide for public access by foot, snow machine, dog sled, and other traditional means of access along and across the leased corridor;
(2) preserve, to the maximum extent practicable, the recreational, scenic, cultural, historical, and habitat values consistent with the leasehold's location within the exterior boundaries of Willow Creek State Recreation Area; and
(3) provide for termination of the lease if construction of the pipeline has not begun 10 years after the effective date of the lease.
(e) AS 38.35.130 does not apply to land within the exterior boundaries of Willow Creek State Recreation Area.
(f) A natural gas pipeline right-of-way lease may not be issued across land described in this section unless the lease becomes effective before January 1, 2025.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 5. Special Management Areas. › Sec. 41.21.500. Purpose of AS 41.21.500 - 41.21.514.

The purpose of AS 41.21.500 - 41.21.514 is
(1) to designate as a unit of the state park system under this chapter the land and water described in AS 41.21.502(a);
(2) to protect and perpetuate the fishery and wildlife resources and habitat in the unit and adjacent area; and
(3) to manage recreational uses and development activities in the unit and adjacent area.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 5. Special Management Areas. › Sec. 41.21.504. Designation of management responsibilities.

(a) The land and water described in AS 41.21.502(a) is assigned to the department for control, maintenance, and development consistent with the purposes of AS 41.21.500 - 41.21.514.
(b) Nothing in AS 41.21.500 - 41.21.514 affects the applicability of
(1) AS 41.99.010 and AS 16 regarding the responsibilities of the Department of Fish and Game or the Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game; or
(2) AS 46.03 regarding the responsibilities of the Department of Environmental Conservation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 21. Parks and Recreational Facilities › Article 5. Special Management Areas. › Sec. 41.21.506. Comprehensive management plan; regulations.

(a) The commissioner shall develop and adopt a comprehensive management plan for the Kenai River Special Management Area in consultation with the Kenai Peninsula Borough. The plan may include the land adjacent to the rivers described in AS 41.21.502(a)(1) - (3) whether the land is owned by the state or privately owned and may include other land considered appropriate by the commissioner and the Kenai Peninsula Borough. The commissioner shall periodically review the plan and adopt changes to the plan in consultation with the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) that are necessary to achieve the purposes of AS 41.21.500 - 41.21.514 and to implement the plan adopted under (a) of this section. The regulations must
(1) designate incompatible uses and prohibit or restrict them; and
(2) establish a registration, licensing, or comparable procedure for professional fishing guides and such additional fishing guide controls as the commissioner considers necessary.
(c) Until regulations adopted under AS 41.21.500 - 41.21.514 take effect, existing state regulations otherwise applicable to the Kenai River Special Management Area remain in effect.
(d) A regulation adopted under this section applies to land owned by the state but does not apply to land not owned by the state that is located within the boundaries of a municipality unless the regulation has been approved by the municipality.
(e) The provisions of AS 41.21.025(b) and (c) do not apply to the land and water described in AS 41.21.502(a).