2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 23. Multiple Use Management of Public Resources › Article 1. Public Use Areas. › Sec. 41.23.040. Nelchina Public Use Area.

(a) The vacant and unappropriated state-owned land and water and the state land and water acquired in the future that lie within the boundaries described in this section are designated as the Nelchina Public Use Area, are reserved for all uses compatible with their primary function as public use land, and are assigned to the department for control and management.
(b) The land described in this subsection is the central caribou calving area:
(1) Township 5 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,
Section 5
Section 8
Section 17;
(2) Township 6 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,
Sections 4 - 5
Sections 8 - 9
Sections 16 - 17
Sections 20 - 21
Sections 28 - 29
Sections 32 - 33;
(3) Township 7 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,
Sections 4 - 5
Sections 8 - 9
Sections 16 - 17
Sections 20 - 21
Sections 28 - 29
Sections 32 - 33;
(4) Township 8 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,
Sections 4 - 5
Sections 8 - 9
Sections 16 - 17
Sections 20 - 21
Sections 28 - 29
Sections 32 - 33;
(5) Township 9 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,
Sections 20 - 22
Sections 27 - 29
Sections 32 - 34;
(6) Township 10 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian, those portions of Sections 2 - 4 and 11 lying south of the Tyone River and
Sections 9 - 10
Sections 14 - 16;
(7) Township 23 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 1 - 6
Sections 8 - 12;
(8) Township 23 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 1 - 14;
(9) Township 23 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 3 - 9
Sections 17 - 20;
(10) Township 23 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 1 - 4;
(11) Township 23 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian,
Section 6;
(12) Township 24 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,
Section 1
Sections 12 - 13
Sections 24 - 25;
(13) Township 24 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;
(14) Township 24 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian;
(15) Township 24 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian;
(16) Township 24 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian;
(17) Township 24 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 1 - 23
Sections 26 - 31;
(18) Township 25 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 1 - 2
Sections 11 - 13
Sections 24 - 25
Section 36;
(19) Township 25 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;
(20) Township 25 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian;
(21) Township 25 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian;
(22) Township 25 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian;
(23) Township 25 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian;
(24) Township 26 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 1 - 17
Sections 20 - 28
Sections 35 - 36;
(25) Township 26 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;
(26) Township 26 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian;
(27) Township 26 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian;
(28) Township 26 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian;
(29) Township 26 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian;
(30) Township 27 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 1 - 3
Sections 11 - 13;
(31) Township 27 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian;
(32) Township 27 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;
(33) Township 27 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian;
(34) Township 27 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian;
(35) Township 27 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian;
(36) Township 27 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian;
(37) Township 28 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 1 - 6
Sections 8 - 17
Sections 21 - 28
Sections 33 - 36;
(38) Township 28 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian;
(39) Township 28 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;
(40) Township 28 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian;
(41) Township 28 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian;
(42) Township 28 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian;
(43) Township 28 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian;
(44) Township 29 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian,
Section 13
Sections 23 - 26
Section 36;
(45) Township 29 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian;
(46) Township 29 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian;
(47) Township 29 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;
(48) Township 29 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian;
(49) Township 29 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian;
(50) That portion of Township 29 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;
(51) Township 29 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 3 - 9
Sections 16 - 21
Sections 28 - 34;
(52) Township 30 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 13 - 14
Sections 20 - 29
Sections 32 - 36;
(53) Township 30 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 1 - 3
Sections 8 - 36;
(54) Township 30 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;
(55) That portion of Township 30 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian, lying southeast of the Susitna River;
(56) That portion of Township 30 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;
(57) That portion of Township 30 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;
(58) That portion of Township 30 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna and Tyone Rivers;
(59) Township 31 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 13 - 14
Sections 22 - 27
Sections 34 - 36;
(60) That portion of Township 31 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;
(61) That portion of Township 31 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;
(62) Township 31 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian, that portion of section 31 lying southeast of the Susitna River.
(c) The land described within this subsection is the area of the Nelchina Public Use Area that is outside of the central caribou calving area:
(1) Township 21 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian,
Section 1
Sections 3, W1/2
Sections 4 - 9
Sections 11, E1/2
Sections 12 - 13
Sections 14, E1/2
Sections 16 - 20
Sections 23, E1/2
Sections 24 - 27
Section 30;
(2) Township 21 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 1 - 26
Sections 29 - 30
Sections 33, S1/2
Sections 34, S1/2
Sections 35 - 36;
(3) Township 21 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;
(4) Township 21 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian;
(5) Township 21 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian;
(6) Township 22 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 1 - 22
Sections 24 - 25
Sections 27 - 34
Section 36;
(7) Township 22 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian;
(8) Township 22 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;
(9) Township 22 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian;
(10) Township 22 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian;
(11) Township 22 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian;
(12) Township 22 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 1 - 24
Sections 27 - 34;
(13) Township 23 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian;
(14) Township 23 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian;
(15) Township 23 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian,
Section 7
Sections 13 - 36;
(16) Township 23 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 15 - 36;
(17) Township 23 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 1 - 2
Sections 10 - 16
Sections 21 - 36;
(18) Township 23 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 5 - 36;
(19) Township 23 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 1 - 5
Sections 7 - 36;
(20) Township 24 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian;
(21) Township 24 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 2 - 11
Sections 14 - 23
Sections 26 - 36;
(22) Township 24 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 24 - 25;
Sections 32 - 36;
(23) Township 25 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian;
(24) Township 25 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian;
(25) Township 25 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian;
(26) Township 25 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 3 - 10
Sections 14 - 23
Sections 26 - 35;
(27) Township 26 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian;
(28) Township 26 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian;
(29) Township 26 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian;
(30) Township 26 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian;
(31) Township 26 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 18 - 19
Sections 29 - 34;
(32) Township 27 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian;
(33) Township 27 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian;
(34) Township 27 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian;
(35) Township 27 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 4 - 10
Sections 14 - 36;
(36) Township 28 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian;
(37) Township 28 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian;
(38) Township 28 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian;
(39) Township 28 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian,
Section 7
Sections 18 - 20
Sections 29 - 32;
(40) Township 29 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian;
(41) Township 29 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian;
(42) Township 29 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 1 - 12
Sections 14 - 22
Sections 27 - 35;
(43) Township 29 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 1 - 2
Sections 10 - 15
Sections 22 - 27
Sections 35 - 36;
(44) Township 30 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian;
(45) Township 30 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian;
(46) Township 30 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian;
(47) Township 30 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 1 - 12
Sections 15 - 19
Sections 30 - 31;
(48) Township 30 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,
Sections 4 - 7;
(49) That portion of Township 31 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;
(50) That portion of Township 31 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;
(51) Township 31 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian;
(52) Township 31 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian;
(53) Township 31 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian, those portions of Sections 2 - 4 and Sections 11 - 12 lying south of the Susitna River, and
Sections 5 - 10
Sections 15 - 21
Sections 28 - 33;
(54) That portion of Township 32 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;
(55) That portion of Township 32 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;
(56) That portion of Township 32 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;
(57) That portion of Township 32 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;
(58) Township 3 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian,
Sections 1 - 30
Sections 33 - 34;
(59) Township 3 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian;
(60) Township 3 North, Range 11 West, Copper River Meridian;
(61) Township 4 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian, all sections except for portions of sections 20 and 29 described as John Lake Subdivision (ASLS-82-190);
(62) Township 4 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian;
(63) Township 4 North, Range 11 West, Copper River Meridian;
(64) Township 5 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian;
(65) Township 5 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,
Sections 1 - 4
Sections 9 - 16
Sections 19 - 36;
(66) Township 6 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian;
(67) Township 6 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,
Sections 1 - 3
Sections 10 - 15
Sections 22 - 27
Sections 34 - 36;
(68) Township 7 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian;
(69) Township 7 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,
Sections 1 - 3
Sections 10 - 15
Sections 22 - 27
Sections 34 - 36;
(70) Township 8 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian;
(71) Township 8 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,
Sections 1 - 3
Sections 10 - 15
Sections 22 - 27
Sections 34 - 36;
(72) That portion of Township 9 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian, lying southwest of the Tyone River;
(73) Township 9 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,
Sections 1 - 4
Sections 9 - 16
Sections 23 - 26
Sections 35 - 36;
(74) That portion of Township 10 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian, lying southwest of the Tyone River;
(75) Township 10 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian, that portion of Sections 12 and 13 south of the Tyone River, and
Sections 21 - 28
Sections 33 - 36.