§3183 Bristol Bay Cooperative Region

Summary

Requires the United States and the State of Alaska to work together to make and carry out a single plan to protect and manage the Bristol Bay Cooperative Region. Governor — the Governor of Alaska. Region — the land shown on the map titled “Bristol Bay-Alaska Peninsula,” dated October 1979, not including land inside the National Park System. If, within three months after December 2, 1980, the Governor tells the U.S. Secretary that Alaska will join and will try to manage State lands to protect fish and wildlife during planning, the two must write a plan. The plan must list important resources, current and future land uses, areas by resource and use, lands (other than National Park System land) that should be traded to help conservation and development, and the allowed uses and who will regulate them. The plan must say which parts can be changed by one party and which need both parties’ OK, and how changes are made. If the Secretary and Governor agree on the plan within three years after December 2, 1980, it goes into effect for both. If the plan asks for actions that need new laws (like land exchanges or certain federal land management), the Secretary and Governor must send proposed legislation to Congress and the Alaska Legislature. Starting December 2, 1980, and for three years after, most Federal land in the region (except land given to Alaska by title IX of this Act and land inside conservation units) is taken out of public land claims, State selections, mining location and entry, and mineral leasing, and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management under its authority and this law.