Title 41, Public Resources

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) …

(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 P…

(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 Er…

(a) The state-owned land above the mean low water line and land above the mean low water line acquired by the state in the future lying within the parcels described in this subsection are designated as the Ernie Haugen Public Use Area: Township 61 South, Range 82 East, Copper Riv…

(a) The purpose of AS 41.23.100 — 41.23.130 is to establish the area described in AS 41.23.130 as the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area. (b) The Hatcher Pass Public Use Area is established to (1) provide for public recreation activities; (2) protect and enhance the fishery, waterfowl,…

(a) The commissioner is responsible for the management of the surface and subsurface estate within the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area consistent with the purposes of AS 41.23.100. (b) The commissioner of fish and game, the Board of Fisheries, and the Board of Game are responsible f…

(a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner may prohibit or restrict incompatible uses under the management plan adopted under AS 41.23.110 within the state-owned land and water described in AS 41.23.130. (b) Nothing in AS 41.23.100 — 41.23.130 prohibits the Departme…

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 Hatcher Pass Public Use Area, are reserved for all uses compatible with their primary functi…

The purpose of AS 41.23.140 — 41.23.170 is to protect, maintain, enhance, and perpetuate the present use of the area described in AS 41.23.170 as the Goldstream Public Use Area. The Goldstream Public Use Area is established to (1) protect, maintain, perpetuate, and enhance year-r…

(a) The commissioner is responsible for the management of the surface and subsurface estate of the Goldstream Public Use Area. After adequate public hearings, the commissioner shall adopt and may revise a management plan for the Goldstream Public Use Area. The commissioner shall …

(a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner may prohibit or restrict uses determined to be incompatible with the purposes of the Goldstream Public Use Area under AS 41.23.140(1) — (2) within the state-owned land and water described in AS 41.23.170. (b) Consistent wit…

Subject to valid existing rights, 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 Goldstream Public Use Area, are reserved for all uses comp…

The purpose of AS 41.23.180 — 41.23.230 is to establish the area described in AS 41.23.230 as the Knik River Public Use Area. The Knik River Public Use Area is established to (1) perpetuate and enhance (A) general public recreation; (B) public enjoyment of fish and wildlife; (2) …

(a) The commissioner is responsible for the management of the land and mineral estate within the Knik River Public Use Area consistent with the purposes of AS 41.23.180. After adequate public hearings, the commissioner may designate incompatible uses and shall adopt and may revis…

(a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner may prohibit or restrict uses determined to be incompatible with the purposes of the Knik River Public Use Area under AS 41.23.180 within the state-owned land and water described in AS 41.23.230. (b) Nothing in AS 41.23.180…

(a) In the Knik River Public Use Area described in AS 41.23.230, the following persons are peace officers of the state for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of AS 41.23.180 — 41.23.230 and regulations adopted under AS 41.23.180 — 41.23.230: (1) an employee of the department…

(a) Except for conduct that is a violation of AS 11.46.420, a person who violates a provision of AS 41.23.180 — 41.23.230 or a regulation adopted under AS 41.23.180 — 41.23.230 is guilty of a violation as defined in AS 11.81.900. (b) Except for conduct that is a violation of AS 1…

Subject to valid existing rights, 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 Knik River Public Use Area, are reserved for all uses compatible with their primary func…

The purpose of AS 41.23.240 — 41.23.270 is to protect, maintain, enhance, and perpetuate the present use of the area described in AS 41.23.270 as the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area. The Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area is established to (1) protect, maintain, perpetuate, an…

(a) The commissioner is responsible for the management of the surface and subsurface estate of the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area. After adequate public hearings, the commissioner may adopt and may revise a management plan for the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area. The commi…

(a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner may prohibit or restrict uses determined to be incompatible with the purposes of the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area under AS 41.23.240(1) and (2) within the state-owned land and water described in AS 41.23.270. (b) Cons…

Subject to valid existing rights, the vacant and unappropriated state-owned land, tidelands, and submerged lands and the state land, tidelands, and submerged lands acquired in the future that lie within the boundaries described in this section are designated as the Kodiak Narrow …

The purpose of AS 41.23.280 — 41.23.289 is to protect, maintain, enhance, and perpetuate the present use of the area described in AS 41.23.286 as the Jonesville Public Use Area. The Jonesville Public Use Area is established to (1) protect, maintain, perpetuate, and enhance year-r…

(a) The commissioner is responsible for the management of the surface and subsurface estate of the Jonesville Public Use Area consistent with the purposes of AS 41.23.280. After adequate public hearings, the commissioner may designate incompatible uses and shall adopt and may rev…

(a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner may prohibit or restrict uses determined to be incompatible with the purposes of the Jonesville Public Use Area under AS 41.23.280 within the state-owned land and water described in AS 41.23.286. (b) Nothing in AS 41.23.280…

Subject to valid existing rights, the vacant and unappropriated state-owned land and water and the state land and water acquired in the future that lie within the following boundaries described in this section are designated as the Jonesville Public Use Area, are reserved for all…

(a) In the Jonesville Public Use Area described in AS 41.23.286, the following persons are peace officers of the state for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of AS 41.23.280 — 41.23.289 and regulations adopted under AS 41.23.280 — 41.23.289: (1) an employee of the department…

Article 2. Recreation Rivers. (a) A person who violates a provision of, or regulation adopted under, AS 41.23.280 — 41.23.289 is guilty of a violation as defined in AS 11.81.900. (b) The supreme court shall establish by order or rule a schedule of bail amounts for violations unde…

(a) The purpose of AS 41.23.400 — 41.23.510 is to establish as recreation rivers the land and water now owned by the state and the land and water acquired in the future by the state that lies within the recreation rivers and the river corridors described in AS 41.23.500. (b) The …

The commissioner shall allow the following activities on a recreation river or within a recreation river corridor when they are compatible with AS 41.23.400 and consistent with a management plan adopted under AS 41.23.440: (1) the use of aircraft, powerboats, snow machines, all-t…

(a) The state-owned land and water within the area established as a recreation river under AS 41.23.500, including the recreation river corridor, is assigned to the commissioner for management consistent with the purposes of AS 41.23.400. (b) The commissioner shall reserve to the…

(a) The commissioner, in consultation with representatives of affected municipalities, shall prepare and adopt and may revise a management plan for each of the six recreation rivers and their recreation river corridors. In preparing or revising the plan, the commissioner and each…

If a municipality commits land for inclusion in a recreation river corridor described in AS 41.23.500, the commissioner shall obtain the concurrence of the municipality to the management plan proposed under AS 41.23.440 as it applies to municipal land. The commissioner shall coop…

(a) The commissioner may acquire in the name of the state land that is adjacent to or located within the land described in AS 41.23.500 by purchase, lease, gift, or exchange for inclusion within a recreation river corridor. (b) The commissioner may not acquire land for inclusion …

(a) The provisions of AS 38.04, AS 38.05, AS 38.35, and AS 38.95 apply to land described in AS 41.23.500 except to the extent that a provision of AS 41.23.400 — 41.23.510 is inconsistent. (b) The commissioner may conduct only a negotiated timber sale under AS 38.05.115 to provide…

(a) The commissioner may enter into a cooperative management agreement for the management of land and water described in AS 41.23.500 or of other adjacent land and water with a federal agency, a municipality, another agency of the state, or a private landowner. (b) The commission…

State-owned land and water may be established as a recreation river corridor only by the legislature.

Subject to valid existing rights, the state-owned land and water and all land and water acquired by the state in the future, including shore and submerged land that lies within the following described parcels, are established as recreation rivers and reserved as special purpose a…

Article 3. Recreational Mining Areas. In AS 41.23.400 — 41.23.510, “recreation river corridor” means the uplands within a recreation river established under AS 41.23.500.

The purpose of AS 41.23.600 — 41.23.620 is to establish the area described in AS 41.23.620 as the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area. The Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area is established to provide for a public recreational mining area to permit public recreational activ…

(a) The commissioner is responsible for the management of the surface and subsurface estate within the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area necessary to carry out the purposes of AS 41.23.600. The commissioner shall adopt and may revise a management plan and shall adopt regulat…

The vacant and unappropriated state-owned land and water and the state land and water acquired in the future that lie within 100 feet of either ordinary high water or mean high tide of the banks of the creeks or rivers described in this section are designated as the Caribou Creek…

(a) The purpose of this section is to establish the area described in (f) of this section as the Petersville Recreational Mining Area. The Petersville Recreational Mining Area is established to provide for a public recreational mining area to permit public recreational activities…