Sec. 41.23.420. General management of recreation rivers and corridors.
(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 state under AS 46.15.145 an instream flow or level for the water […]
Sec. 41.23.430. Advisory board.
(a) A 13-member Recreation Rivers Advisory Board is established. Board members serve without compensation and are not entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized by law for boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180. The governor shall appoint members representing (1) commercial fishing; (2) sport fishing; (3) sport hunting; (4) conservation; (5) subsistence; (6) forest […]
Sec. 41.23.440. Management plan.
(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 affected municipality shall consult with the public and state agencies, including the commissioner […]
Sec. 41.23.450. Management of municipal land.
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 cooperate, at the request of a municipality, in planning for municipal land adjacent […]
Sec. 41.23.240. Purpose and establishment of the Kodiak Narrow Cape Public Use Area.
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, and enhance year-round general public recreation; (2) protect, maintain, […]
Sec. 41.23.460. Acquisition of additional land.
(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 in a recreation river corridor by eminent domain.
Sec. 41.23.250. Management.
(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 commissioner shall provide a copy of the management plan and […]
Sec. 41.23.470. Application of public land laws.
(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 for personal use, including house logs […]
Sec. 41.23.260. Incompatible uses.
(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) Consistent with AS 41.23.240 – 41.23.270, the Department of Fish […]
Sec. 41.23.480. Cooperative management agreements.
(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 commissioner may transfer the management of a specific site within […]