Sec. 41.23.286. Jonesville Public Use Area.
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 uses compatible with their primary function as public use land, […]
Sec. 41.23.288. Enforcement authority.
(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 or another person authorized by the commissioner; (2) a […]
Sec. 41.23.289. Penalty.
(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 under (a) of this section that allow the disposition of a citation […]
Sec. 41.23.400. Purposes.
(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 primary purpose for the […]
Sec. 41.23.410. Compatible activities.
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-terrain vehicles, motorized transportation, and transportation by animal; (2) the sale and harvest […]
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, […]