The purpose of AS 41.21.500 – 41.21.514 is (1) to designate as a unit of the state park system under this chapter the land and water described in AS 41.21.502(a); (2) to protect and perpetuate the fishery and wildlife resources and habitat in the unit and adjacent area; and (3) to manage recreational uses and […]
(a) The surface estate in the land and water presently owned by the state and all land and water acquired by the state in the future, including shore, tide, and submerged land, lying within the parcels described in this section is designated as the Kenai River Special Management Area: (1) the Kenai River at the […]
(a) The land and water described in AS 41.21.502(a) is assigned to the department for control, maintenance, and development consistent with the purposes of AS 41.21.500 – 41.21.514. (b) Nothing in AS 41.21.500 – 41.21.514 affects the applicability of (1) AS 41.99.010 and AS 16 regarding the responsibilities of the Department of Fish and Game […]
(a) The commissioner shall develop and adopt a comprehensive management plan for the Kenai River Special Management Area in consultation with the Kenai Peninsula Borough. The plan may include the land adjacent to the rivers described in AS 41.21.502(a)(1) – (3) whether the land is owned by the state or privately owned and may include […]
(a) The commissioner may acquire title to or an interest in land or improvements on land that is adjacent to or within the boundaries of the Kenai River Special Management Area in the name of the state in order to achieve the purposes of AS 41.21.500 – 41.21.514, by lease, purchase, exchange under AS 38.50, […]
(a) In developing and implementing the management plan required by AS 41.21.506(a), the commissioner shall appoint an advisory board. The commissioner and the advisory board shall jointly hold public meetings during development of the management plan in the areas affected. The commissioner shall consult with and solicit recommendations from the advisory board and from federal […]
The commissioner may enter into cooperative management agreements with a federal agency, a municipality, another state agency, or a private landowner to achieve the purposes of AS 41.21.500 – 41.21.514.
In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the attorney general may seek an injunction and damages at the request of the commissioner for a violation of a regulation adopted under AS 41.21.500 – 41.21.514 or a regulation that is applicable to the Kenai River Special Management Area established under AS 41.21.502.
The present and future state-owned land and water within the parcels described in this section, are designated as the Business Park Wetlands Special Management Area. The special management area is established to protect and preserve this land and water for its unique and exceptional fishery and wildlife resources and habitat and recreational and scenic resource […]
(a) The commissioner may designate by regulation incompatible uses for the state-owned land and water within the Business Park Wetlands Special Management Area in accordance with the requirements of AS 41.21.518 – 41.21.522. (b) In designating incompatible uses by regulation under (a) of this section, the commissioner shall consult with the public, the Business Park […]
The commissioner may acquire by gift or purchase in the name of the state title to or interest in real property within the Business Park Wetlands Special Management Area. The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land for inclusion in the Business Park Wetlands Special Management Area.
