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Alaska Statutes.
Title 41. Public Resources
Chapter 23. Multiple Use Management of Public Resources
Section 500. Establishment of Recreation Rivers and Recreation River Corridors.
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AS 41.23.500. Establishment of Recreation Rivers and Recreation River Corridors.

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 areas under art. VIII, sec. 7, Constitution of the State of Alaska and shall be retained by the state and be managed under AS 41.23.400 - 41.23.510;

(1) Alexander Creek State Recreation River

(A) Township 16 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian

Sections 6 - 7

Sections 18 - 19

(B) Township 17 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian

Section 6: Otter Lake, Weenie Lake, and the remaining state-owned land in the SW1/4

Section 7: Otter Lake and Tracts F-2 and F-3 of ASLS 79-147

Section 18: S1/2, W1/2NW1/4

Section 19

Sections 30 - 31

Section 32: W1/2

(C) Township 17 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian

Section 1

Section 2: E1/2, N1/2NW1/4

Section 3: N1/2N1/2

Section 4: N1/2, N1/2SE1/4

Section 11: NE1/4, E1/2SE1/4

Section 12

Section 13: E1/2, E1/2NW1/4

Section 24: NE1/4, E1/2SE1/4

(D) Township 18 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian

Section 4: W1/2

Section 5

Section 6: NE1/4

Section 8: N1/2, SE1/4

Section 9

Section 10: SW1/4

Section 14: W1/2SW1/4, SE1/4SW1/4

Section 15: W1/2, SE1/4, S1/2NE1/4

Section 16: N1/2, SE1/4

Section 22: N1/2, N1/2S1/2, S1/2SE1/4

Section 23: W1/2, W1/2SE1/4

Section 26: W1/2, W1/2E1/2, E1/2SE1/4

Section 27: E1/2NE1/4

Section 33: SW1/4, S1/2SE1/4

Section 34: S1/2S1/2

Section 35

Section 36: W1/2

(E) Township 19 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian

Section 19: W1/2, W1/2E1/2

Section 29: W1/2W1/2

Section 30

Section 31: E1/2, E1/2W1/2

Section 32

(F) Township 19 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian

Sections 3 - 4

Sections 9 - 10

Section 13: S1/2

Section 14: S1/2

Sections 15 - 16

Section 22: N1/2

Section 23: N1/2

Section 24;

(2) Kroto Creek and Moose Creek State Recreation River

(A) Township 19 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian

Section 2: SW1/4

Section 3

Section 10: E1/2

Section 11

Section 14

Section 15: E1/2E1/2

Section 22: E1/2E1/2

Section 23

Section 25: that portion west of the easternmost bank of the Susitna River

Section 26

Section 27: E1/2E1/2

Section 34: NE1/4NE1/4

Section 35

Section 36: that portion west of the easternmost bank of the Susitna River

(B) Township 20 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian

Section 4

Section 5: E1/2

Section 8: NE1/4, E1/2SE1/4

Section 9

Section 15: W1/2

Section 16

Section 21: E1/2, N1/2NW1/4, SE1/4NW1/4

Section 22: NW1/4, S1/2

Section 27

Section 34

(C) Township 21 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian

Section 3

Section 9: E1/2SE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4

Section 10

Section 15: W1/2, W1/2NE1/4

Section 16

Section 20: E1/2

Section 21

Section 28

Section 29: E1/2

Section 32: E1/2E1/2, NW1/4NE1/4

Section 33

Section 34: SW1/4

(D) Township 22 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian

Sections 4 - 5

Section 6: E1/2, E1/2W1/2

Sections 7 - 9

Sections 16 - 18

Sections 20 - 21

Section 27

Section 28: N1/2, SE1/4, E1/2SW1/4

Section 29: E1/2NE1/4

Section 33: N1/2NE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4

Section 34

(E) Township 23 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian

Section 4

Section 7: W1/2

Section 9

Section 16

Section 17: SW1/4SW1/4

Sections 18 - 19

Section 20: W1/2NW1/4

Section 21

Section 28

Sections 30 - 31

Section 32: S1/2

Section 33

(F) Township 23 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian

Section 1

Section 2: E1/2

Sections 12 - 13

Section 24

Section 25: N1/2, SE1/4

Section 36: N1/2NE1/4

(G) Township 24 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian

Section 4: W1/2

Section 5

Section 6: NE1/4, E1/2SE1/4

Section 8: N1/2, SE1/4, E1/2SW1/4

Section 9

Section 15: SW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4

Section 16

Section 17: NE1/4, N1/2SE1/4

Section 21: E1/2, SE1/4SW1/4

Section 22: NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4

Section 28: E1/2W1/2, E1/2

Section 33

(H) Township 24 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian

Section 6: S1/2, NW1/4

Section 7

Section 8: S1/2SW1/4

Section 16: W1/2, W1/2E1/2

Section 17

Section 18: N1/2N1/2, SE1/4NW1/4, S1/2NE1/4, N1/2SE1/4, SE1/4SE1/4

Section 19: NE1/4NE1/4

Section 20: N1/2

Section 21: W1/2, SE1/4, W1/2NE1/4

Section 27

Section 28: E1/2

Section 33: NE1/4NE1/4

Section 34: E1/2, E1/2W1/2, NW1/4NW1/4

Section 35: W1/2, SE1/4, S1/2NE1/4

Section 36: SW1/4

(I) Township 24 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian

Section 1: E1/2

Section 12: NE1/4, E1/2SE1/4

Section 13: NE1/4NE1/4

(J) Township 25 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian

Section 5

Section 8

Section 17

Section 18: SE1/4

Section 19: E1/2, E1/2W1/2

Section 20: W1/2W1/2

Section 29: W1/2W1/2

Section 30: E1/2, E1/2W1/2

Section 31: E1/2

Section 32: W1/2W1/2, SE1/4SW1/4

(K) Township 25 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian

Section 5

Section 6: SE1/4, S1/2NE1/4

Section 7: E1/2, SW1/4, E1/2NW1/4

Section 8: NW1/4, W1/2SW1/4

Sections 18 - 19

Sections 30 - 31

(L) Township 25 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian

Section 13: E1/2SE1/4

Section 24: E1/2NE1/4

(M) Township 26 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian

Section 5

Section 8

Section 17: N1/2, SE1/4, N1/2SW1/4, SE1/4SW1/4

Section 19: SE1/4

Section 20: E1/2, SW1/4, S1/2NW1/4, NE1/4NW1/4

Section 29: E1/2, NW1/4

Section 30: S1/2, NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4

Section 31: E1/2NE1/4, that portion of NW1/4NE1/4 within retained easement (50' each side of MHWM)

Section 32: Land within 150' of MHWM

(N) Township 26 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian

Section 4: W1/2

Section 5: E1/2, S1/2SW1/4

Section 7: SE1/4

Section 8

Section 9: NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4

Section 17

Section 18: E1/2

Section 19

Section 20: W1/2

Section 29: S1/2, NW1/4

Section 30

Section 31: NE1/4

Section 32

(O) Township 27 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian

Section 4

Section 5: E1/2

Section 8: E1/2

Section 9

Section 16

Section 17: E1/2

Section 20: E1/2

Section 21

Section 28: W1/2

Section 29: E1/2

Section 32: E1/2

Section 33: W1/2

(P) Township 27 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian

Section 7

Section 8: S1/2, NW1/4

Section 9: W1/2

Section 16

Section 17: N1/2, SE1/4

Section 20: E1/2

Section 21

Section 28: N1/2, SW1/4

Section 29: E1/2

Section 32: E1/2

Section 33: W1/2

(Q) Township 27 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian

Section 12: NE1/4

(R) Township 28 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian

Section 32: S1/2SE1/4

Section 33: S1/2S1/2;

(3) Lake Creek State Recreation River

(A) Township 21 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian

Section 3

Section 4: Excluding Tracts A, B, C and D

Section 9: N1/2 Excluding Tracts A and B

Section 10

Section 15

(B) Township 22 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian

Section 4: NW1/4, S1/2

Section 5: N1/2, E1/2SE1/4

Section 9: N1/2, SE1/4, E1/2SW1/4

Section 10: W1/2SW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4

Section 15: W1/2

Section 16: E1/2, E1/2W1/2

Section 21: E1/2

Section 22: W1/2

Section 27: W1/2, W1/2SE1/4

Section 28: E1/2

Section 34

(C) Township 23 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian

Section 3: W1/2W1/2

Section 4

Section 5: E1/2, E1/2SW1/4

Section 7: SE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4, E1/2SW1/4

Section 8: S1/2, NE1/4, S1/2NW1/4, NE1/4NW1/4

Section 9: N1/2NW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4

Section 17: W1/2, W1/2E1/2

Section 18: E1/2

Section 19: N1/2, SE1/4, E1/2SW1/4

Section 20: W1/2, SE1/4, S1/2NE1/4, NW1/4NE1/4

Section 29

Section 30: NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, SE1/4

Section 32

Section 33: S1/2SW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4

(D) Township 24 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian

Section 28: S1/2SW1/4, SW1/4SE1/4

Section 29: NW1/4, S1/2

Section 30

Section 31: N1/2

Section 32: NW1/4, E1/2

Section 33

Section 34: SW1/4SW1/4

(E) Township 24 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian

Section 3

Section 4: E1/2

Section 10

Section 11: W1/2, W1/2SE1/4, SW1/4NE1/4

Section 13: W1/2W1/2

Section 14

Section 15: NE1/4

Section 23: N1/2, SE1/4

Section 24: W1/2, S1/2SE1/4, NW1/4SE1/4

Section 25

Section 36: NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4

(F) Township 25 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian

Sections 6 - 7

Section 8: S1/2, NW1/4

Section 16: W1/2

Section 17

Section 18: E1/2

Section 20: SE1/4, N1/2

Section 21

Section 22: W1/2

Section 25: SW1/4

Section 26: S1/2

Section 27

Section 28: E1/2, NW1/4

Sections 34 - 35

Section 36: W1/2

(G) Township 25 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian

Section 1: E1/2

(H) Township 26 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian

Section 31

(I) Township 26 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian

Sections 3 - 4

Section 9: E1/2

Section 10

Section 14: W1/2

Section 15

Section 22: E1/2, E1/2NW1/4

Section 23

Section 25: S1/2, NW1/4

Section 26

Section 27: NE1/4

Section 35: NE1/4

Section 36

(J) Township 27 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian

Section 6: SW1/4

Section 7

Section 8: SW1/4

Sections 17 - 18

Section 19: N1/2, SE1/4

Section 20

Section 21: SW1/4

Sections 28 - 29

Section 30: NE1/4

Section 32: E1/2

Section 33

Section 34: W1/2

(K) Township 27 North, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian

Sections 1 - 3

Section 10: N1/2, SE1/4

Sections 11 - 14

Section 15: NE1/4

Section 23: NE1/4

Section 24: N1/2

(L) Township 28 North, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian

Sections 1 - 5

Sections 8 - 12

Sections 13 - 17

Sections 21 - 24

Sections 25 - 28

Sections 33 - 36;

(4) Little Susitna State Recreation River: the water column of the main stream of the Little Susitna River from mean high water mark to mean high water mark, from the point at which the river crosses the section line dividing Sections 23 and 26 in Township 19 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian downstream to the point at which the river crosses the section line between Sections 15 and 22 in Township 16 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian; the water column of Lake Creek from mean high water mark to mean high water mark, from the point at which the creek crosses the section line dividing Sections 10 and 11, Township 18 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian downstream to the confluence with the Little Susitna River; and

(A) Township 16 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian

Section 3

Section 4: E1/2NE1/4

Section 10: E1/2, E1/2W1/2

Section 15: E1/2, E1/2W1/2

(B) Township 17 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian

Section 4

Section 6: SW1/4

Section 7: W1/2, S1/2SW1/4

Section 8: E1/2, S1/2SW1/4

Section 17: NW1/4

Section 18: N1/2, N1/2SW1/4

(C) Township 17 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian

Sections 12 - 15

Section 22

Section 23: N1/2N1/2, SW1/4NW1/4, W1/2SW1/4

Section 26: W1/2W1/2

Section 27

Section 34

(D) Township 18 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian

Section 8: NW1/4, SW1/4NE1/4, S1/2NE1/4NE1/4

(E) Township 18 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian

Section 15: N1/2NE1/4

Section 16: NW1/4, N1/2NE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4

(F) Township 18 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian

Section 15: NW1/4, N1/2NE1/4, NW1/4SW1/4

Section 16: S1/2

Section 17: S1/2

Section 19: NW1/4, W1/2NE1/4, E1/2SW1/4

(G) Township 18 North, Range 3 West, Seward Meridian

Section 19

Section 20: SW1/4, W1/2SE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4, W1/2NW1/4

Section 28: N1/2NW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4

Section 29: NE1/4

Section 30

(H) Township 18 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian

Section 11: SW1/4, SW1/4SE1/4, SW1/4NW1/4

Section 13: S1/2, SW1/4NE1/4

Section 14

Section 24

Section 25: N1/2

Section 26

Section 27: S1/2

Section 33: S1/2, S1/2NE1/4

Section 34

Section 35: NW1/4, W1/2NE1/4;

(5) Talachulitna State Recreation River

(A) Township 16 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian

Section 6: W1/2

Section 7: NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4

(B) Township 16 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian

Section 1: E1/2, SW1/4

Section 2: S1/2, NW1/4

Section 3

Section 11: N1/2, N1/2S1/2

Section 12: N1/2, N1/2S1/2

(C) Township 17 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian

Section 6: W1/2, W1/2SE1/4

Section 7

Sections 18 - 19

Sections 30 - 31

(D) Township 17 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian

Section 1: E1/2E1/2

Section 3: W1/2

Sections 4 - 5

Section 6: S1/2

Sections 7 - 8

Section 9: N1/2, SE1/4

Section 10

Section 14: W1/2

Section 15

Section 17: NW1/4

Section 18: N1/2, SW1/4

Section 19: NW1/4NW1/4

Section 22

Section 23: W1/2

Section 25: E1/2E1/2

Section 26: W1/2

Section 27

Section 34

Section 35: W1/2

(E) Township 17 North, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian

Section 7: S1/2

Section 12: S1/2

Section 13

Section 14: S1/2

Section 15: S1/2

Section 16: S1/2

Sections 17 - 18

Section 20: E1/2

Sections 21 - 23

Section 24: N1/2, N1/2S1/2

(F) Township 17 North, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian

Section 9: S1/2

Section 10: S1/2

Section 11: S1/2

Section 12: S1/2

Sections 13 - 16

Section 24: N1/2

(G) Township 18 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian

Section 18: SW1/4SW1/4

Section 19: NW1/4, S1/2NE1/4, E1/2SW1/4, SE1/4

Section 20: S1/2, NE1/4

Section 21

Section 22: W1/2W1/2

Section 26: W1/2SW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4

Section 27: S1/2, S1/2N1/2

Sections 28 - 29

Section 30: E1/2, E1/2W1/2

Section 31: NE1/4, S1/2NW1/4, NE1/4NW1/4, SW1/4, W1/2SE1/4

Section 33: NE1/4NE1/4

Section 34: N1/2NW1/4

(H) Township 18 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian

Section 6: W1/2, W1/2E1/2, E1/2SE1/4

Section 7

Section 11: E1/2SE1/4

Section 12: SW1/4SW1/4

Section 13: NW1/4, E1/2SW1/4, SE1/4

Section 16: SW1/4

Sections 17 - 18

Section 19: NE1/4

Section 20: N1/2, SE1/4

Section 21: W1/2

Section 24: E1/2NE1/4

Section 28

Section 29: E1/2

Section 32: E1/2

Section 33

Section 36: E1/2SE1/4SE1/4SE1/4

(I) Township 18 North, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian

Sections 1 - 2

Section 12: N1/2, SE1/4

(J) Township 19 North, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian

Section 3: N1/2, SW1/4

Section 4: E1/2E1/2, W1/2SE1/4, SE1/4SW1/4

Section 9: E1/2, SW1/4, E1/2NW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4

Section 10: NW1/4

Section 15: W1/2SW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4

Section 16

Section 21

Section 22: W1/2W1/2, E1/2SW1/4, SW1/4SE1/4

Sections 27 - 28

Section 34

Section 35: S1/2, NW1/4

(K) Township 20 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian

Section 18: W1/2

Section 19: W1/2

(L) Township 20 North, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian

Section 1

Section 2: N1/2

Section 11: E1/2

Sections 12 - 13

Section 14: E1/2

Sections 23 - 24

Section 25: N1/2

Section 26

Section 27: E1/2

Section 34: S1/2, NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4

Section 35: NW1/4

(M) Township 21 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian

Section 31: W1/2

(N) Township 21 North, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian

Section 25: SW1/4, SW1/4SE1/4

Section 26: E1/2SE1/4, SW1/4SE1/4

Section 35: E1/2, SW1/4

Section 36;

(6) Talkeetna State Recreation River: the water column of the Talkeetna River from mean high water mark to mean high water mark from the point at which it crosses the line dividing Townships 28 and 29 North, Seward Meridian, downstream to its confluence with the Susitna River; the water column of Chunilna Creek from mean high water mark to mean high water mark from the point at which it crosses the line dividing Townships 27 and 28 North, Seward Meridian, downstream to its confluence with the Talkeetna River; and

(A) Township 26 North, Range 3 West, Seward Meridian

Sections 1 - 2: north of the left bank of the Sheep River

Section 3: all land north of the left bank of the Talkeetna River and Tract B of ASLS 81 - 196

Section 4: all land north of the left bank of the Talkeetna River and Tract A of ASLS 81 - 196

Section 5: all land north of the left bank of the Talkeetna River and Tract C of ASLS 80 - 94

Section 6: all land north of the left bank of the Talkeetna River and Tract A of ASLS 80 - 84

(B) Township 26 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian

Sections 1 - 3: exclusive of ASLS 79 - 149

Section 4: E1/2, SW1/4 exclusive of ASLS 79 - 149

Section 7: S1/2

Section 8: S1/2 exclusive of ASLS 79 - 149

Section 9: E1/2, E1/2W1/2

Section 17: that portion north of the left bank of the Talkeetna River

Section 18: exclusive of DOT 200642

(C) Township 26 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian

Section 12: E1/2SE1/4

Section 13: E1/2, E1/2SW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4

Section 23: that portion northeast of the left bank of the Susitna River

Section 24: that portion east of the left bank of the Susitna River and west of the right bank of the main channel of the Talkeetna River (that channel of the river that runs diagonally through the NE1/4 and SW1/4 of Sec. 24)

(D) Township 27 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian

Section 1

Section 2: S1/2, NE1/4, S1/2NW1/4

Section 3: SW1/2, S1/2N1/2

Section 4: SE1/4

Sections 7 - 10

Section 11: N1/2

Section 12: NW1/4

Section 15: NW1/4

Section 16: N1/2

Section 17: N1/2

Section 18: N1/2

(E) Township 27 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian

Section 2: SW1/4

Section 3: S1/2

Section 4: S1/2

Section 5: SE1/4, E1/2SW1/4

Section 7: SE1/4

Sections 8 - 12

Section 13: N1/2

Section 14: N1/2NE1/4

Section 17

Section 18: E1/2, SW1/4

Section 19

Section 20: N1/2, SW1/4

Section 30: W1/2

(F) Township 27 North, Range 3 West, Seward Meridian

Section 24: E1/2

Section 25

Section 26: SE1/4

Section 31: S1/2

Section 32: S1/2 exclusive of ASLS 79 - 149

Section 33: S1/2S1/2 exclusive of ASLS 79 - 149

Section 34: S1/2S1/2 exclusive of ASLS 79 - 149 and ASLS 76-138

Sections 35 - 36

(G) Township 27 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian

Section 36: S1/2SE1/4 exclusive of ASLS 74 - 77 and ASLS 74 - 78

(H) Township 27 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian

Section 5: NW1/4

Section 6

(I) Township 28 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian

Section 36: SE1/4SE1/4

(J) Township 28 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian

Section 2

Section 3: SE1/4

Section 9: SE1/4

Section 10

Section 11: NW1/4, W1/2NE1/4, W1/2SW1/4

Section 15: N1/2, SW1/4

Section 16: E1/2SW1/4

Section 20: SE1/4

Section 21

Section 22: NW1/4

Section 28: N1/2, SW1/4

Section 29: E1/2, SW1/4, SE1/4NW1/4

Section 31: SW1/4, E1/2

Section 32

Section 33: NW1/4.

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