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Alaska Statutes.

Title 16. Fish and Game

Chapter 20. Protection of Fish and Game; Refuges, Sanctuaries, Range Areas, and Habitat Areas

Section 39. Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.

AS 16.20.039. Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.

   (a) The following state-owned land and water is established as the Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge:
        (1) commencing at the Section Corner on the Fairbanks Base Line common to Sections 33 and 34, Township 1 North, Range 1 West, Fairbanks Meridian, Point of Beginning, thence East along the Fairbanks Base Line 4703.30 feet, thence South 0 degrees 00 minutes 16 seconds West 235.67 feet to the south bank of a tributary of Isabella Creek, thence along the south bank of the tributary to Isabella Creek North 70 degrees 59 minutes 51 seconds West 525.44 feet, continuing North 88 degrees 22 minutes 22 seconds West 85.48 feet to the confluence with the south bank of Isabella Creek, thence along the south bank of Isabella Creek South 85 degrees 27 minutes 47 seconds West 209.43 feet, continuing South 68 degrees 10 minutes 59 seconds West 220.04 feet, continuing South 65 degrees 19 minutes 35 seconds West 434.66 feet to the northwestern boundary to Tract No. 5 of instrument number 60-4556 (Plat, recorded June 21, 1960) in the Fairbanks Recorder's Office, thence South 53 degrees 52 minutes 05 seconds West 1228.34 feet along the westerly boundary of the Subdivision of Tract No. 5 from the Charles Creamer Property, thence South 35 degrees 00 minutes 05 seconds West 300.08 feet to the northerly boundary of Lemeta Subdivision, thence along the north boundary of the Lemeta Subdivision North 89 degrees 52 minutes 58 seconds West 646.40 feet to the northern College Road right-of-way, thence along the north edge of the College Road right-of-way North 71 degrees 53 minutes 31 seconds West 688.05 feet, thence North 18 degrees 21 minutes 30 seconds East 12 feet, continuing on a 2 degree 17 minute 26 second curve to the right 415.49 feet, continuing North 62 degrees 07 minutes 30 seconds West 275.16 feet, thence North 27 degrees 52 minutes 30 seconds East 10.00 feet, continuing on a 2 degree 26 minute 29 second curve to the left 473.08 feet, thence leaving the College Road right-of-way North 0 degrees 03 minutes East 611.23 feet to the Fairbanks Base Line, thence North 89 degrees 56 minutes 34 seconds East along the Fairbanks Base Line 200.03 feet to the Section Corner common to Sections 33 and 34 on the Fairbanks Base Line and the Point of Beginning, containing 83.7 acres, more or less;
        (2) the W1/2SW1/4 and the SE1/4SW1/4 of Section 27; the S1/2 of Section 28; the portions of the S1/2SE1/4 lying southerly of the Farmers Loop Road right-of-way and the SE1/4SE1/4NE1/4SE1/4 of Section 29; all of Section 34; and the W1/2 and the W1/2E1/2 of Section 35, all in Township 1 North, Range 1 West, Fairbanks Meridian;
        (3) Tract B-2 and Tract C of Alaska State Land Survey No. 83-62 in Section 33, Township 1 North, Range 1 West, Fairbanks Meridian, according to Plat No. 83-272 as filed in the Fairbanks Recording District on December 20, 1983, and as modified by the public utility easement vacation plat filed in the Fairbanks Recording District on February 22, 1985, as Plat No. 85-27;
        (4) the SW1/4SW1/4 of Section 26 in Township 1 North, Range 1 West, Fairbanks Meridian (also known as a portion of Tax Lot 2600);
        (5) the SE1/4 of Section 27 in Township 1 North, Range 1 West, Fairbanks Meridian excepting therefrom:
             (A) all that portion lying within Air Park Subdivision according to the plat filed November 20, 1978, as Plat No. 78-206 Fairbanks Recording District; Replat Lot 7 Block 1 Air Park Subdivision and Air Park Subdivision First Addition according to the plat filed April 2, 1979, as Plat No. 79-56 Fairbanks Recording District; Air Park Second Addition, according to the plat filed November 26, 1979, as Plat No. 79-264 and amended plat filed May 15, 1980, as Plat No. 80-86 Fairbanks Recording District; Air Park Subdivision Third Addition according to the plat filed June 14, 1993, as Plat No. 93-160 Fairbanks Recording District; and
             (B) the West 240 feet as conveyed to Sherman Field Airstrip Owner's Association, Inc., by Bargain and Sale Deed recorded January 19, 1989, in Book 606, Page 586, Fairbanks Recording District;
        (6) the portions of the E1/2SW1/4SE1/4NW1/4, W1/2SE1/4SE1/4NW1/4, E1/2NW1/4SE1/4NW1/4, and W1/2NE1/4SE1/4NW1/4 lying southerly of Farmers Loop Road right-of-way, according to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Project RS-0644(13)/60384, as Plat No. 2008-89, Fairbanks Recording District, all lying within Section 28 in Township 1 North, Range 1 West, Fairbanks Meridian;
        (7) the E1/2SW1/4 and the NW1/4SW1/4 within Section 26 in Township 1 North, Range 1 West, Fairbanks Meridian.
   (b) The land and water described in (a)(1) of this section is subject to an easement for water and sewer lines given to the City of Fairbanks, along a portion of the southern boundary of the tract, more particularly described as follows: commencing at the Section Corner on the Fairbanks Base Line common to Sections 33 and 34, T1N R1W Fairbanks Meridian, thence N89° 55´ W 200.01´, thence S0° 03´ W 611.23´, thence easterly on a 2° 26´ 29´´ curve to the right a distance of approximately 201´ to the intersection with the section line common to Sections 3 and 4 T1S R1W Fairbanks Meridian, and the start of the easement, the easement being 20´ wide entirely to the left of the line being now described: continue easterly on a 2° 26´ 29´´ curve to the right 272´, thence S27° 52´ 30´´W 10´, thence S62° 07´ 30´´E 275.16´, thence on a 2° 17´ 26´´ curve to the left 402.96´, thence N11° 01´E 75.62´, thence S71° 38´ 30´´E 965.11´, thence S89° 52´ 58´´ E approximately 378.00´ to the end of the easement, being a point of the boundary of the land and water described in (a)(1) of this section.
   (c) The Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge is established to provide the following:
        (1) protection and enhancement of habitat for migratory birds with special emphasis on waterfowl;
        (2) opportunity to view, photograph, and study various species of plants, wildlife and geological features typical to interior Alaska.
   (d) The department shall develop a management plan for the land described in (a) of this section to promote the purposes described in (c) of this section. Recreational and agricultural activity is expressly permitted within the land described in (a) of this section if consistent with the management plan adopted by the department.