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Alaska Statutes.

Title 16. Fish and Game

Chapter 20. Conservation and Protection of Alaska Fish and Game

Section 36. Susitna Flats State Game Refuge.

AS 16.20.036. Susitna Flats State Game Refuge.

(a) The following state-owned land, including tide and submerged land, and all land, including tide and submerged land, acquired in the future by the state lying within the parcels described in this subsection is established as the Susitna Flats State Game Refuge:

(1) Township 13 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian

Section: 6;

(2) Township 13 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian

Sections: 1 - 10;

(3) Township 13 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian

Sections: 1 - 18;

(4) Township 13 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian

Sections: 1 - 18;

(5) Township 13 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian

Sections: 1 - 24;

(6) Township 13 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian

Sections: 1 - 36;

(7) Township 13 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian

Sections: 13, 23 - 26, 36 (excluding uplands above the toe of the bluff);

(8) Township 14 North, Range 4 West, Seward Meridian

Sections: Lots 1 - 6, SE 1/4 NW 1/4, W 1/2 NE 1/4 NW 1/4, SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4, NE 1/4 SW 1/4, NW 1/4 SE 1/4, SE 1/4 SE 1/4, W 1/2 SW 1/4 NE 1/4, SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4, S 1/2 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 of Section 31;

(9) Township 14 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian

Sections: W 1/2 1, 2 - 11, W 1/2 12, 13 - 36;

(10) Township 14 North, Ranges 6 - 9 West, Seward Meridian

Sections: All;

(11) Township 14 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian

Sections: 12 - 14, 22 - 27, 34 - 36;

(12) Township 15 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian

Sections: 3 - 10, 15 - 22, SW 1/4 26, 27 - 35, SW 1/4 36;

(13) Township 15 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian

Sections: All;

(14) Township 15 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian

Sections: 1 - 4, E 1/2 5, 7 - 36;

(15) Township 15 North, Range 8 West, Seward Meridian

Sections: 1, 2, 8 - 36;

(16) Township 15 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian

Sections: 23 - 28, 32 - 36;

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

Sections: 19 - 22, 27 - 34;

(18) Township 16 North, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian

Sections: 21 - 28, 31 - 36;

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

Sections: 22 - 27, 34 - 36.

(b) The Susitna Flats State Game Refuge is established to protect the following:

(1) fish and wildlife habitat and populations, particularly waterfowl nesting, feeding, and migration areas; moose calving areas; spring and fall bear feeding areas; salmon spawning and rearing habitats;

(2) public uses of fish and wildlife and their habitat, particularly waterfowl, moose, and bear hunting; viewing; photography; and general public recreation in a high quality environment.

(c) Entry upon the Susitna Flats State Game Refuge for purposes of exploration and development of oil and gas resources shall be permitted when compatible with the purposes specified in (b) of this section; however, all existing leases shall be valid and continue in full force and effect according to their terms.

(d) Land selected by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough within the area described in (a) of this section shall be included in the Susitna Flats State Game Refuge, subject to borough approval. If the borough relinquishes the selection of the land, the selected land becomes part of the Susitna Flats State Game Refuge.

(e) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within state-owned land specified in (a) of this section for inclusion in the Susitna Flats State Game Refuge. The Department of Natural Resources may adopt, in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), zoning regulations governing privately owned land within the Susitna Flats State Game Refuge, only to the extent that these regulations may insure compatibility with the intended use of the refuge.

(f) Egress and ingress to and from private property within the parcels described in (a) of this section shall be allowed through access corridors established through agreement between the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Fish and Game, and the private property owners involved. The establishment of a refuge under this section does not impair or alter existing rights of access to set net site leases.

(g) The establishment of a refuge under this section does not impair or alter existing rights of a municipality to state land selected under former AS 29.18.190 - 29.18.200.

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