Alaska2026Passed Legislature

SB188

Expanding the Tanana Valley State Forest

Last scannedSep 10, 2026, 12:32 AM

In one sentence

This law adds specific state-owned land parcels near Fairbanks to the Tanana Valley State Forest.

Changes Alaska Statute 41.17.400(d) by repealing and reenacting it with new text.
Adds a list of townships, sections, and land tracts in Township Ranges 2 East through 13 West to the forest boundaries.
Includes state-owned or acquired land within these described parcels.
Excludes specific small plots from some sections that are listed with ASLS, USS, USMS, or Plat numbers.
Defines parts of Sections near rivers using the ordinary high water mark as a boundary.

The text lists many legal descriptions but does not explain how this change affects public use or rules.
The bill provides an effective date clause, but the source material does not state when that date is.
Some land parcels are excluded from the forest based on survey numbers without explaining why those exclusions exist.

Plain language

Township and Range: A system used to describe the location of public lands using a grid based on meridians.
Section: One square mile (640 acres) within a township, often divided into smaller parts like quarters or halves.
ASLS and USS numbers: Codes for specific land surveys that identify small plots excluded from the forest expansion.

Official record

Validated

TANANA VALLEY STATE FOREST An Act expanding the Tanana Valley State Forest; and providing for an effective date.

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