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SB230 • 2026

REFUGES/HABITAT AREAS/PUBLIC USE AREA

An Act relating to state refuges and fish and game critical habitat areas; relating to the boundaries of the Jonesville Public Use Area; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
SENATORS RAUSCHER, Claman, Tilton
Last action
2026-07-01
Official status
CHAPTER 40 SLA 26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official status indicates an effective date of July 1, 2026, but the specific text provided does not contain a section explicitly stating this date.

Alaska State Game Refuges and Public Use Area Boundaries

This law designates specific National Wildlife Refuges as state game refuges, establishes the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge with detailed land descriptions, updates boundaries for existing areas like Izembek, and adjusts the Jonesville Public Use Area.

What This Bill Does

  • Designates listed National Wildlife Refuges as official Alaska State Game Refuges.
  • Establishes a new state game refuge called Palmer Hay Flats with specific land descriptions in townships north of Anchorage.
  • Updates legal land descriptions for the Izembek Refuge by adding and removing specific sections of tide and submerged land.
  • Adjusts the boundaries of the Jonesville Public Use Area.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Alaska Board of Game
  • Land managers for state refuges and public use areas

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill text lists specific legal descriptions but does not explain the reasons for changing these boundaries.
  • Some sections in the bill show conflicting numbers inside brackets that indicate corrections to previous laws, which may be confusing without seeing the full history.

Bill History

  1. 2026-07-01 3133

    (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

  2. 2026-07-01 3132

    (S) SIGNED INTO LAW 6/24 CHAPTER 40 SLA 26

  3. 2026-06-17 3002

    (S) 12:15 P.M. 6/16/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR

  4. 2026-05-16 2681

    (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  5. 2026-05-16 2681

    (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y18 N- E2

  6. 2026-05-16 2681

    (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP

  7. 2026-05-15 2626

    (H) VERSION: HCS SB 230(RES)

  8. 2026-05-15 2626

    (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED

  9. 2026-05-15 2617

    (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 16

  10. 2026-05-15 2617

    (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  11. 2026-05-15 2617

    (H) PASSED Y40

  12. 2026-05-15 2617

    (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS SB 230(RES)

  13. 2026-05-15 2617

    (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC

  14. 2026-05-15 2616

    (H) RES HCS ADOPTED UC

  15. 2026-05-15 2616

    (H) READ THE SECOND TIME

  16. 2026-05-15 2616

    (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/15/2026

  17. 2026-05-04 2393

    (H) FN1: ZERO(DNR)

  18. 2026-05-04 2393

    (H) DP: FIELDS, COULOMBE, HALL, ELAM, PRAX, MEARS, DIBERT, FRIER

  19. 2026-05-04 2393

    (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 16

  20. 2026-05-04 2393

    (H) RES RPT HCS(RES) NEW TITLE 8DP

  21. 2026-05-01 Text

    (H) Moved HCS SB 230(RES) Out of Committee

  22. 2026-05-01 Text

    (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124

  23. 2026-04-20 Text

    (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 1:30 pm--

  24. 2026-04-20 Text

    (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124

  25. 2026-04-14 2167

    (H) RES

  26. 2026-04-14 2167

    (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  27. 2026-04-13 2227

    (S) VERSION: SB 230

  28. 2026-04-13 2227

    (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H)

  29. 2026-04-13 2226

    (S) COSPONSOR(S): TILTON

  30. 2026-04-13 2223

    (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  31. 2026-04-13 2222

    (S) PASSED Y20 N-

  32. 2026-04-13 2222

    (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 230

  33. 2026-04-10 2197

    (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/13 CAL

  34. 2026-04-10 2197

    (S) READ THE SECOND TIME

  35. 2026-04-10 2197

    (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/10/2026

  36. 2026-03-27 2073

    (S) FN1: ZERO(DNR)

  37. 2026-03-27 2073

    (S) NR: KAWASAKI

  38. 2026-03-27 2073

    (S) DP: GIESSEL, CLAMAN, DUNBAR, RAUSCHER, MYERS, WIELECHOWSKI

  39. 2026-03-27 2073

    (S) RES RPT CS 6DP 1NR NEW TITLE

  40. 2026-03-25 Text

    (S) Moved CSSB 230(RES) Out of Committee

  41. 2026-03-25 Text

    (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205

  42. 2026-03-18 1978

    (S) COSPONSOR(S): CLAMAN

  43. 2026-03-16 Text

    (S) Heard & Held

  44. 2026-03-16 Text

    (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205

  45. 2026-03-06 Text

    (S) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --

  46. 2026-03-06 Text

    (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205

  47. 2026-02-25 1773

    (S) FN1: ZERO(DNR)

  48. 2026-02-25 1773

    (S) DP: MERRICK, OLSON, GRAY-JACKSON, YUNDT

  49. 2026-02-25 1773

    (S) CRA RPT 4DP

  50. 2026-02-24 Text

    (S) Moved SB 230 Out of Committee

  51. 2026-02-24 Text

    (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)

  52. 2026-02-17 Text

    (S) Heard & Held

  53. 2026-02-17 Text

    (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)

  54. 2026-02-02 1586

    (S) CRA, RES

  55. 2026-02-02 1586

    (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

Official Summary Text

REFUGES/HABITAT AREAS/PUBLIC USE AREA
An Act relating to state refuges and fish and game critical habitat areas; relating to the boundaries of the Jonesville Public Use Area; and providing for an effective date.

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Enrolled SB 230
LAWS OF ALASKA

2026

Source Chapter No.
HCS SB 230(RES) _______

AN ACT

Relating to state refuges and fish and game critical habitat areas; relating to the boundaries of
the Jonesville Public Use Area; and providing for an effective date.

_______________

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

THE ACT FOLLOWS ON PAGE 1

-1- Enrolled SB 230

AN ACT

Relating to state refuges and fish and game critical habitat areas; relating to the boundaries of 1
the Jonesville Public Use Area; and providing for an effective date. 2
_______________ 3
* Section 1. AS 16.20.030(a) is amended to read: 4
(a) The land areas now included in the National Wildlife Refuge System that 5
are cited in this subsection are designated as state game refuges, and the board shall 6
assign them appropriate refuge names: 7
(1) Aleutian Islands Refuge (except Umnak, Unalaska, Akun, Akutan, 8
Sanak, and Tigalda Islands); 9
(2) Bering Sea Refuge (St. Matthews and Hall Islands [,] and Pinnacle 10
Islet in Bering Sea); 11
(3) Bogoslof Island Refuge; 12
(4) Chamisso Island Refuge; 13
(5) Forrester Island Refuge; 14

Enrolled SB 230 -2-
(6) Hazen Bay (Nunivakchak and Kirgegag Islands); 1
(7) Hazy Islands Refuge; 2
(8) Kenai National Moose Range; 3
(9) Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge; 4
(10) Nunivak Island Refuge; 5
(11) St. Lazaria Island Refuge; 6
(12) Semidi Islands Wildlife Refuge; 7
(13) Tuxedni Refuge (Islands in Tuxedni Harbor); 8
(14) Izembek Refuge, including the tide and submerged land described 9
as follows: 10
(A) Township 58 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian 11
Sections 1 - 4 12
Sections 9 - 13 [9 - 12] 13
(B) Township 58 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 14
Sections 1 - 12 15
Sections 16 - 17 [1 - 9 16
SECTION 16] 17
(C) Township 57 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian 18
Section 13 19
Sections 24 - 26 20
Sections 34 - 36 [35 - 36] 21
(D) Township 57 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 22
Sections 1 - 36 23
(E) Township 57 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 24
Sections 5 - 7 25
Sections 18 - 19 26
Section 30 [5 - 6] 27
(F) Township 56 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 28
Sections 1 - 6 29
Sections 10 - 11 30
(G) Township 56 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 31

-3- Enrolled SB 230
Sections 1 - 23 1
Sections 27 - 33 [27 - 32] 2
(H) Township 55 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 3
Sections 1 - 36 4
(I) Township 56 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 5
Sections 1 - 36 6
(J) Township 55 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 7
Sections 1 - 36 8
(K) Township 55 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 9
Sections 1 - 36 10
(L) Township 55 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian 11
Sections 6 - 7 12
Sections 18 - 19 13
Sections 30 - 31 14
(M) Township 56 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 15
Sections 1 - 36 16
(N) Township 54 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 17
Sections 35 - 36 18
(O) Township 54 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian 19
Section 31 [(ENTIRE TOWNSHIP)]; 20
(15) Cape Newenham National Wildlife Range, including tide and 21
submerged land in Chagvan Bay described as follows: 22
(A) Township 16 South, Range 75 West, Seward Meridian 23
Sections 1 - 2 [SECTION 1] 24
Sections 11 - 15 25
Sections 22 - 27 26
Sections 34 - 36 27
(B) Township 16 South, Range 74 West, Seward Meridian 28
Sections 5 - 9 [7 - 9] 29
Sections 17 - 19 30
Section 30; 31

Enrolled SB 230 -4-
(16) Clarence Rhodes National Wildlife Range; 1
(17) Arctic National Wildlife Range. 2
* Sec. 2. AS 16.20.030(a)(14), as amended by sec. 2, ch. 119, SLA 2010, is amended to read: 3
(14) Izembek Refuge, including the tide and submerged land described 4
as follows: 5
(A) Township 58 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian 6
Sections 1 - 4 7
Sections 9 - 13 [9 - 12] 8
(B) Township 58 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 9
Sections 1 - 12 10
Sections 16 - 17 [1 - 9 11
SECTION 16] 12
(C) Township 57 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian 13
Section 13 14
Sections 24 - 26 15
Sections 34 - 36 [35 - 36] 16
(D) Township 57 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 17
Sections 1 - 36 18
(E) Township 57 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 19
Sections 5 - 7 [5 - 6] 20
Section 12, N1/2, N1/2N1/2S1/2 21
Sections 18 - 19 22
Section 30 23
(F) Township 56 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 24
Sections 1 - 6 25
Sections 10 - 11 26
Sections 26 - 35 27
(G) Township 56 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 28
Sections 1 - 23 29
Section 25 30
Sections 27 - 33 [27 - 32] 31

-5- Enrolled SB 230
Section 36 1
(H) Township 55 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 2
Sections 1 - 36 3
(I) Township 56 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 4
Sections 1 - 36 5
(J) Township 55 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 6
Sections 1 - 36 7
(K) Township 55 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 8
Sections 1 - 36 9
(L) Township 55 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian 10
Sections 6 - 7 11
Sections 18 - 19 12
Sections 30 - 31 13
(M) Township 56 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 14
Sections 1 - 36 [(ENTIRE TOWNSHIP)] 15
(N) Township 57 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 16
Sections 1 - 6 17
(O) Township 54 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 18
Sections 35 - 36 19
(P) Township 54 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian 20
Section 31; 21
* Sec. 3. AS 16.20.030(a)(14), as amended by sec. 3, ch. 119, SLA 2010, is amended to read: 22
(14) Izembek Refuge, including the tide and submerged land described 23
as follows: 24
(A) Township 58 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian 25
Sections 1 - 4 26
Sections 9 - 13 [9 - 12] 27
(B) Township 58 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 28
Sections 1 - 12 29
Sections 16 - 17 [1 - 9 30
SECTION 16] 31

Enrolled SB 230 -6-
(C) Township 57 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian 1
Section 13 2
Sections 24 - 26 3
Sections 34 - 36 [35 - 36] 4
(D) Township 57 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 5
Sections 1 - 36 6
(E) Township 57 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 7
Sections 5 - 7 8
Sections 18 - 19 9
Section 30 [5 - 6] 10
(F) Township 56 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 11
Sections 1 - 6 12
Sections 10 - 11 13
(G) Township 56 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 14
Sections 1 - 23 15
Sections 27 - 33 [27 - 32] 16
(H) Township 55 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 17
Sections 1 - 36 18
(I) Township 56 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 19
Sections 1 - 36 20
(J) Township 55 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 21
Sections 1 - 36 22
(K) Township 55 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 23
Sections 1 - 36 24
(L) Township 55 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian 25
Sections 6 - 7 26
Sections 18 - 19 27
Sections 30 - 31 28
(M) Township 56 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 29
Sections 1 - 36 30
(N) Township 54 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 31

-7- Enrolled SB 230
Sections 35 - 36 1
(O) Township 54 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian 2
Section 31 [(ENTIRE TOWNSHIP)]; 3
* Sec. 4. AS 16.20.032(a) is amended to read: 4
(a) The following state-owned land and water is established as the Palmer Hay 5
Flats State Game Refuge: 6
(1) Township 16 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian 7
Sections 1 - 12 8
Section 13: N1/2 9
Sections 14 - 18 10
Section 20: NE1/4 11
Section 21: N1/2; 12
(2) Township 17 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian 13
Section 25 14
Section 26: S1/2, S1/2 N1/2, N1/2 NE1/4, NE1/4 NW1/4 15
Section 27: S1/2, SE1/4 NE1/4 16
Section 31: Lot 4, SE1/4, E1/2 SW1/4, SE1/4 NE1/4, S1/2 17
SW1/4, NE1/4 18
Section 32: S1/2, S1/2 NE1/4, NE1/4 NE1/4, SE1/4 NW1/4 19
Sections 33 - 36; 20
(3) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 21
Section 19: Lots 3 and 4, E1/2 SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4 22
Section 21: N1/2 SE1/4, S1/2 S1/2 23
Section 22: 24
excluding NW1/4 NW1/4 25
excluding N1/2 NE1/4 NW1/4 26
excluding NE1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4 27
excluding all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024 28
Section 25 [: LOTS 1 - 6, NW1/4, N1/2 NE1/4, N1/2 SW1/4, 29
SW1/4 SW1/4] 30
Section 26: SE1/4 NE1/4 [,] S1/2, excluding all portions of U.S. 31

Enrolled SB 230 -8-
Survey No. 9024 Matanuska TWNST (USS 1169) Block 31, 1
Lots 1 and 2 2
Section 27: Lot 1, N1/2, N1/2 S1/2, SE1/4 SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4 3
Section 28: Lots 1 - 2, N1/2, SW1/4, N1/2 SE1/4, SW1/4 SE1/4 4
Section 29: N1/2, N1/2 SW1/4, SE1/4 5
Section 30: Lots 1 - 4, E1/2, E1/2 W1/2 6
Section 31 [: LOTS 1 - 10, NE1/4 NW1/4, SW1/4 NE1/4, N1/2 7
NE1/4] 8
Section 32: Lots 3 - 7, NE1/4, SW1/4 SW1/4, NE1/4 SE1/4, 9
including all state tide and submerged land 10
Section 33: Lots 5 - 9, S1/2 SE1/4, SW1/4 NW1/4, including all 11
state tide and submerged land 12
Section 34: Lots 1 - 3, E1/2 NW1/4, SW1/4, E1/2, excluding all 13
portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024 14
Section 35: [LOTS 1 - 5, NW1/4, N1/2 SW1/4, SW1/4 SW1/4, 15
N1/2 NE1/4, SW1/4 NE1/4, NW1/4 SE1/4,] excluding all 16
portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024 17
Section 36 [: LOTS 1 - 10, SE1/4 SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4, NE1/4 18
SE1/4]; 19
(4) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 20
Sections 19 - 21: Tracts B and D, according to Plat No. 2012-21
110, Palmer Recording District; 22
(5) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 23
U.S. Survey No. 1169: Lots 1 and 2, Block 31, within Section 26; 24
(6) Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 25
Sections 4 - 9 26
Section 17: N1/2 27
Section 18: N1/2; 28
(7) Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 29
Section 2: That portion lying westerly of Lot 7 and Parcel F of 30
U.S. Survey No. 9023 31

-9- Enrolled SB 230
Section 3: That portion lying westerly of Lot 7, Lot 8, and Parcel 1
F of U.S. Survey No. 9023 2
Section 10: That portion lying westerly of Lot 4, Lot 5, and Parcel 3
C of U.S. Survey No. 9023 4
Section 15: That portion northerly of the left bank of the Knik 5
River and lying westerly of Lot 3, Lot 4, and Parcel A of U.S. 6
Survey No. 9023 7
Section 16: That portion northerly of the left bank of the Knik 8
River; 9
(8) Township 16 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian 10
Section 1: All, excluding South Hayfield Road right-of-way 11
Section 2: Lot 5 12
Section 11: Lots 1 and 3 - 6, N1/2 NE1/4 13
Section 12: Lots 1 - 4, N1/2 NW1/4, NE1/4 NE1/4; 14
(9) Township 17 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian 15
Section 36: That portion of the S1/2 S1/2 lying easterly of the 16
South Hayfield Road right-of-way. 17
* Sec. 5. AS 16.20.550 is amended to read: 18
Sec. 16.20.550. Port Moller Critical Habitat Area established. The following 19
described area is established as the Port Moller Critical Habitat Area: 20
(1) Township 50 South, Range 71 West, Seward Meridian 21
Sections 7 - 8 22
Section 14 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 23
Sections 15 - 17 24
Sections 21 - 23 25
Section 32; 26
(2) Township 51 South, Range 71 West, Seward Meridian 27
Section 3 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 28
Sections 4 - 5 29
Section 7 30
Sections 9 - 10 31

Enrolled SB 230 -10-
Sections 15 - 17; 1
(3) Township 49 South, Range 73 West, Seward Meridian 2
Sections 10 - 11 3
Section 12 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 4
Sections 13 - 16 5
Section 21 6
Section 24 7
Section 28; 8
(4) Township 51 South, Range 72 West, Seward Meridian 9
Sections 5 - 8 10
Sections 11 - 12; 11
(5) Township 50 South, Range 72 West, Seward Meridian 12
Sections 18 - 19 13
Sections 30 - 32; 14
(6) Township 50 South, Range 73 West, Seward Meridian 15
Sections 7 - 13 16
Sections 14 - 17 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 17
Section 18; 18
(7) Township 50 South, Range 74 West, Seward Meridian 19
Sections 5 - 7 20
Section 8 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 21
Sections 9 - 13 22
Sections 14 - 16 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 23
Sections 17 - 18 24
Section 20; 25
(8) Township 50 South, Range 75 West, Seward Meridian 26
Section 1 27
Sections 6 - 7 28
Section 12; 29
(9) Township 49 South, Range 75 West, Seward Meridian 30
Section 3 31

-11- Enrolled SB 230
Sections 4 - 6 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 1
Sections 7 - 11 2
Sections 14 - 16 3
Sections 21 - 32; 4
(10) Township 48 South, Range 74 [75] West, Seward Meridian 5
Sections 15 - 18 6
Section 22 7
Sections 29 - 30 8
Section 31 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 9
Section 32; 10
(11) Township 48 South, Range 75 [76] West, Seward Meridian 11
Sections 13 - 17 12
Sections 19 - 23 13
Sections 25 - 27 14
Sections 29 - 30 15
Sections 34 - 35 16
Section 36 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)]; 17
(12) Township 50 South, Range 76 West, Seward Meridian 18
Section 1 19
Section 3 20
Section 4 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 21
Section 9 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 22
Sections 10 - 13 23
Sections 14 - 16 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 24
Sections 21 - 23 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 25
Sections 24 - 25 26
Sections 26 - 28 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)]; 27
(13) Township 49 South, Range 76 West, Seward Meridian 28
Sections 1 - 4 29
Sections 7 - 9 30
Sections 10 - 11 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 31

Enrolled SB 230 -12-
Sections 12 - 14 1
Sections 15 - 16 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 2
Sections 17 - 18 3
Section 21 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 4
Section 22 5
Sections 28 - 29 6
Sections 33 - 34; 7
(14) Township 49 South, Range 77 West, Seward Meridian 8
Sections 1 - 2 9
Sections 4 - 5 10
Sections 7 - 12 11
Sections 13 - 18 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)]; 12
(15) Township 48 South, Range 76 [77] West, Seward Meridian 13
Sections 20 - 23 14
Sections 26 - 28; 15
(16) Township 48 South, Range 77 [78] West, Seward Meridian 16
Sections 26 - 27 17
Sections 31 - 34; 18
(17) Township 49 South, Range 78 West, Seward Meridian 19
Sections 2 - 5 20
Sections 8 - 12 21
Sections 13 - 16 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 22
Section 17. 23
* Sec. 6. AS 16.20.565 is amended to read: 24
Sec. 16.20.565. Egegik Critical Habitat Area established. The following 25
described area is established as the Egegik Critical Habitat Area: 26
(1) Township 24 South, Range 51 West, Seward Meridian 27
Sections 1 - 2 28
Section 11 N [S] 1/2 29
Section 12 N 1/2; 30
(2) Township 23 South, Range 51 West, Seward Meridian 31

-13- Enrolled SB 230
Section 13 1
Sections 24 - 25 2
Sections 35 - 36; 3
(3) Township 23 South, Range 50 West, Seward Meridian 4
Section 7 5
Sections 18 - 19 6
Section 30 7
Section 31 (not tide or submerged land). 8
* Sec. 7. AS 16.20.570 is amended to read: 9
Sec. 16.20.570. Pilot Point Critical Habitat Area established. The following 10
described area is established as the Pilot Point Critical Habitat Area: 11
(1) Township 30 South, Range 52 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 12
Sections 1 - 3 13
Section 12; 14
(2) Township 30 South, Range 51 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 15
Sections 5 - 8 16
Section 17; 17
(3) Township 31 South, Range 51 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 18
Sections 5 - 8 19
Sections 13 - 15 20
Sections 17 - 27; 21
(4) Township 30 South, Range 52 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 22
Sections 27 - 29 23
Sections 31 - 34; 24
(5) Township 31 South, Range 52 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 25
Sections 1 - 3 26
Sections 5 - 6 27
Sections 11 - 14 28
Sections 23 - 24; 29
(6) Township 30 South, Range 53 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 30
Section 36; 31

Enrolled SB 230 -14-
(7) Township 31 South, Range 53 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 1
Sections 1 - 2 2
Sections 10 - 11 3
Sections 12 - 14 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 4
Sections 15 - 16 5
Sections 20 - 21 6
Sections 22 - 28 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 7
Sections 29 - 31 8
Sections 32 - 36 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)]; 9
(8) Township 31 [32] South, Range 54 West, Seward Meridian 10
(protracted) 11
Section 36. 12
* Sec. 8. AS 16.20.580 is amended to read: 13
Sec. 16.20.580. Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Area established. The 14
following described area is established as the Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Area: 15
(1) Township 4 South, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian 16
Section 20: SE 1/4 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 17
Section 21: S 1/2 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 18
Section 22: S 1/2 19
Section 23: S 1/2 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 20
Sections 25 - 29 21
Sections 33 - 36; 22
(2) Township 4 South, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian 23
Section 30: W 1/2 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)]. 24
* Sec. 9. AS 16.20.590(a) is amended to read: 25
(a) The following described area is established as the Kachemak Bay Critical 26
Habitat Area: 27
(1) Township 4 South, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and 28
submerged land and waters); 29
(2) Township 4 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian (only tide 30
and submerged land and waters); 31

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(3) Township 5 South, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and 1
submerged land and waters); 2
(4) [(3)] Township 5 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian (only tide 3
and submerged land and waters); 4
(5) [(4)] Township 5 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only tide 5
and submerged land and waters); 6
(6) [(5)] Township 6 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian (only tide 7
and submerged land and waters); 8
(7) [(6)] Township 6 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only tide 9
and submerged land and waters); 10
(8) [(7)] Township 6 South, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian (only tide 11
and submerged land and waters); 12
(9) [(8)] Township 6 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian (only tide 13
and submerged land and waters); 14
(10) [(9)] Township 7 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian (only 15
tide and submerged land and waters); 16
(11) [(10)] Township 7 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only 17
tide and submerged land and waters); 18
(12) [(11)] Township 7 South, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian (only 19
tide and submerged land and waters); 20
(13) [(12)] Township 7 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian (only 21
tide and submerged land and waters); 22
(14) [(13)] Township 8 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only 23
tide and submerged land and waters); 24
(15) [(14)] Township 8 South, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian (only 25
tide and submerged land and waters); 26
(16) [(15)] Township 8 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian (only 27
tide and submerged land and waters); 28
(17) [(16)] Township 9 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian (only 29
tide and submerged land and waters); 30
(18) [(17)] Township 9 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian (only 31

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tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to Point Pogibshi); 1
(19) [(18)] Township 5 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian 2
(including all tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to 3
Point Pogibshi); 4
(20) [(19)] Township 6 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian 5
(including all tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to 6
Point Pogibshi); 7
(21) [(20)] Township 7 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian 8
(including all tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to 9
Point Pogibshi); 10
(22) [(21)] Township 8 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian 11
(including all tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to 12
Point Pogibshi); 13
(23) [(22)] Township 9 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only 14
tide and submerged land and waters). 15
* Sec. 10. AS 41.23.286 is amended to read: 16
Sec. 41.23.286. Jonesville Public Use Area. Subject to valid existing rights, the 17
vacant and unappropriated state-owned land and water and the state land and water 18
acquired in the future that lie within the following boundaries described in this section 19
are designated as the Jonesville Public Use Area, are reserved for all uses compatible 20
with their primary function as public use land, and are assigned to the department for 21
control and management: 22
(1) Township 19 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian 23
Section 1: That portion easterly of Moose Creek 24
Section 12: That portion of N1/2, N1/2SW1/4, and N1/2SE1/4 25
easterly of Moose Creek 26
Section 13: NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, and S1/2 27
Section 24: All; 28
(2) Township 19 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian 29
Section 2: All 30
Section 3: All 31

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Section 4: All 1
Section 5: All 2
Section 6: All 3
Section 7: All 4
Section 8: All 5
Section 9: All 6
Section 10: All 7
Section 11: All 8
Section 14: NE1/4 9
Section 15: N1/2NE1/4 [AND THE NORTH 960 FEET OF THE 10
EAST 1,815 FEET OF THE NW1/4 FOR EACH RECORD OF 11
SURVEY FILED AS 86-85RS P.R.D.] 12
Section 16: All 13
Section 17: All 14
Section 18: All 15
Section 19: NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4, 16
and Government Lots 1, 2, and 4 17
Section 20: N1/2NE1/4, N1/2NW1/4, and SW1/4NW1/4 18
Section 21: N1/2NW1/4; 19
(3) Township 20 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian 20
Section 36: That portion easterly of Moose Creek; 21
(4) Township 20 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian 22
Section 31: All 23
Section 32: All 24
Section 33: All 25
Section 34: All 26
Section 35: All. 27
* Sec. 11. Section 2 of this Act takes effect on the effective date of sec. 2, ch. 119, SLA 2010. 28
* Sec. 12. Section 3 of this Act takes effect on the effective date of sec. 3, ch. 119, SLA 2010. 29
* Sec. 13. Except as provided in secs. 11 and 12 of this Act, this Act takes effect immediately 30
under AS 01.10.070(c). 31