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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.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
SENATORS RAUSCHER, Claman, Tilton
Last action
2026-05-16
Official status
(S) CONCURRED(H) AM
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text provides detailed changes to Izembek Refuge boundaries but lacks information on how these changes will be implemented or enforced.

Act to Update Wildlife Refuges and Critical Habitat Areas

This act updates the boundaries of wildlife refuges and critical habitat areas in Alaska, focusing on changes to the Izembek Refuge and establishing a new Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge.

What This Bill Does

  • Updates the list of state game refuges by adding or removing specific islands and land areas.
  • Modifies the boundaries for the Izembek Refuge with detailed sections of land and water.
  • Establishes a new Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge with defined land and water areas.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who use wildlife refuges, critical habitat areas, or public use areas in Alaska.

Terms To Know

Wildlife Refuge
An area of land and water set aside to protect animals and their habitats.
Critical Habitat Area
A specific place where endangered or threatened species live, which is protected by law.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify an effective date for when the changes will take effect.
  • It only lists changes to certain areas and does not provide details on how these changes will be implemented or enforced.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-16 2681

    (S) AWAITING TRANSMITTAL TO GOV

  2. 2026-05-16 2681

    (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  3. 2026-05-16 2681

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

  4. 2026-05-16 2681

    (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP

  5. 2026-05-15 2626

    (H) VERSION: HCS SB 230(RES)

  6. 2026-05-15 2626

    (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED

  7. 2026-05-15 2617

    (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 16

  8. 2026-05-15 2617

    (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  9. 2026-05-15 2617

    (H) PASSED Y40

  10. 2026-05-15 2617

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

  11. 2026-05-15 2617

    (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC

  12. 2026-05-15 2616

    (H) RES HCS ADOPTED UC

  13. 2026-05-15 2616

    (H) READ THE SECOND TIME

  14. 2026-05-15 2616

    (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/15/2026

  15. 2026-05-04 2393

    (H) FN1: ZERO(DNR)

  16. 2026-05-04 2393

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

  17. 2026-05-04 2393

    (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 16

  18. 2026-05-04 2393

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

  19. 2026-05-01 Text

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

  20. 2026-05-01 Text

    (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124

  21. 2026-04-20 Text

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

  22. 2026-04-20 Text

    (H) RESOURCES at 01:00 PM BARNES 124

  23. 2026-04-14 2167

    (H) RES

  24. 2026-04-14 2167

    (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  25. 2026-04-13 2227

    (S) VERSION: SB 230

  26. 2026-04-13 2227

    (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H)

  27. 2026-04-13 2226

    (S) COSPONSOR(S): TILTON

  28. 2026-04-13 2223

    (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE

  29. 2026-04-13 2222

    (S) PASSED Y20 N-

  30. 2026-04-13 2222

    (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 230

  31. 2026-04-10 2197

    (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/13 CAL

  32. 2026-04-10 2197

    (S) READ THE SECOND TIME

  33. 2026-04-10 2197

    (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/10/2026

  34. 2026-03-27 2073

    (S) FN1: ZERO(DNR)

  35. 2026-03-27 2073

    (S) NR: KAWASAKI

  36. 2026-03-27 2073

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

  37. 2026-03-27 2073

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

  38. 2026-03-25 Text

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

  39. 2026-03-25 Text

    (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205

  40. 2026-03-18 1978

    (S) COSPONSOR(S): CLAMAN

  41. 2026-03-16 Text

    (S) Heard & Held

  42. 2026-03-16 Text

    (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205

  43. 2026-03-06 Text

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

  44. 2026-03-06 Text

    (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205

  45. 2026-02-25 1773

    (S) FN1: ZERO(DNR)

  46. 2026-02-25 1773

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

  47. 2026-02-25 1773

    (S) CRA RPT 4DP

  48. 2026-02-24 Text

    (S) Moved SB 230 Out of Committee

  49. 2026-02-24 Text

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

  50. 2026-02-17 Text

    (S) Heard & Held

  51. 2026-02-17 Text

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

  52. 2026-02-02 1586

    (S) CRA, RES

  53. 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.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 230(RES)

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION

BY THE HOUSE RESOURCES COMMITTEE

Offered: 5/4/26
Referred: Rules

Sponsor(s): SENATORS RAUSCHER, Claman, Tilton
A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act relating to state refuges and fish and game critical habitat areas; relating to the 1
boundaries of the Jonesville Public Use Area; and providing for an effective date." 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 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
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(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
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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
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(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 3
read: 4
(14) Izembek Refuge, including the tide and submerged land described 5
as follows: 6
(A) Township 58 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian 7
Sections 1 - 4 8
Sections 9 - 13 [9 - 12] 9
(B) Township 58 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 10
Sections 1 - 12 11
Sections 16 - 17 [1 - 9 12
SECTION 16] 13
(C) Township 57 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian 14
Section 13 15
Sections 24 - 26 16
Sections 34 - 36 [35 - 36] 17
(D) Township 57 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 18
Sections 1 - 36 19
(E) Township 57 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 20
Sections 5 - 7 [5 - 6] 21
Section 12, N1/2, N1/2N1/2S1/2 22
Sections 18 - 19 23
Section 30 24
(F) Township 56 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 25
Sections 1 - 6 26
Sections 10 - 11 27
Sections 26 - 35 28
(G) Township 56 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 29
Sections 1 - 23 30
Section 25 31
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Sections 27 - 33 [27 - 32] 1
Section 36 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 [(ENTIRE TOWNSHIP)] 16
(N) Township 57 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 17
Sections 1 - 6 18
(O) Township 54 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 19
Sections 35 - 36 20
(P) Township 54 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian 21
Section 31; 22
* Sec. 3. AS 16.20.030(a)(14), as amended by sec. 3, ch. 119, SLA 2010, is amended to 23
read: 24
(14) Izembek Refuge, including the tide and submerged land described 25
as follows: 26
(A) Township 58 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian 27
Sections 1 - 4 28
Sections 9 - 13 [9 - 12] 29
(B) Township 58 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 30
Sections 1 - 12 31
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Sections 16 - 17 [1 - 9 1
SECTION 16] 2
(C) Township 57 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian 3
Section 13 4
Sections 24 - 26 5
Sections 34 - 36 [35 - 36] 6
(D) Township 57 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 7
Sections 1 - 36 8
(E) Township 57 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 9
Sections 5 - 7 10
Sections 18 - 19 11
Section 30 [5 - 6] 12
(F) Township 56 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 13
Sections 1 - 6 14
Sections 10 - 11 15
(G) Township 56 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 16
Sections 1 - 23 17
Sections 27 - 33 [27 - 32] 18
(H) Township 55 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 19
Sections 1 - 36 20
(I) Township 56 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 21
Sections 1 - 36 22
(J) Township 55 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian 23
Sections 1 - 36 24
(K) Township 55 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian 25
Sections 1 - 36 26
(L) Township 55 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian 27
Sections 6 - 7 28
Sections 18 - 19 29
Sections 30 - 31 30
(M) Township 56 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian 31
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Sections 1 - 36 1
(N) Township 54 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian 2
Sections 35 - 36 3
(O) Township 54 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian 4
Section 31 [(ENTIRE TOWNSHIP)]; 5
* Sec. 4. AS 16.20.032(a) is amended to read: 6
(a) The following state-owned land and water is established as the Palmer Hay 7
Flats State Game Refuge: 8
(1) Township 16 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian 9
Sections 1 - 12 10
Section 13: N1/2 11
Sections 14 - 18 12
Section 20: NE1/4 13
Section 21: N1/2; 14
(2) Township 17 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian 15
Section 25 16
Section 26: S1/2, S1/2 N1/2, N1/2 NE1/4, NE1/4 NW1/4 17
Section 27: S1/2, SE1/4 NE1/4 18
Section 31: Lot 4, SE1/4, E1/2 SW1/4, SE1/4 NE1/4, S1/2 19
SW1/4, NE1/4 20
Section 32: S1/2, S1/2 NE1/4, NE1/4 NE1/4, SE1/4 NW1/4 21
Sections 33 - 36; 22
(3) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 23
Section 19: Lots 3 and 4, E1/2 SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4 24
Section 21: N1/2 SE1/4, S1/2 S1/2 25
Section 22: 26
excluding NW1/4 NW1/4 27
excluding N1/2 NE1/4 NW1/4 28
excluding NE1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4 29
excluding all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024 30
Section 25 [: LOTS 1 - 6, NW1/4, N1/2 NE1/4, N1/2 SW1/4, 31
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SW1/4 SW1/4] 1
Section 26: 2
SE1/4 NE1/4[,] 3
S1/2, excluding all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024 4
Matanuska TWNST (USS 1169) Block 31, Lots 1 and 2 5
Section 27: Lot 1, N1/2, N1/2 S1/2, SE1/4 SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4 6
Section 28: Lots 1 - 2, N1/2, SW1/4, N1/2 SE1/4, SW1/4 SE1/4 7
Section 29: N1/2, N1/2 SW1/4, SE1/4 8
Section 30: Lots 1 - 4, E1/2, E1/2 W1/2 9
Section 31 [: LOTS 1 - 10, NE1/4 NW1/4, SW1/4 NE1/4, N1/2 10
NE1/4] 11
Section 32: Lots 3 - 7, NE1/4, SW1/4 SW1/4, NE1/4 SE1/4, 12
including all state tide and submerged land 13
Section 33: Lots 5 - 9, S1/2 SE1/4, SW1/4 NW1/4, including all 14
state tide and submerged land 15
Section 34: Lots 1 - 3, E1/2 NW1/4, SW1/4, E1/2, excluding all 16
portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024 17
Section 35: [LOTS 1 - 5, NW1/4, N1/2 SW1/4, SW1/4 SW1/4, 18
N1/2 NE1/4, SW1/4 NE1/4, NW1/4 SE1/4,] excluding all 19
portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024 20
Section 36 [: LOTS 1 - 10, SE1/4 SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4, NE1/4 21
SE1/4]; 22
(4) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 23
Sections 19 - 21: Tracts B and D, according to Plat No. 2012-24
110, Palmer Recording District; 25
(5) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 26
U.S. Survey No. 1169: Lots 1 and 2, Block 31, within Section 27
26; 28
(6) Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 29
Sections 4 - 9 30
Section 17: N1/2 31
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Section 18: N1/2; 1
(7) Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 2
Section 2: That portion lying westerly of Lot 7 and Parcel F of 3
U.S. Survey No. 9023 4
Section 3: That portion lying westerly of Lot 7, Lot 8, and 5
Parcel F of U.S. Survey No. 9023 6
Section 10: That portion lying westerly of Lot 4, Lot 5, and 7
Parcel C of U.S. Survey No. 9023 8
Section 15: That portion northerly of the left bank of the Knik 9
River and lying westerly of Lot 3, Lot 4, and Parcel A of U.S. 10
Survey No. 9023 11
Section 16: That portion northerly of the left bank of the Knik 12
River; 13
(8) Township 16 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian 14
Section 1: All, excluding South Hayfield Road right-of-way 15
Section 2: Lot 5 16
Section 11: Lots 1 and 3 - 6, N1/2 NE1/4 17
Section 12: Lots 1 - 4, N1/2 NW1/4, NE1/4 NE1/4; 18
(9) Township 17 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian 19
Section 36: That portion of the S1/2 S1/2 lying easterly of the 20
South Hayfield Road right-of-way. 21
* Sec. 5. AS 16.20.550 is amended to read: 22
Sec. 16.20.550. Port Moller Critical Habitat Area established. The 23
following described area is established as the Port Moller Critical Habitat Area: 24
(1) Township 50 South, Range 71 West, Seward Meridian 25
Sections 7 - 8 26
Section 14 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 27
Sections 15 - 17 28
Sections 21 - 23 29
Section 32; 30
(2) Township 51 South, Range 71 West, Seward Meridian 31
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Section 3 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 1
Sections 4 - 5 2
Section 7 3
Sections 9 - 10 4
Sections 15 - 17; 5
(3) Township 49 South, Range 73 West, Seward Meridian 6
Sections 10 - 11 7
Section 12 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 8
Sections 13 - 16 9
Section 21 10
Section 24 11
Section 28; 12
(4) Township 51 South, Range 72 West, Seward Meridian 13
Sections 5 - 8 14
Sections 11 - 12; 15
(5) Township 50 South, Range 72 West, Seward Meridian 16
Sections 18 - 19 17
Sections 30 - 32; 18
(6) Township 50 South, Range 73 West, Seward Meridian 19
Sections 7 - 13 20
Sections 14 - 17 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 21
Section 18; 22
(7) Township 50 South, Range 74 West, Seward Meridian 23
Sections 5 - 7 24
Section 8 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 25
Sections 9 - 13 26
Sections 14 - 16 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 27
Sections 17 - 18 28
Section 20; 29
(8) Township 50 South, Range 75 West, Seward Meridian 30
Section 1 31
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Sections 6 - 7 1
Section 12; 2
(9) Township 49 South, Range 75 West, Seward Meridian 3
Section 3 4
Sections 4 - 6 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 5
Sections 7 - 11 6
Sections 14 - 16 7
Sections 21 - 32; 8
(10) Township 48 South, Range 74 [75] West, Seward Meridian 9
Sections 15 - 18 10
Section 22 11
Sections 29 - 30 12
Section 31 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 13
Section 32; 14
(11) Township 48 South, Range 75 [76] West, Seward Meridian 15
Sections 13 - 17 16
Sections 19 - 23 17
Sections 25 - 27 18
Sections 29 - 30 19
Sections 34 - 35 20
Section 36 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)]; 21
(12) Township 50 South, Range 76 West, Seward Meridian 22
Section 1 23
Section 3 24
Section 4 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 25
Section 9 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 26
Sections 10 - 13 27
Sections 14 - 16 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 28
Sections 21 - 23 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 29
Sections 24 - 25 30
Sections 26 - 28 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)]; 31
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(13) Township 49 South, Range 76 West, Seward Meridian 1
Sections 1 - 4 2
Sections 7 - 9 3
Sections 10 - 11 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 4
Sections 12 - 14 5
Sections 15 - 16 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 6
Sections 17 - 18 7
Section 21 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 8
Section 22 9
Sections 28 - 29 10
Sections 33 - 34; 11
(14) Township 49 South, Range 77 West, Seward Meridian 12
Sections 1 - 2 13
Sections 4 - 5 14
Sections 7 - 12 15
Sections 13 - 18 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)]; 16
(15) Township 48 South, Range 76 [77] West, Seward Meridian 17
Sections 20 - 23 18
Sections 26 - 28; 19
(16) Township 48 South, Range 77 [78] West, Seward Meridian 20
Sections 26 - 27 21
Sections 31 - 34; 22
(17) Township 49 South, Range 78 West, Seward Meridian 23
Sections 2 - 5 24
Sections 8 - 12 25
Sections 13 - 16 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 26
Section 17. 27
* Sec. 6. AS 16.20.565 is amended to read: 28
Sec. 16.20.565. Egegik Critical Habitat Area established. The following 29
described area is established as the Egegik Critical Habitat Area: 30
(1) Township 24 South, Range 51 West, Seward Meridian 31
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Sections 1 - 2 1
Section 11 N [S] 1/2 2
Section 12 N 1/2; 3
(2) Township 23 South, Range 51 West, Seward Meridian 4
Section 13 5
Sections 24 - 25 6
Sections 35 - 36; 7
(3) Township 23 South, Range 50 West, Seward Meridian 8
Section 7 9
Sections 18 - 19 10
Section 30 11
Section 31 (not tide or submerged land). 12
* Sec. 7. AS 16.20.570 is amended to read: 13
Sec. 16.20.570. Pilot Point Critical Habitat Area established. The following 14
described area is established as the Pilot Point Critical Habitat Area: 15
(1) Township 30 South, Range 52 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 16
Sections 1 - 3 17
Section 12; 18
(2) Township 30 South, Range 51 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 19
Sections 5 - 8 20
Section 17; 21
(3) Township 31 South, Range 51 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 22
Sections 5 - 8 23
Sections 13 - 15 24
Sections 17 - 27; 25
(4) Township 30 South, Range 52 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 26
Sections 27 - 29 27
Sections 31 - 34; 28
(5) Township 31 South, Range 52 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 29
Sections 1 - 3 30
Sections 5 - 6 31
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Sections 11 - 14 1
Sections 23 - 24; 2
(6) Township 30 South, Range 53 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 3
Section 36; 4
(7) Township 31 South, Range 53 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) 5
Sections 1 - 2 6
Sections 10 - 11 7
Sections 12 - 14 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 8
Sections 15 - 16 9
Sections 20 - 21 10
Sections 22 - 28 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 11
Sections 29 - 31 12
Sections 32 - 36 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)]; 13
(8) Township 31 [32] South, Range 54 West, Seward Meridian 14
(protracted) 15
Section 36. 16
* Sec. 8. AS 16.20.580 is amended to read: 17
Sec. 16.20.580. Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Area established. The 18
following described area is established as the Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Area: 19
(1) Township 4 South, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian 20
Section 20: SE 1/4 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 21
Section 21: S 1/2 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 22
Section 22: S 1/2 23
Section 23: S 1/2 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] 24
Sections 25 - 29 25
Sections 33 - 36; 26
(2) Township 4 South, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian 27
Section 30: W 1/2 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)]. 28
* Sec. 9. AS 16.20.590(a) is amended to read: 29
(a) The following described area is established as the Kachemak Bay Critical 30
Habitat Area: 31
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(1) Township 4 South, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian (only tide 1
and submerged land and waters); 2
(2) Township 4 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian (only tide 3
and submerged land and waters); 4
(3) Township 5 South, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian (only tide 5
and submerged land and waters); 6
(4) [(3)] Township 5 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian (only 7
tide and submerged land and waters); 8
(5) [(4)] Township 5 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only 9
tide and submerged land and waters); 10
(6) [(5)] Township 6 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian (only 11
tide and submerged land and waters); 12
(7) [(6)] Township 6 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only 13
tide and submerged land and waters); 14
(8) [(7)] Township 6 South, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian (only 15
tide and submerged land and waters); 16
(9) [(8)] Township 6 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian (only 17
tide and submerged land and waters); 18
(10) [(9)] Township 7 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian (only 19
tide and submerged land and waters); 20
(11) [(10)] Township 7 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only 21
tide and submerged land and waters); 22
(12) [(11)] Township 7 South, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian (only 23
tide and submerged land and waters); 24
(13) [(12)] Township 7 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian (only 25
tide and submerged land and waters); 26
(14) [(13)] Township 8 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only 27
tide and submerged land and waters); 28
(15) [(14)] Township 8 South, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian (only 29
tide and submerged land and waters); 30
(16) [(15)] Township 8 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian (only 31
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tide and submerged land and waters); 1
(17) [(16)] Township 9 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian (only 2
tide and submerged land and waters); 3
(18) [(17)] Township 9 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian (only 4
tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to Point 5
Pogibshi); 6
(19) [(18)] Township 5 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian 7
(including all tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to 8
Point Pogibshi); 9
(20) [(19)] Township 6 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian 10
(including all tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to 11
Point Pogibshi); 12
(21) [(20)] Township 7 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian 13
(including all tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to 14
Point Pogibshi); 15
(22) [(21)] Township 8 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian 16
(including all tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to 17
Point Pogibshi); 18
(23) [(22)] Township 9 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only 19
tide and submerged land and waters). 20
* Sec. 10. AS 41.23.286 is amended to read: 21
Sec. 41.23.286. Jonesville Public Use Area. Subject to valid existing rights, 22
the vacant and unappropriated state-owned land and water and the state land and water 23
acquired in the future that lie within the following boundaries described in this section 24
are designated as the Jonesville Public Use Area, are reserved for all uses compatible 25
with their primary function as public use land, and are assigned to the department for 26
control and management: 27
(1) Township 19 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian 28
Section 1: That portion easterly of Moose Creek 29
Section 12: That portion of N1/2, N1/2SW1/4, and N1/2SE1/4 30
easterly of Moose Creek 31
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Section 13: NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, and S1/2 1
Section 24: All; 2
(2) Township 19 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian 3
Section 2: All 4
Section 3: All 5
Section 4: All 6
Section 5: All 7
Section 6: All 8
Section 7: All 9
Section 8: All 10
Section 9: All 11
Section 10: All 12
Section 11: All 13
Section 14: NE1/4 14
Section 15: N1/2NE1/4 [AND THE NORTH 960 FEET OF 15
THE EAST 1,815 FEET OF THE NW1/4 FOR EACH 16
RECORD OF SURVEY FILED AS 86-85RS P.R.D.] 17
Section 16: All 18
Section 17: All 19
Section 18: All 20
Section 19: NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4, 21
and Government Lots 1, 2, and 4 22
Section 20: N1/2NE1/4, N1/2NW1/4, and SW1/4NW1/4 23
Section 21: N1/2NW1/4; 24
(3) Township 20 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian 25
Section 36: That portion easterly of Moose Creek; 26
(4) Township 20 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian 27
Section 31: All 28
Section 32: All 29
Section 33: All 30
Section 34: All 31
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Section 35: All. 1
* Sec. 11. Section 2 of this Act takes effect on the effective date of sec. 2, ch. 119, SLA 2
2010. 3
* Sec. 12. Section 3 of this Act takes effect on the effective date of sec. 3, ch. 119, SLA 4
2010. 5
* Sec. 13. Except as provided in secs. 11 and 12 of this Act, this Act takes effect 6
immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 7