Section 16.20.310. Game management plan for bison.

   (a) The commissioner shall develop and may amend a game management plan for bison in the area described in AS 16.20.300.  After holding public hearings in accordance with AS 44.62.310 - 44.62.319 (Open Meetings Act), the commissioner shall implement the game management plan.
   (b) The game management plan must include, but is not limited to
        (1) planting grains for bison and planting other wildlife forage;
        (2) altering existing plant cover to create additional range and year-round habitat for bison and other animal species in the area;
        (3) tilling to produce forage.
   (c) The commissioner shall develop and amend the game management plan to coordinate, as closely as possible, the game management plan with the activities of the Department of Natural Resources relating to the Big Delta agricultural development project.

Authorities

16.20.315

Notes

References

AS 16.20.315 Bison range timber sales.

History

(Sec. 2 ch 39 SLA 1979; am Sec. 29 ch 56 SLA 2005)