Section 41.15.305. Establishment and boundaries.

   (a) Subject to valid existing rights, the land and water presently owned by the state and all land and water acquired in the future by the state lying within the following described parcels are designated as the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area:
        (1) all land encompassed by U.S.  Survey 3708, Tracts A, B and C but excluding U.S.M.S. 2206;
        (2) that mental health land (MH-153) approved in the state selection letter from the United States Bureau of Land Management dated August 26, 1974, described as follows: Beginning at corner No. 1 of this tract which is common to angle point No. 5 of U.S. Survey 3708, then north 0213'51" west 52.639 chains along the survey line to corner No. 2 of this tract which is common to angle point No. 6 of U.S. Survey 3708, then north 1201'18" west 13.346 chains to corner No. 3 of this tract which is common to angle point No. 7 of U.S. Survey 3708, then north 5357'42" west 537.070 chains to corner No. 4 of this tract which is common to angle point No. 7-A of U.S.  Survey 3708, then south 00'30" east 63.06 chains to corner No. 5 of this tract, then south 5357'42" east 542.00 chains to corner No. 1 of this tract and angle point No. 5, U.S.  Survey 3708, the point of beginning;
        (3) Township 28 South, Range 56 East, Copper River Meridian
               Section 29: that portion of the N1/2 lying east of U.S.S. 3708
               Section 34: NW1/4, SE1/4;
        (4) Township 28 South, Range 57 East, Copper River Meridian;
        (5) Township 28 South, Range 58 East, Copper River Meridian;
        (6) Township 29 South, Range 57 East, Copper River Meridian
               Section 36: that portion of Lots 1, 5, 6, and 10 lying east of U.S.S. 3708;
        (7) Township 29 South, Range 58 East, Copper River Meridian;
        (8) Township 29 South, Range 59 East, Copper River Meridian;
        (9) Township 29 South, Range 60 East, Copper River Meridian
               Sections 19 - 36;
        (10) Township 29 South, Range 61 East, Copper River Meridian
               Sections 19 - 36;
        (11) Township 29 South, Range 62 East, Copper River Meridian
               Sections 19 and 20
               Sections 29 - 32;
        (12) Township 30 South, Range 57 East, Copper River Meridian
               Section 1: that portion of Lot 1 lying east of U.S.S. 3708;
        (13) Township 30 South, Range 58 East, Copper River Meridian
               That portion lying east and south of U.S.S. 3708;
        (14) Township 30 South, Range 59 East, Copper River Meridian
               Sections 1 - 10
               Section 12
               Sections 14 - 23
               Section 27: that portion lying west of the Haines Corporation boundary
               Sections 28 - 31
               Section 33;
        (15) Township 30 South, Range 60 East, Copper River Meridian;
        (16) Township 30 South, Range 61 East, Copper River Meridian;
        (17) Township 30 South, Range 62 East, Copper River Meridian
               Sections 5 - 8
               Sections 17 - 20
               Sections 29 - 32;
        (18) Township 31 South, Range 58 East, Copper River Meridian;
        (19) Township 31 South, Range 59 East, Copper River Meridian
               Sections 6 - 8
               Sections 16 - 22
               Sections 27 - 34;
        (20) Township 31 South, Range 60 East, Copper River Meridian
               Sections 1 - 4
               Sections 9 - 15
               Sections 22 - 24
               Sections 35 and 36;
        (21) Township 31 South, Range 61 East, Copper River Meridian
               Sections 1 - 30;
        (22) Township 31 South, Range 62 East, Copper River Meridian
               Sections 5 - 8
               Sections 17 - 20
               Sections 31 and 32;
        (23) Township 32 South, Range 59 East, Copper River Meridian
               Sections 3 - 33
               Sections 34 - 36: that portion lying north of the Tongass National Forest boundary.
   (b) Private land, University of Alaska grant land, existing transportation corridors, and borough selections within the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area are excluded from the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area.  The commissioner may not acquire private land or University of Alaska grant land located within the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area by eminent domain for any purpose.
   (c) Approved or pending Native allotment applications located partially or completely within the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area are not adversely affected by the establishment of the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area and all approved allotments and all pending allotments shall be treated as private land.

Authorities

41.15.300;41.15.315;41.21.610

Notes

References

11 AAC 96.014
AS 41.15.300 Haines State Forest Resource Management Area.
AS 41.15.315 Multiple-use management.
AS 41.21.610 Purpose of AS 41.21.610 - 41.21.630.

History

(Sec. 2 ch 95 SLA 1982)