{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-16.20.032","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 16.20.032","heading":"Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge.","body":"(a) The following state-owned land and water is established as the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge:\n(1) Township 16 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian\nSections 1 UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR ” 12\nSection 13: N1/2\nSections 14 UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR ” 18\nSection 20: NE1/4\nSection 21: N1/2;\n(2) Township 17 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian\nSection 25\nSection 26: S1/2, S1/2 N1/2, N1/2 NE1/4, NE1/4 NW1/4\nSection 27: S1/2, SE1/4 NE1/4\nSection 31: Lot 4, SE1/4, E1/2 SW1/4, SE1/4 NE1/4, S1/2 SW1/4, NE1/4\nSection 32: S1/2, S1/2 NE1/4, NE1/4 NE1/4, SE1/4 NW1/4\nSections 33 UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR ” 36;\n(3) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian\nSection 19: Lots 3 and 4, E1/2 SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4\nSection 21: N1/2 SE1/4, S1/2 S1/2\nSection 22:\nexcluding NW1/4 NW1/4\nexcluding N1/2 NE1/4 NW1/4\nexcluding NE1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4\nexcluding all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024\nSection 25\nSection 26: SE1/4 NE1/4 S1/2, excluding all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024 Matanuska TWNST (USS 1169) Block 31, Lots 1 and 2\nSection 27: Lot 1, N1/2, N1/2 S1/2, SE1/4 SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4\nSection 28: Lots 1 UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR ” 2, N1/2, SW1/4, N1/2 SE1/4, SW1/4 SE1/4\nSection 29: N1/2, N1/2 SW1/4, SE1/4\nSection 30: Lots 1 UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR ” 4, E1/2, E1/2 W1/2\nSection 31\nSection 32: Lots 3 UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR ” 7, NE1/4, SW1/4 SW1/4, NE1/4 SE1/4, including all state tide and submerged land\nSection 33: Lots 5 UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR ” 9, S1/2 SE1/4, SW1/4 NW1/4, including all state tide and submerged land\nSection 34: Lots 1 UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR ” 3, E1/2 NW1/4, SW1/4, E1/2, excluding all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024\nSection 35: excluding all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024\nSection 36;\n(4) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian\nSections 19 UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR ” 21: Tracts B and D, according to Plat No. 2012-110, Palmer Recording District;\n(5) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian\nU.S. Survey No. 1169: Lots 1 and 2, Block 31, within Section 26;\n(6) Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian\nSections 4 UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR ” 9\nSection 17: N1/2\nSection 18: N1/2;\n(7) Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian\nSection 2: That portion lying westerly of Lot 7 and Parcel F of U.S. Survey No. 9023\nSection 3: That portion lying westerly of Lot 7, Lot 8, and Parcel F of U.S. Survey No. 9023\nSection 10: That portion lying westerly of Lot 4, Lot 5, and Parcel C of U.S. Survey No. 9023\nSection 15: That portion northerly of the left bank of the Knik River and lying westerly of Lot 3, Lot 4, and Parcel A of U.S. Survey No. 9023\nSection 16: That portion northerly of the left bank of the Knik River;\n(8) Township 16 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian\nSection 1: All, excluding South Hayfield Road right-of-way\nSection 2: Lot 5\nSection 11: Lots 1 and 3 UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR ” 6, N1/2 NE1/4\nSection 12: Lots 1 UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR ” 4, N1/2 NW1/4, NE1/4 NE1/4;\n(9) Township 17 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian\nSection 36: That portion of the S1/2 S1/2 lying easterly of the South Hayfield Road right-of-way.\n(b) Selections under 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. (Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) are recognized as valid prior claims to the land within the area described in (a) of this section. Land specified in (a) of this section may not include land patented to a Native corporation under that Act.\n(c) Land selected by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in Township 17, North Range 1 East S.M. shall be included in the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge, subject to borough approval. If the borough relinquishes the selection of the land, the selected land becomes part of the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge.\n(d) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within state-owned land specified in (c) of this section for inclusion in the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge. The Department of Natural Resources may adopt, in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), zoning regulations governing privately owned land within the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge.\n(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) of this section, the land described in this subsection is excluded from the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge established under (a) of this section for the establishment of a transportation and utility corridor. Land within the transportation and utility corridor that is determined by the commissioner of transportation and public facilities to be unnecessary for future transportation or utility corridors becomes a part of the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge. The commissioner of transportation and public facilities is directed to provide access to the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge during future development of state highways in the area. The land that is excluded from the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge under this subsection is described as\nTownship 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian\nSection 22: SE UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR NW UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR , W UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR NE UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR , SE UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR NE UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR , S UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR NE UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR NE UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR , NW UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR NE UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR NE UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR , NE UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR SW UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR , W UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR SE UNHANDLEDCHAR UNHANDLEDCHAR\nSections 27 and 34: a corridor 300 feet on each side of the existing highway centerline.","path":["Title 16. Fish and Game.","Chapter 20. Protection of Fish and Game; Refuges, Sanctuaries, Range Areas, and Habitat Areas."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#16.20.032","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:07Z","sha256":"de9d68945e71a715dd7cb60280a29be0753986f0b2fe5ccec38b2fa4b9806f2b","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-16.20.031","next":"us-ak/as-16.20.033"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}