{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-16.20.037","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 16.20.037","heading":"Minto Flats State Game Refuge.","body":"(a) The following state-owned land and water is established as the Minto Flats State Game Refuge:\n(1) Township 1 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 2 — 11\nSections 14 — 23\nSections 26 — 34;\n(2) Township 1 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 36;\n(3) Township 1 North, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 16\nSections 21 — 28: excluding ASLS 95-37\nSection 35: E1/2\nSection 36;\n(4) Township 1 North, Range 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 12;\n(5) Township 1 North, Range 10 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 12;\n(6) Township 1 North, Range 11 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 4\nSections 8 — 17\nSection 18: east of Tolovana River\nSection 19: east of Tolovana River\nSections 20 — 29\nSection 30: east of Tolovana River;\n(7) Township 2 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 36;\n(8) Township 2 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 36;\n(9) Township 2 North, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 36;\n(10) Township 2 North, Range 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 36;\n(11) Township 2 North, Range 10 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSection 3\nSection 7: S1/2\nSections 8 — 10\nSection 11: S1/2N1/2, S1/2\nSection 12: S1/2N1/2, S1/2\nSections 13 — 36;\n(12) Township 2 North, Range 11 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSection 10: S1/2\nSection 11: S1/2\nSection 12: S1/2\nSections 13 — 15\nSections 22 — 27\nSections 34 — 36;\n(13) Township 3 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 13 — 36;\n(14) Township 3 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 6 — 8\nSection 9: S1/2S1/2\nSections 13 — 36;\n(15) Township 3 North, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSection 1\nSections 5 — 10\nSections 14 — 23\nSections 25 — 36;\n(16) Township 3 North, Range 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSection 24: S1/2\nSection 25\nSections 33 — 36;\n(17) Township 3 North, Range 10 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 34 — 35;\n(18) Township 4 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 2 — 9\nSections 16 — 21;\n(19) Township 4 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 4\nSection 5: S1/2\nSection 6: S1/2\nSections 7 — 24\nSections 27 — 29\nSections 30 — 31\nSection 32: N1/2, SW1/4;\n(20) Township 4 North, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 10 — 15\nSections 22 — 27\nSections 30 — 31\nSections 35 — 36;\n(21) Township 5 North, Range 5 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSection 6: W1/2\nSection 7: W1/2\nSection 18: W1/2;\n(22) Township 5 North, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 3\nSection 4: SE1/4\nSection 9: E1/2\nSections 10 — 15\nSection 16: E1/2, SW1/4\nSection 20: S1/2\nSections 21 — 29\nSections 31 — 36;\n(23) Township 5 North, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSection 35: SE1/4\nSection 36: S1/2;\n(24) Township 1 South, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 5 — 8\nSections 17 — 20\nSections 29 — 31;\n(25) Township 1 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 36;\n(26) Township 1 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 2\nSections 11 — 14\nSections 23 — 26\nSections 35 — 36;\n(27) Township 1 South, Range 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 36;\n(28) Township 1 South, Range 10 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 7 — 36;\n(29) Township 1 South, Range 11 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 25 — 26\nSections 35 — 36;\n(30) Township 2 South, Range 6 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSection 6: S1/2NW1/4, S1/2\nSection 7: all North and West of the Alaska Railroad right-of-way\nSection 18: all North and West of the Alaska Railroad right-of-way\nSection 19: all North and West of the Alaska Railroad right-of-way;\n(31) Township 2 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 12\nSection 13: NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, S1/2SW1/4, SE1/4\nSection 14: W1/2\nSections 15 — 22\nSection 23: W1/2\nSection 24: all North and West of the Alaska Railroad right-of-way\nSection 27: NW1/4\nSections 28 — 32\nSection 33: NE1/4NE1/4, W1/2NE1/4, W1/2, W1/2SE1/4;\n(32) Township 2 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSection 1\nSections 12 — 13\nSections 24 — 25\nSection 36;\n(33) Township 2 South, Range 9 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 12\nSection 17: W1/2NW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4\nSection 18\nSection 19: N1/2, N1/2S1/2;\n(34) Township 2 South, Range 10 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 20\nSection 21: NE1/4, W1/2\nSection 22: NW1/4\nSection 24: N1/2, N1/2S1/2\nSections 29 — 31;\n(35) Township 2 South, Range 11 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 5\nSections 7 — 36;\n(36) Township 2 South, Range 12 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 25 — 26\nSections 35 — 36;\n(37) Township 3 South, Range 7 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSection 5: N1/2NE1/4, W1/2\nSections 6 — 7\nSection 18: NE1/4, W1/2, N1/2SE1/4, SW1/4SE1/4;\n(38) Township 3 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSection 1\nSection 12\nSection 13\nSection 22: NE1/4 (that portion above the ordinary high water mark right bank Tanana River)\nSection 23: N1/2, SE1/4\nSection 24: N1/2, SW1/4\nSection 25: NW1/4;\n(39) Township 3 South, Range 11 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 2 — 10\nSection 11: N1/2\nSection 14: SW1/4NE1/4, S1/2NW1/4, SW1/4, W1/2SE1/4\nSections 15 — 21\nSection 22: NE1/4, W1/2, W1/2SE1/4\nSection 23: NW1/4\nSection 27: W1/2NE1/4, NW1/4, W1/2SW1/4\nSections 28 — 31\nSection 32: NE1/4, NW1/4, SE1/4\nSection 33: W1/2;\n(40) Township 3 South, Range 12 West, Fairbanks Meridian\nSections 1 — 2\nSections 11 — 14\nSections 23 — 26\nSections 35 — 36.\n(b) The Minto Flats State Game Refuge is established to\n(1) ensure the protection and enhancement of habitat;\n(2) ensure the conservation of fish and wildlife; and\n(3) guarantee the continuation of hunting, fishing, trapping, and other uses by the public compatible with the protection and enhancement of habitat and the conservation of fish and wildlife.\n(c) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within the Minto Flats State Game Refuge, but may acquire privately owned land by purchase, exchange, or otherwise for inclusion in the Minto Flats State Game Refuge.\n(d) Management decisions under this section made by the commissioner of natural resources and the commissioner of fish and game are applicable only to land and water described in (a) of this section.\n(e) Public access to the Minto Flats State Game Refuge by means of horse, boat, aircraft, dog team, snow machine, ATV, or other means consistent with (b) of this section may not be prohibited.\n(f) Access to and from private property within the Minto Flats State Game Refuge shall be guaranteed through access corridors established through agreement between the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Fish and Game, and the private property owners involved.\n(g) The Department of Fish and Game and the Department of Natural Resources shall exercise their respective authorities over the Minto Flats State Game Refuge consistent with a management plan prepared by the Department of Fish and Game in consultation with the Department of Natural Resources.\n(h) Entry upon the Minto Flats State Game Refuge for purposes of exploration and development of oil and gas resources shall be permitted unless a person demonstrates, on the basis of sound science or local traditional knowledge, that exploration and development is incompatible with the purposes specified in (b) of this section.","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#16.20.037","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:07Z","sha256":"12dd874ed9719b9a27ef549ed13aed7d943212c0536d839fa907c4f053214f96","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-16.20.036","next":"us-ak/as-16.20.038"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}