{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-41.15.305","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 41.15.305","heading":"Establishment and boundaries.","body":"(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:\n(1) all land encompassed by U.S. Survey 3708, Tracts A, B and C but excluding U.S.M.S. 2206;\n(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 02°13´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 12°01´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 53°57´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 0°0´30\" east 63.06 chains to corner No. 5 of this tract, then south 53°57´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;\n(3) Township 28 South, Range 56 East, Copper River Meridian\nSection 29: that portion of the N1/2 lying east of U.S.S. 3708\nSection 34: NW1/4, SE1/4;\n(4) Township 28 South, Range 57 East, Copper River Meridian;\n(5) Township 28 South, Range 58 East, Copper River Meridian;\n(6) Township 29 South, Range 57 East, Copper River Meridian\nSection 36: that portion of Lots 1, 5, 6, and 10 lying east of U.S.S. 3708;\n(7) Township 29 South, Range 58 East, Copper River Meridian;\n(8) Township 29 South, Range 59 East, Copper River Meridian;\n(9) Township 29 South, Range 60 East, Copper River Meridian\nSections 19 — 36;\n(10) Township 29 South, Range 61 East, Copper River Meridian\nSections 19 — 36;\n(11) Township 29 South, Range 62 East, Copper River Meridian\nSections 19 and 20\nSections 29 — 32;\n(12) Township 30 South, Range 57 East, Copper River Meridian\nSection 1: that portion of Lot 1 lying east of U.S.S. 3708;\n(13) Township 30 South, Range 58 East, Copper River Meridian\nThat portion lying east and south of U.S.S. 3708;\n(14) Township 30 South, Range 59 East, Copper River Meridian\nSections 1 — 10\nSection 12\nSections 14 — 23\nSection 27: that portion lying west of the Haines Corporation boundary\nSections 28 — 31\nSection 33;\n(15) Township 30 South, Range 60 East, Copper River Meridian;\n(16) Township 30 South, Range 61 East, Copper River Meridian;\n(17) Township 30 South, Range 62 East, Copper River Meridian\nSections 5 — 8\nSections 17 — 20\nSections 29 — 32;\n(18) Township 31 South, Range 58 East, Copper River Meridian;\n(19) Township 31 South, Range 59 East, Copper River Meridian\nSections 6 — 8\nSections 16 — 22\nSections 27 — 34;\n(20) Township 31 South, Range 60 East, Copper River Meridian\nSections 1 — 4\nSections 9 — 15\nSections 22 — 24\nSections 35 and 36;\n(21) Township 31 South, Range 61 East, Copper River Meridian\nSections 1 — 30;\n(22) Township 31 South, Range 62 East, Copper River Meridian\nSections 5 — 8\nSections 17 — 20\nSections 31 and 32;\n(23) Township 32 South, Range 59 East, Copper River Meridian\nSections 3 — 33\nSections 34 — 36: that portion lying north of the Tongass National Forest boundary.\n(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 41. Public Resources.","Chapter 15. Forests.","Article 4. Haines State Forest Resource Management Area."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#41.15.305","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:19:16Z","sha256":"14824383610e271aff00397a5c10106e7bd960874276f271b868dce645058b55","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-41.15.300","next":"us-ak/as-41.15.310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}