{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-41.23.040","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 41.23.040","heading":"Nelchina Public Use Area.","body":"(a) The vacant and unappropriated state-owned land and water and the state land and water acquired in the future that lie within the boundaries described in this section are designated as the Nelchina Public Use Area, are reserved for all uses compatible with their primary function as public use land, and are assigned to the department for control and management.\n(b) The land described in this subsection is the central caribou calving area:\n(1) Township 5 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,\nSection 5\nSection 8\nSection 17;\n(2) Township 6 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,\nSections 4 — 5\nSections 8 — 9\nSections 16 — 17\nSections 20 — 21\nSections 28 — 29\nSections 32 — 33;\n(3) Township 7 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,\nSections 4 — 5\nSections 8 — 9\nSections 16 — 17\nSections 20 — 21\nSections 28 — 29\nSections 32 — 33;\n(4) Township 8 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,\nSections 4 — 5\nSections 8 — 9\nSections 16 — 17\nSections 20 — 21\nSections 28 — 29\nSections 32 — 33;\n(5) Township 9 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,\nSections 20 — 22\nSections 27 — 29\nSections 32 — 34;\n(6) Township 10 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian, those portions of Sections 2 — 4 and 11 lying south of the Tyone River and\nSections 9 — 10\nSections 14 — 16;\n(7) Township 23 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 1 — 6\nSections 8 — 12;\n(8) Township 23 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 1 — 14;\n(9) Township 23 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 3 — 9\nSections 17 — 20;\n(10) Township 23 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 1 — 4;\n(11) Township 23 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian,\nSection 6;\n(12) Township 24 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,\nSection 1\nSections 12 — 13\nSections 24 — 25;\n(13) Township 24 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;\n(14) Township 24 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian;\n(15) Township 24 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian;\n(16) Township 24 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian;\n(17) Township 24 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 1 — 23\nSections 26 — 31;\n(18) Township 25 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 1 — 2\nSections 11 — 13\nSections 24 — 25\nSection 36;\n(19) Township 25 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;\n(20) Township 25 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian;\n(21) Township 25 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian;\n(22) Township 25 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian;\n(23) Township 25 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian;\n(24) Township 26 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 1 — 17\nSections 20 — 28\nSections 35 — 36;\n(25) Township 26 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;\n(26) Township 26 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian;\n(27) Township 26 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian;\n(28) Township 26 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian;\n(29) Township 26 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian;\n(30) Township 27 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 1 — 3\nSections 11 — 13;\n(31) Township 27 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian;\n(32) Township 27 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;\n(33) Township 27 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian;\n(34) Township 27 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian;\n(35) Township 27 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian;\n(36) Township 27 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian;\n(37) Township 28 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 1 — 6\nSections 8 — 17\nSections 21 — 28\nSections 33 — 36;\n(38) Township 28 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian;\n(39) Township 28 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;\n(40) Township 28 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian;\n(41) Township 28 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian;\n(42) Township 28 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian;\n(43) Township 28 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian;\n(44) Township 29 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian,\nSection 13\nSections 23 — 26\nSection 36;\n(45) Township 29 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian;\n(46) Township 29 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian;\n(47) Township 29 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;\n(48) Township 29 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian;\n(49) Township 29 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian;\n(50) That portion of Township 29 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;\n(51) Township 29 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 3 — 9\nSections 16 — 21\nSections 28 — 34;\n(52) Township 30 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 13 — 14\nSections 20 — 29\nSections 32 — 36;\n(53) Township 30 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 1 — 3\nSections 8 — 36;\n(54) Township 30 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;\n(55) That portion of Township 30 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian, lying southeast of the Susitna River;\n(56) That portion of Township 30 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;\n(57) That portion of Township 30 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;\n(58) That portion of Township 30 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna and Tyone Rivers;\n(59) Township 31 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 13 — 14\nSections 22 — 27\nSections 34 — 36;\n(60) That portion of Township 31 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;\n(61) That portion of Township 31 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;\n(62) Township 31 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian, that portion of section 31 lying southeast of the Susitna River.\n(c) The land described within this subsection is the area of the Nelchina Public Use Area that is outside of the central caribou calving area:\n(1) Township 21 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian,\nSection 1\nSections 3, W1/2\nSections 4 — 9\nSections 11, E1/2\nSections 12 — 13\nSections 14, E1/2\nSections 16 — 20\nSections 23, E1/2\nSections 24 — 27\nSection 30;\n(2) Township 21 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 1 — 26\nSections 29 — 30\nSections 33, S1/2\nSections 34, S1/2\nSections 35 — 36;\n(3) Township 21 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;\n(4) Township 21 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian;\n(5) Township 21 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian;\n(6) Township 22 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 1 — 22\nSections 24 — 25\nSections 27 — 34\nSection 36;\n(7) Township 22 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian;\n(8) Township 22 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian;\n(9) Township 22 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian;\n(10) Township 22 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian;\n(11) Township 22 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian;\n(12) Township 22 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 1 — 24\nSections 27 — 34;\n(13) Township 23 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian;\n(14) Township 23 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian;\n(15) Township 23 North, Range 8 East, Seward Meridian,\nSection 7\nSections 13 — 36;\n(16) Township 23 North, Range 9 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 15 — 36;\n(17) Township 23 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 1 — 2\nSections 10 — 16\nSections 21 — 36;\n(18) Township 23 North, Range 11 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 5 — 36;\n(19) Township 23 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 1 — 5\nSections 7 — 36;\n(20) Township 24 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian;\n(21) Township 24 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 2 — 11\nSections 14 — 23\nSections 26 — 36;\n(22) Township 24 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 24 — 25;\nSections 32 — 36;\n(23) Township 25 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian;\n(24) Township 25 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian;\n(25) Township 25 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian;\n(26) Township 25 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 3 — 10\nSections 14 — 23\nSections 26 — 35;\n(27) Township 26 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian;\n(28) Township 26 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian;\n(29) Township 26 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian;\n(30) Township 26 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian;\n(31) Township 26 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 18 — 19\nSections 29 — 34;\n(32) Township 27 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian;\n(33) Township 27 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian;\n(34) Township 27 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian;\n(35) Township 27 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 4 — 10\nSections 14 — 36;\n(36) Township 28 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian;\n(37) Township 28 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian;\n(38) Township 28 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian;\n(39) Township 28 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian,\nSection 7\nSections 18 — 20\nSections 29 — 32;\n(40) Township 29 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian;\n(41) Township 29 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian;\n(42) Township 29 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 1 — 12\nSections 14 — 22\nSections 27 — 35;\n(43) Township 29 North, Range 12 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 1 — 2\nSections 10 — 15\nSections 22 — 27\nSections 35 — 36;\n(44) Township 30 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian;\n(45) Township 30 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian;\n(46) Township 30 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian;\n(47) Township 30 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 1 — 12\nSections 15 — 19\nSections 30 — 31;\n(48) Township 30 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian,\nSections 4 — 7;\n(49) That portion of Township 31 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;\n(50) That portion of Township 31 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;\n(51) Township 31 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian;\n(52) Township 31 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian;\n(53) Township 31 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian, those portions of Sections 2 — 4 and Sections 11 — 12 lying south of the Susitna River, and\nSections 5 — 10\nSections 15 — 21\nSections 28 — 33;\n(54) That portion of Township 32 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;\n(55) That portion of Township 32 North, Range 5 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;\n(56) That portion of Township 32 North, Range 6 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;\n(57) That portion of Township 32 North, Range 7 East, Seward Meridian, lying south of the Susitna River;\n(58) Township 3 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian,\nSections 1 — 30\nSections 33 — 34;\n(59) Township 3 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian;\n(60) Township 3 North, Range 11 West, Copper River Meridian;\n(61) Township 4 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian, all sections except for portions of sections 20 and 29 described as John Lake Subdivision (ASLS-82-190);\n(62) Township 4 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian;\n(63) Township 4 North, Range 11 West, Copper River Meridian;\n(64) Township 5 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian;\n(65) Township 5 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,\nSections 1 — 4\nSections 9 — 16\nSections 19 — 36;\n(66) Township 6 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian;\n(67) Township 6 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,\nSections 1 — 3\nSections 10 — 15\nSections 22 — 27\nSections 34 — 36;\n(68) Township 7 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian;\n(69) Township 7 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,\nSections 1 — 3\nSections 10 — 15\nSections 22 — 27\nSections 34 — 36;\n(70) Township 8 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian;\n(71) Township 8 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,\nSections 1 — 3\nSections 10 — 15\nSections 22 — 27\nSections 34 — 36;\n(72) That portion of Township 9 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian, lying southwest of the Tyone River;\n(73) Township 9 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian,\nSections 1 — 4\nSections 9 — 16\nSections 23 — 26\nSections 35 — 36;\n(74) That portion of Township 10 North, Range 9 West, Copper River Meridian, lying southwest of the Tyone River;\n(75) Township 10 North, Range 10 West, Copper River Meridian, that portion of Sections 12 and 13 south of the Tyone River, and\nSections 21 — 28\nSections 33 — 36.","path":["Title 41. Public Resources.","Chapter 23. Multiple Use Management of Public Resources."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#41.23.040","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:19:16Z","sha256":"5aab294645cdc3c554d2d94974d95b90e6f0b67c0b3bb853f5c8804f618a79b3","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-41.23.030","next":"us-ak/as-41.23.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}