Alaska Statutes Sec. 38.04.070 - Management Categories

State land classified for uses and purposes involving retention in public ownership may be included in the following management categories:

(1) state public reserve land: areas of public land to be managed for a wide variety of compatible uses and purposes in accordance with the principles of multiple use and sustained yield; land designated to this category may include, but need not be limited to, state forest reserves and state wildlife reserves as well as land classified for public purposes within settlement impact areas;

(2) state parks: areas with special recreational, scenic, cultural, historical, wilderness, or similar values, to be managed primarily for the public use and enjoyment of these values;

(3) state trails: a system of public historic or recreational trails;

(4) wild and scenic rivers: a system of rivers and adjacent state land with special natural, scenic, and recreational values located within or adjacent to a wild and scenic river area managed as part of the national system of wild and scenic rivers in accordance with 16 U.S.C. 1271 - 1287 (Wild and Scenic Rivers Act);

(5) state public domain: land within areas designated on regional plans as settlement and settlement impact which are not part of the management categories listed in (1) - (4) of this section; through classification, this land may be made available for private use, settlement, and development as well as for public uses associated with settlement and development.

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Last modified: November 15, 2016