Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Mining, Land and Water

Old Copper River Basin Area Plan
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PDF File of Entire Plan (PDF) (45 MB) Note: Once this PDF file is open, clicking on items in the Table of Contents will take you to corresponding sections.

• Map of the Planning Area (PDF)
• Map of the Management Units (PDF)
• Summary Brochure of the Plan (PDF)
• Plan Adoption Signatures (PDF)
• Preface (PDF)
  Includes: Cover, Signature Page, Planning Team, Acknowledgements, Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction (PDF)

Includes: Summary of Purpose, How this Document is Organized, Description of Planning Area, Why Plan for Public Land, Planning Process and Management Structure, Summary of Plan Implementation, Summary of Process for Modifying the Plan

Chapter 2. Areawide Land Management Policies

• Introduction (PDF)
• Agriculture/Grazing (PDF)
• Fish and Wildlife Habitat (PDF)
• Forestry (PDF)
• Materials (PDF)
• Recreation, Cultural, and Scenic Resources (PDF)
• Remote Cabins (PDF)
• Settlement (PDF)
• Subsurface Resources (Coal, Minerals, Oil, and Gas) (PDF)
• Transportation (PDF)
• Lakeshore Management (PDF)
• Public Access (PDF)
• Stream Corridors (PDF)
• Trail Management (PDF)
• Wetlands Management (PDF)

Chapter 3. Land Management Policies for each Management Unit

Introduction (PDF)

Includes: Surface and Subsurface Land Use Designations, Resource Management Areas, Management Guidelines, Areas Proposed for Legislative Designations, Flexibility of the Plan

Map of Management Units (PDF)

1. Nelchina River/Tazlina River (PDF)
2. North of Nelchina River (PDF)
3. North of Tazlina River (PDF)
4. North of Glenn Hwy. Near Snowshoe Lake (PDF)
5. Lake Louise Road Area (PDF)
6. Crosswind Lake Area (PDF)
7. Crosswind Lake (PDF)
8. Tazlina, Kaina, & St. Anne Lakes Area (PDF)
9. Between Tazlina & Klutina Rivers (PDF)
10. West of Tazlina Lake (PDF)
11. Chugach Mountains (PDF)
12. Klutina Lake & River (PDF)
13. Chugach Glaciers (PDF)
14. Tonsina Lake (PDF)
15. Thompson Pass (PDF)
16. Tiekel/Richardson (PDF)
17. Tonsina Plateau (PDF)
18. Lower Tonsina/Edgerton Highway (PDF)
19. Squirrel Creek/Mount DuRelle (PDF)
20. Willow Creek (PDF)
21. Tazlina (PDF)
22. Mount Drum Bluffs (PDF)
23. Glennallen/Gulkana (PDF)
24. Long Lake/Fireweed Mt. (PDF)
25. McCarthy/Nizina River (PDF)
26. Lower Gakona River (PDF)
27. Gulkana River/Richardson Hwy. (PDF)
28. Summit Lake (PDF)
29. Upper Gakona, Chistochina, & Slana River Drainages (PDF)
30. Alaska Range (PDF)
31. Slate Creek/Chisna River (PDF)
32. Slana/Mentasta (PDF)
33. Copper & Chitina Rivers, Other Navigable Tributaries (Not Mapped) (PDF)

Chapter 4. Implementation (PDF)

Includes: Introduction, Proposed Selections, Relinquishments and Exchanges, Land Use Classifications, Management Plan Priorities, Recommendations for Legislative Designations, Procedures for Plan Modification and Amendment

Appendices

1. Explanation of Resource Policies in the Plan (PDF)
2. Glossary (PDF)
3. Publications Related to the Area Plan (References) (PDF)
4. Trails (PDF)
5. Summary Brochure of the Plan (PDF)

 

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