Copper River Basin
Area Plan

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Chapter 1. Introduction

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
• Agriculture/Grazing
• Fish and Wildlife Habitat
• Forestry
• Materials
• Recreation, Cultural, and Scenic Resources 2-22 Remote Cabins 2-24 Settlement
• Subsurface Resources (Coal, Minerals, Oil, and Gas)
• Transportation
• Lakeshore Management
• Public Access
• Stream Corridors
• Trail Management
• Wetlands Management

Chapter 3. Land Management Policies for each Management Unit

Introduction

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

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

Chapter 4. Implementation

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
2. Glossary
3. Publications Related to the Area Plan (References)
4. Trails
5. Summary Brochure of the Plan

 

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