Northwest Area Plan
(1989 Plan)

The Northwest Area Plan was amended on November 9, 2005,  changing the plan designations for portions of nine subunits and modifying the public noticing requirements of this plan.

• Northwest Area Plan Amendment and Land Classification Order.
  (dated 11-9-05, with maps)

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PDF File of Entire Plan (75 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
• Map of Management Units
• Summary Brochure of the Plan
• Plan Adoption Signatures
• Preface

Includes: Cover, Plan adoption Signatures, Planning Team, Advisory Committee, and Planning Staff, Acknowledgements, How to Use this Plan, Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction

Includes: Summary of Purpose, How this Document is Organized, Why Plan for State Land, Description of Planning Area, How Was the Plan Developed, Public Participation, Summary of Plan Implementation, Summary of How to Change the Plan, Statewide Goals, Summary of Changes to Major Plan Proposals in the Alternatives and Draft Plan

Chapter 2. Areawide Land Management Policies

• Introduction and List of Guidelines
• Coordination and Public Notice
• Fish and Wildlife Habitat
• Forestry
• Grazing
• Heritage Resources
• Lakeshore Management
• Materials
• Public Access
• Public &Commercial Recreation
• Remote Cabins &Trapping Cabins
• Settlement
• Shoreline Development
• Stream Corridors and Instream Flow
• Subsistence Activities and Traditional Uses
• Subsurface Resources
• Trail Management
• Transportation and Utilities
• Wetlands Management

Chapter 3. Land Management Policies for Each Management Unit

• Management Unit Index Map
• Introduction, Land Use Designations, Management Intent, Management
• Guidelines
• Management Unit 1: Lisburne
• Management Unit 2: Kotzebue Sound
• Management Unit 3: Kobuk
• Management Unit 4: Northwest Seward Peninsula
• Management Unit 5: Southwest Seward Peninsula
• Management Unit 6: Norton Sound
• Management Unit 7: Remnant Rivers

Chapter 4. Implementation

Includes: Introduction, Proposed State Land Selections, Land Use Classifications, Mineral Orders, Municipal Entitlement, Procedures for Plan Modification and Amendment, Recommendations for Further Study, Recommendations for Field Staff and Enforcement, Recommendations for Cooperative Agreements, Recommendations for Additional Access, Public Trust Doctrine

Appendices

• Appendix A Glossary
• Appendix B Community Notice List By Management Unit C-l
• Appendix C Publications Related to the Area Plan (References)
• Appendix D Criteria Used for the Chapter 3 Summary Charts
• Appendix E Summary of Leases and Permits by Management Unit
• Appendix F 1985 Population of Communities within the Northwest Planning Area
• Appendix G Designations and Approximate Acreage by Subunit
• Appendix H Mineral Orders for the Northwest Area Plan
• Appendix I Listing of Key Agencies and Phone Numbers
• Appendix J Coastal Plan Boundaries
• Appendix K U.S.G.S.1:250,000 Quadrangle Map Index
• Appendix L Index

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