Prince William Sound
Area Plan for State Lands

2007 Amendment:
The Prince William Sound Area Plan was amended on April 3, 2007,  providing land use designations and management intent for 7,840 acres of land in Unit 22, Valdez Arm.

Final Prince William Sound Area Plan Amendment and Land Classification Order, dated 4/3/07, with map.

1988 Original Plan:
The first link below is for the entire document, which is quite large and may take considerable time to download on certain internet connections. The other links will take you to specific sections or pages for faster downloads.

PDF File of Entire Plan (70 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 the Management Units
• Summary Brochure of the Plan
• Plan Adoption Signatures
• Preface

Includes: Cover, Errata, Plan Adoption Signatures, Planning Team, Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, List of Tables and Figures, List of Maps, Where to Find It, How to Use This Plan

Chapter 1. Introduction

Includes: Summary of Purpose, Why Plan for Public Land, The Planning Area and Land Ownership, How was the Plan Developed, Public Participation, Summary of Plan Actions, Applicability of the Plan to Units of the Alaska State Park System, Summary of Plan Implementation, Summary of Plan Modification

Chapter 2. Areawide Land Management Policies

• Introduction
• Coordination and Public Notice
• Fish and Wildlife Habitat and Harvest Areas
• Floating Residential and Commercial Facilities
• Forestry
• Instream Flow
• Mariculture
• Materials
• Public and Private Access
• Recreation, Tourism, Cultural, and Scenic Resources
• Map of Legislative Designations and Commercial Recreation Facilities
• Settlement
• Shoreline Development
• Subsurface Resources
• Map of Mineral Openings and Closures
• Transportation and Utilities

Chapter 3. Land Management Policies for Each Management

• Management Unit Index
• Introduction

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

MU 1:	College Fiord	Map
MU 2:	Passage Canal	Map
MU 3:	Blackstone Bay	Map
MU 4:	Cochrane Bay	Map
MU 5:	Port Wells	Map
MU 6:	Lake George	Map
MU 7:	Esther Island	Map
MU 8:	Culross	Map
MU 9:	Perry Island	Map
MU 10:	Main Bay	Map
MU 11:	Port Nellie Juan	Map
MU 12:	Icy Bay	Map
MU 13:	Chenega	Map
MU 14:	Port Bainbridge	Map
MU 15:	Day Harbor	Map
MU 16:	Knight Island	Map
MU 17:	Naked Island	Map
MU 18:	Eaglek Bay	Map
MU 19:	Columbia Glacier	Map
MU 20:	Valdez Mountains	Map
MU 21:	City of Valdez	Map
MU 22:	Valdez Arm	Map
MU 23:	Fidalgo	Map
MU 24:	Montague Island	Map
MU 25:	Hinchinbrook Island	Map
MU 26:	Hawkins Island	Map
MU 27:	City of Cordova	Map
MU 28:	Copper River Delta	Map
MU 29:	Katalla	Map

Chapter 4. Implementation

Includes: Introduction, Overlapping Land Selections, Land Exchanges, Cooperative Management Agreements and Memorandums of Understanding, Coordination with Federal Land Management, Coastal Management Coordination, Land Use Classifications, Mineral Orders, Land for Future Municipalities, Areas Proposed for Legislative Designation, Procedures for Plan Modification and Amendment

Chapter 5. Land Selection and Relinquishments

Includes: Introduction, Entitlement Overview, Allowable Selection Purposes, Selection Priority System, Prioritized Land Selections and Relinquishments

Map of Selections and Relinquishments

Appendices

• Appendix A Glossary
• Appendix B Publications Related to the Prince William Sound Area Plan
• Appendix C Regulations
  • Alaska Coastal Management Program Regulations (6 AAC80)
  • Forest Practice Regulations (11 AAC 95)
  • Beach Log Salvage - ACMP General Concurrence
  Appendix D Mineral Orders
• Appendix E Fish and Wildlife Habitat and Harvest Area Categories
• Appendix F Index

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