Susitna Matanuska Area Plan
Adopted August 2011
On August 11, 2011 the Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) adopted the Susitna Matanuska Area Plan (SMAP). The plan establishes land use designations, management intent and management guidelines for approximately 9 million acres of state land in the Susitna and Matanuska river valleys. This plan supersedes the majority of the 1985 Susitna Area Plan.
In adopting the plan, the Commissioner also approved Land Classification Order SC-09-002 which classifies land according to the plan's land use designation. Over half of the 9 million acres of state land has been classified for wildlife habitat; about 900,000 for mineral or coal; about 700,000 for settlement; another 700,000 for forest; and the remainder for a variety of land uses including public recreation, agriculture and water resource. This land encompasses the majority of the land in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
Copies of the final plan are available for reference at local libraries. Printed copies of the final plan can be purchased from the DNR Public Information Center at 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1260, Anchorage, AK 99501. If you would like a CD containing the final plan to be mailed to you, or for questions, please contact ray.burger@alaska.gov.
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The complete plan document includes low resolution maps. Each chapter's table of contents contains links to sections within those chapters.
Complete Plan (13 MB)
Preface (1.8 MB)
- Includes: Cover / Title Page / Signature Page / Background and Acknowledgements / Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction (500 KB)
Includes:pdf/ Introduction and Background / Summary of Purpose of the Plan / Description of the Planning Area / Uplands and Shorelands as Described in This Plan / Update of the Original Susitna Area Plan / Planning Area / How the Plan is Organized / Why This Plan Was Developed / The Mandate / What the Plan Will Do / How This Plan is Used / Public Participation in Planning Process / Process of Plan Preparation / Who Developed the Plan? / Uses and Resources Within the Planning Area / What the Plan Won't Do / Planning Period / Summary of Plan Actions / Management Intent / Land Use Designations / Management Guidelines / Classifications / Summary of Plan Implementation and Modification
Figure 1-2: Planning Boundary and Regions (330 KB)
Chapter 2: Areawide Land Management Policies – Complete (930 KB)
- Introduction
Includes: Introduction / Definitions / Goals / Management Intent / General Framework of the Plan / Management Guidelines by Activity or Resource Value / General Guidelines / Other State Land
- Agriculture
- Coordination and Public Notice
- Cultural Resources
- Fish and Wildlife Habitat
- Forestry
Figure 2-1: Lands to be Considered for Legislative Designation as a State Forest
- Reservations of Water
- Material Sites
- Recreation and Scenic Resources
- Settlement
- Shorelands and Stream Corridors
- Subsurface Resources
- Public Acces
Chapter 3: Land Management Policies for Each Management Unit (950 KB)
- Introduction
Includes: Introduction / Organization of Chapter / Land Use Designations / Designations Used in This Plan / Explanation of Mineral and Coal Designations/ Management Intent / Management Guidelines / Duration and Flexibility of Plan / Glossary / Plan Structure / Plan Regions / Management Units / Region Descriptions / Plan Maps / Land Status Depicted In Plan Maps / Resource Allocation Table
- North Parks Highway Region
- South Parks Highway Region
- Petersville Road Region
- Sunflower Basin Region
- Susitna Lowlands Region
- Mount Susitna Region
- Alaska Range Region
- Glenn Highway Region
- Chugach Mountains Region
- Talkeetna Mountains Region
- Legislatively Designated Areas
- Navigable Rivers and Lakes
Figure 3-1: Index for Location of Detail MapsHigh Resolution Low Resolution Map 3-1: 6.2 MB 0.8 MB Map 3-2: 8.4 MB 1.3 MB Map 3-3: 6.3 MB 1.1 MB Map 3-4: 5.9 MB 1 MB Map 3-5: 6.3 MB 0.8 MB Map 3-6: 6 MB 0.8 MB Map 3-7: 6.6 MB 0.7 MB Map 3-8: 7.1 MB 0.8 MB Map 3-9: 5.7 MB 1 MB Map 3-10: 3.5 MB 0.6 MB
Chapter 4: Implementation and Recommendations (125 KB)
- Includes: Introduction / State Land Classifications / Relationship of Land Use Designations in the Plan to State Land Classifications / Public Trust Doctrine / Leasing of State Land / Classification Order / Applicability of Plan Designations/Classifications to State Lands not Identified in the Plan Text or Plan Maps / Survivor Designations and Classifications / Alaska Coastal Management Program / Municipal Entitlement / State Land Selections / General Land Selections / ANILCA Topfiled Lands / Mineral Orders / Legislatively Designated Areas / Generally Allowed Uses / Types of Plan Changes
Appendices (235 KB)
- Includes: Glossary / Land Classification Order No. SC-09-002 / Index
Map of entire plan area
Map of entire plan area with designations shown in different colors
Partial list of actions subsequent to final plan adoption:
- Determination SC-09-002-DET01 (500 KB)
