Prince of Wales Area Plan
(Originally Adopted June 1985)
Partial list of actions subsequent to final plan being published.
Revisions to the Prince of Wale Island Area Plan (POWIAP) were adopted by the Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on October 16, 1998. The original plan for this area was adopted in June of 1985 and reflected land management decisions and allocations based on the best available information concerning demand for use of state land and resources at the time. However, significant changes in economic and political conditions, not anticipated during the development of the 1985 plan, necessitated a revision of the original action. The area-wide policies and implementation procedures given in this volume are also consistent with the Prince of Wales Island Area Plan Amendment (POWIAP Amendment) which was adopted in 2008. The two plans together determine land use designations, land selections and relinquishments, land disposal locations and management guidelines for actions by DNR for the Prince of Wales Island area.
The POWIAP planning area includes Prince of Wales Island and surrounding islands except for the area generally southwest of Big Salt Lake which is now covered by the POWIAP Amendment (see map of the planning area – Map 1-1 (pdf 88 KB)). This area is rich in natural resources that can sustain a variety of different uses provided the uses are properly managed. The guidelines and policies of this plan apply to approximately 68,942 acres of uplands which are owned or have been selected by the state. Most of the uplands in this area are managed by the Federal government as part of the Tongass National Forest. Approximately 9,687 acres in the Prince of Wales Island planning areas have been selected from the Tongass National Forest for conveyance to the state. This plan also applies to nearly one million acres of state owned tidelands and submerged lands in the POWIAP planning area along a shoreline over 1000 miles long and state-owned lands beneath navigable streams and lakes called "shorelands".
In addition to state owned lands Native corporations established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act own substantial upland acreage within the planning area. There are other small tracts of private land in the planning area including mining claims and Native allotments. This plan does not apply to municipal, University of Alaska, Mental Health Trust or any other private lands within the planning area.
This plan was developed using a process of addressing public concerns through a series of public meetings, distribution of newsletters and informational materials and solicitation of public comments. The process also included a thorough review of resource information and interaction with other agencies, departments and divisions within state government.
You may click on the link below to view the plan in its entirety.
Prince of Wales Island Area Plan – complete (pdf 23 MB)
Due to the size of the above file, the plan has been broken down into smaller files with links to the color maps in Chapter 3, below.
Map 1-1.
The Prince of Wales Island Planning Area (pdf 88 KB)
Cover,
Adoption and Table of Contents (pdf
350 KB)
Chapter 1. Introduction (pdf 220 KB)
Introduction – Introduction Summary / Why Plan for Public Land? / The Planning Area and Land Ownership / Access and the Public Trust Doctrine / How Was the Plan Developed? / Summary of Plan Actions / Summary of Plan Implementation / Revision of Plan (1997-98) / Summary of the Plan Modification Process
Resource Summaries - Aquatic Farming / Cultural Resources / Fish and Wildlife / Floating Facilities / Forestry / Recreation / State Selections and Land Ownership / Settlement / Subsurface Resources / Transportation / Water
Chapter 2. Areawide Land Management Policies (pdf 262 KB)
Includes – Introduction / Aquatic Farming / Coordination and Public Notice / Cultural Resources / Fish and Wildlife Habitat and Harvest Areas / Floating Facilities / Forestry / Instream Flow / Material Sites / Recreation, Tourism, and Scenic Resources / Settlement / Shorelines and Stream Corridors / Subsurface Resources / Trail and Public Access Management
Chapter 3. Land Management Policies for Each Management Unit (pdf 640 KB)
Introduction
Includes: Surface and Subsurface Land Use Designations / General Use Area / Resource Information / University Land and Mental Health Land Settlements / Management Guidelines / Flexibility of the Plan / Definitions / Designations on Management Unit Maps
Unit 1 - Salmon Bay
Subunit 1a – Salmon Bay
Subunit 1b – Exchange Cove
Map of Unit 1 – Salmon Bay (pdf 1 MB)
Unit 2 – Protection/Baker
Subunit 2a – Labouchere Bay
Subunit 2b – Protection/Baker
Subunit 2c – Red Bay
Map of Unit 2 – Baker/Protection (pdf 1 MB)
Map of Unit 2 – Baker/Protection, Subunit 2a Inset Maps (pdf 1.15 MB)
Unit 3 – Shakan
Subunit 3a – Shakan Bay
Subunit 3b – Shipley Bay
Map of Unit 3 – Shakan (pdf 871 KB)
Unit 4 – El Capitan
Subunit 4a – El Cap North
Subunit 4b – El Cap South
Map
of Unit 4 – El Capitan, Subunit 4a (pdf 768 KB)
Map
of Unit 4 – El Capitan, Subunit 4b (pdf 892 KB)
Unit 5 – Whale Pass
Subunit 5a – Whale Pass
Subunit 5b – Neck Lake/Thorne Island
Map
of Unit 5 – Whale
Pass (pdf 867 KB)
Map
of Unit 5 – Whale Pass, Subunit 5a Inset Map (pdf 117
KB)
Unit 6 – Coffman Cove
Subunit 6a – Coffman Cove
Subunit 6b – Sweetwater Lake
Subunit 6c – Ratz Harbor
Map
of Unit 6 – Coffman Cove, Subunits 6a & 6b (pdf 1
MB)
Map of Unit
6 – Coffman
Cove, Subunit 6c (pdf 643 KB)
Map
of Unit 6 – Coffman Cove, Subunit 6a Inset map (pdf 175
KB)
Unit 7 – Sea Otter Sound
Subunit 7a – Marble/Orr
Subunit 7b – Tuxekan
Subunit 7c – Naukati
Map
of Unit 7 – Sea Otter Sound, Subunit 7a (pdf 1 MB)
Map
of Unit 7 – Sea Otter Sound, Subunit 7b & 7c (pdf
1 MB)
Map
of Unit 7 – Sea Otter Sound, Subunit 7c Inset map (pdf
480 KB)
Unit 8 – Edna Bay
Subunit 8a – Cape Pole
Subunit 8b – Edna Bay
Map of
Unit 8 – Edna
Bay (pdf 857 KB)
Map
of Unit 8 – Edna Bay, Subunit 8b Inset map (pdf 1.1 MB)
Unit 9 – Coronation
Map
of Coronation, Subunit 9a (pdf 800 KB)
Map
of Coronation, Subunit 9b (pdf 573 KB)
Unit 10 – Shaheen
Subunit 10a – Heceta Island
Subunit 10b – Tonowek Bay
Map
of Shaheen, Subunit 10a (pdf 1.1 MB)
Map
of Shaheen, Subunit 10b (pdf 856 KB)
Unit 11 – Thorne Bay
Subunit 11a – Control Lake
Subunit 11b – Karta Bay
Subunit 11c – Thorne Bay
Map
of Unit 11 – Thorne
Bay, Subunit 11a (pdf 843 KB)
Map
of Unit 11 – Thorne
Bay, Subunit 11b (pdf 776 KB)
Map
of Unit 11 – Thorne
Bay, Subunit 11c (pdf 1 MB)
Map
of Unit 11 – Thorne Bay, Subunit 11c, Setter Lake Inset map (pdf
397 KB)
Map
of Unit 11 – Thorne Bay, Subunit 11c, Security Lake Inset
map (pdf
406 KB)
Unit 12 – Kasaan Bay
Subunit 12a – Upper Twelvemile Arm
Subunit 12b – Hollis
Subunit 12c – Kasaan Bay
Subunit 12d – Lower Twelvemile Arm
Subunit 12e – Polk Inlet
Subunit 12f – Skowl Arm
Map
of Unit 12 – Kasaan Bay, Subunits 12a & 12b (pdf
800 KB)
Map of
Unit 12 – Kasaan
Bay, Subunit 12b Inset map (pdf 414 KB)
Map
of Unit 12 – Kasaan
Bay, Subunit 12c (pdf 1 MB)
Map
of Unit 12 – Kasaan
Bay, Subunit 12d (pdf 616 KB)
Map
of Unit 12 – Kasaan Bay, Subunit 12e & 12f (pdf 1
MB)
Unit 13 – Cholmondeley
Subunit 13a – West Cholmondeley
Subunit 13b – East Cholmondeley
Map
of Cholmondeley, Subunit 13a (pdf 892 KB)
Map
of Cholmondeley, Subunit 13b (pdf 1.1 MB)
Unit 14 – Moira
Subunit 14a – Dickman Bay
Subunit 14b – Moira Sound
Subunit 14c – Ingraham Bay
Map of
Unit 14 – Moira (pdf
1.2 MB)
Map of
Unit 14 – Moira,
Subunit 14a Inset map (pdf 3.7 MB)
Unit 15 – Kendrick
Subunit 15a – Kendrick Bay
Subunit 15b – Cape Chacon
Map
of Unit 15 – Kendrick,
Subunit 15a (pdf 772 KB)
Map
of Unit 15 – Kendrick,
Subunit 15b (pdf 830 KB)
Chapter 4. Implementation (pdf 620 KB)
Introduction
Land Selections and Land Exchanges
Includes – Entitlement Overview / Selection Priority System / Selection Priorities / Relinquishments of Selections / Overlapping Land Selections / Land ExchangesPlan Coordination and Implementation
Includes - Cooperative Management Agreements / Coordination with Federal Land Management / Coastal Management Coordination / Municipal Entitlements / Land-Use Classifications / Mineral Orders / Legislative DesignationsProcedures for Plan Review, Modification, and Amendment
Includes - Periodic Review / Changes to the Plan / Discretion within Guidelines
Appendices (pdf 222 KB)
Appendix A. Glossary
Appendix B. Mineral Opening Order
Appendix C. Mineral Closing Order
Appendix D. Land Classification Order
Appendix E. Index
Partial list of actions subsequent to final plan being published.
