Yakataga Area Plan
The Yakataga Area Plan was amended on January 16, 2004, changing the plan designations for all or portions of 11 subunits of the Yakataga Area as well as adding some minor guidelines and definitions.
Final Yakataga Area Plan Amendment and Land Classification Order, dated 1-16-04, with maps
The first link below is for the entire 1995 Yakataga Area Plan, 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 (65 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 Within the Planning Area
- Summary Brochure of the Plan
- Plan Adoption Signatures
- Preface
Includes: Cover, Plan Adoption Signatures, Table of Contents, Planning Team, Advisors, Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introduction (pdf)
Includes: Purpose of the Plan, How the Plan was Developed, Who Developed the Plan, What the Plan Will Do, What the Plan Won’t Do, Summary of Plan Implementation and Modification, The relationship Between the Yakataga Area Plan and Other Plans, Additional Resource Information
Chapter 2. Areawide Guidelines
- Introduction
- Goals
- Aquatic Farming
- Coordination and Public Notice
- Fish and Wildlife Habitat and Harvest
- Floating Residential Facilities
- Forestry
- Heritage Resources
- Materials
- Public and Private Access
- Recreation, Tourism, and Scenic Resources
- Settlement, Shoreline and Stream Corridors
- Subsurface Resources
- Trail Management
- Transportation and Utilities
- Upland and Waterfront Development
- Water Resources
Chapter 3. Land Management Policies for Each Management Unit
Includes: Land Use Designations, Management Intent, Management Guidelines, Flexibility of the Plan, Commitment to Continued resolution of Conflicts
- Unit 1 Cape Suckling Map
- Unit 2 Bering Glacier Map
- Unit 3A Tsiu to Duktoth Coastal Strip Map
- Unit 3B Upper Kaliakh River and Tributary Drainages Map
- Unit 3C Lower Kaliakh River and Tributary Drainages Map
- Unit 3D Duktoth River Corridor Map
- Unit 3E Yakataga and White Rivers Map
- Unit 4 Western Icy Bay Map
- Unit 5 Icy Bay – Tidelands and Submerged Lands Map
- Unit 6 Point Riou to Yakutat Bay – Tidelands, Map
Submerged Lands, and Shorelines
Submerged Lands, and Shorelines
- Unit 8A Yakutat Uplands and Shorelands Map
- Unit 8B Southeastern Yakutat Bay – Tidelands and Map
Chapter 4. Implementation and Recommendations (pdf)
Includes: State Land Classification, Coordination with the City and Borough of Yakutat, Mineral Closures and Leasehold Locations, State Land Conveyance Proposals, Yakataga State Game Refuge, Potential State Park at Bering Glacier, Additional Fish and Wildlife Data, Hydrologic Evaluation Recommendations, Field Staff and Enforcement, Procedures for Plan Review and Modifications, How the Area Plan Implements the December 1994 Settlement Agreement
