Hatcher Pass Management Plan

• Location Map of the Planning Area
• Map of Land Ownership in the Planning Area
• Map of Land Use Designations and Management Units
• Plan Adoption Signatures
• PDF File of Entire Plan

Note: Portions of this Plan have been amended by the Hatcher Pass Management Plan Amendment, and additional information is available in the Hatcher Pass Alpine Ski Area and Four Season Resort Project Evaluation.

• Preface Includes: Cover, Plan Adoption Signatures, Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, List of Maps and Figures, List of Tables.

Chapter 1   Introduction

Includes: Summary of Purpose, How the Plan is Organized, Hatcher Pass Area Description, Why a Management Plan?, How was the Plan Developed?, Implementation of the Plan, Modification of the Plan

Chapter 2   Resource Description and Evaluation

•  Introduction
•  Fish and Wildlife
•  Forestry Resources
•  Grazing Resources
•  Heritage Resources
•  Materials
•  Recreation
•  Snow Avalanche Hazard
•  Subsurface Resources
•  Transportation and Access
•  Viewshed
•  Water
• Map 2. Land Ownership Mining Claims – Material Sites
• Map 3. Fish and Wildlife Distribution, Moose Harvest & Trapping
• Map 4. Fish and Wildlife Habitat Priorities
• Map 5. Vegetation With Grazing and Forestry Potential
• Map 6. Winter Recreation Map
• Map 7. Summer Recreation Map
• Map 8. Snow Avalanche Hazard
• Map 9. Hatcher Pass Road Viewshed Study
• Map 11. Land Use Plan: Mining, Grazing, Forestry
• Map 12. Land Use Plan: Recreation and Wildlife Habitat

Chapter 3  Areawide Land Management Policies

•  Introduction
•  Management Intent Statement for the Hatcher Pass Management Unit
•  Fish and Wildlife
•  Forestry
•  Grazing
•  Materials
•  Recreation
•  Subsurface Resources
•  Transportation and Access
•  Water

Miscellaneous Guidelines

•  Heritage Resources
•  Lakeshore and Stream Corridors
•  Public Safety
•  Snow Avalanche Hazard
•  Unauthorized Use of State Lands
•  Viewshed
•  Wetlands

Chapter 4  Hatcher Pass Subunit Management Plan

•   Introduction
•   Map of Management Subunits

            I. Willow Mountain

            II. Baldy North/Lucky Shot Ridge

            III. Willow/Craigie Creek

            IV. Hillside

            V. Independence

            VI. Archangel

            VII.Reed Lakes

            VIII.Little Susitna

            IX. Government Peak

Chapter 5  Implementation

Includes: Priorities for Legislative Designation, Transportation Proposals, Public Recreation Management and Capital Improvements, Cattle-Wildlife Research, Agency Responsibilities for Implementation, Priorities for Instream Flow, Land Use Classifications, Coordination wit the Mat-Su Borough, Coordination with other State and Federal Agencies, Citizen/Interest Group Role in Plan Implementation

Appendices

            I. List of Acronyms

            II. Glossary

            III. Procedures for Plan Modification

            IV. Hatcher Pass Range – Soil Survey

            V. Engineering Geology

            VI. Potential Alpine Ski Area Sites in the Hatcher Pass Area

            VII.List of Avalanche Incidents

            VIII. Water Quantity and Quality Data Summary

            IX.  Weather Summary

            X.   ADF&G Critical Habitat Proposal for the Willow Mountain Subunit

            XI.  Outdoor Coalition Proposal for a Primitive Area

            XII. Key Issues Raised by the Public and DNR Responses

           XIII. Final Findings of the Commissioner on Objections to the Hatcher Pass Plan

            XIV. SB 334: Hatcher Pass Public Use Area

            XV. Bibliography

            XVI. Index