DNR Responsibility
 Introduction: DNR manages the surface estate of the state's 105 million acres of uplands and 65 million acres of tidelands and shorelands (34,000 miles of coastline). DNR manages and owns submerged lands to a seward boundary which is three geographical miles out from Alaska's coastline. Until the state recalculates the coastline and the three-mile boundary, the best depiction of the seaward boundary is on the newer edition United States Geological Survey topographic maps. The seaward boundary of DNR managed land is shown as a red line, which is drawn from offshore protraction survey data provided by the Federal Minerals Management Service.
DNR activities include classifying land and preparing land use plans, conducting land and gravel sales; leasing state land for recreation, commercial or industrial uses, leasing the tideland/shorelands for setnet fishing sites, mariculture sites and aquaculture purposes; issuing permits for temporary use of state lands; completing the land selection process to fulfill the state's entitlement from the federal government; conducting land exchanges;
defending public access and navigability claims; managing trust lands; acting as statewide survey authority; and serving as a source of public land information relating to ownership and use of those lands.
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Prevention: DNR supports spill prevention by eliminating human and mechanical failure to the greatest extent possible, stipulating best technology and practices, and having back-up safety systems in place.
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Response: DNR provides technical and logistical support during emergency incidents to the State On Scene Coordinator to insure that state land and resources are identified and protected from impact.
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Essential Function and Services:
- Provide land status and natural resource information to Incident Commander relating to state land and resource values.
- Identify critical resource areas for protection (i.e. setnet fishing areas, hatchery sites, tideland/ upland lease areas, access routes, and other land use areas).
- Issue permits for use of state lands for the purpose of cleanup, monitoring and other activities necessary to respond to an emergency situation that requires the use of state land.
- Permits are also issued for shoreline response activity that might involve booms and boom anchors, scientific research activities, base camps and/or staging areas and other spill related activities.
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Adoption of Emergency Regulations: It may be necessary to adopt emergency regulations as required by AS 44.62.250.
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