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Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Division of Mining, Land and Water

Area Plans
Prince of Wales Island Area Plan

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Area Plan Downloads

(Adopted June 1985, revised October 1998)

2008 Amendment: This Amendment rescinds the former Southwest Prince of Wales Island Area Plan, first adopted in 1985 and incorporates the revised southwest area into the 1998 Prince of Wales Island Area Plan (POWIAP).

Prince of Wales Island Area Plan Amendment 2008 PDF

Formal Plan Amendment PDF Plan Approval PDF Land Classification Order SE-98-001A02 PDF Mineral Order 1080 and Administrative Finding of the Commissioner PDF

The first link below is for the entire document, 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.

Prince of Wales Island Area Plan - Complete PDF

Map 1-1. The Prince of Wales Island Planning Area PDF Cover, Adoption and Table of Contents PDF
Introduction PDF

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

Areawide Land Management Policies PDF

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

Land Management Policies for Each Management Unit PDF

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
Unit 2 - Protection/Baker
Subunit 2a - Labouchere Bay
Subunit 2b - Protection/Baker
Subunit 2c - Red Bay
Map of Unit 2 - Baker/Protection PDF Map of Unit 2 - Baker/Protection, Subunit 2a Inset Maps PDF
Unit 3 - Shakan
Subunit 3a - Shakan Bay
Subunit 3b - Shipley Bay
Map of Unit 3 - Shakan PDF
Unit 4 - El Capitan
Unit 5 - Whale Pass
Subunit 5a - Whale Pass
Subunit 5b - Neck Lake/Thorne Island
Map of Unit 5 - Whale Pass PDF Map of Unit 5 - Whale Pass, Subunit 5a Inset Map PDF
Unit 6 - Coffman Cove
Unit 7 - Sea Otter Sound
Unit 8 - Edna Bay
Unit 9 - Coronation
Unit 10 - Shaheen
Subunit 10a - Heceta Island
Subunit 10b - Tonowek Bay
Map of Shaheen, Subunit 10a PDF Map of Shaheen, Subunit 10b PDF
Unit 11 - Thorne Bay
Unit 12 - Kasaan Bay
Unit 13 - Cholmondeley
Subunit 13a - West Cholmondeley
Subunit 13b - East Cholmondeley
Map of Cholmondeley, Subunit 13a PDF Map of Cholmondeley, Subunit 13b PDF
Unit 14 - Moira
Subunit 14a - Dickman Bay
Subunit 14b - Moira Sound
Subunit 14c - Ingraham Bay
Map of Unit 14 - Moira PDF Map of Unit 14 - Moira, Subunit 14a Inset map PDF
Unit 15 - Kendrick
Implementation PDF
Introduction

Land Selections and Land Exchanges Includes - Entitlement Overview / Selection Priority System / Selection Priorities / Relinquishments of Selections / Overlapping Land Selections / Land Exchanges

Plan Coordination and Implementation Includes - Cooperative Management Agreements / Coordination with Federal Land Management / Coastal Management Coordination / Municipal Entitlements / Land-Use Classifications / Mineral Orders / Legislative Designations

Procedures for Plan Review, Modification, and Amendment Includes - Periodic Review / Changes to the Plan / Discretion within Guidelines

Appendices PDF

Includes - Glossary / Mineral Opening Order / Mineral Closing Order / Land Classification Order / Index

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