Management Plans
Hatcher Pass

Preface PDF

Includes: Cover / Title Page / Signature Page / Background and Acknowledgements / Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction, Background, and Purpose PDF

Includes: Summary of Purpose / Planning Area / Description of Planning Area (General) / Land Ownership and Land Status / Planning History / Reasons for Plan Revision / Management Restrictions and Authorities Related to Statute and Administrative Code / Relationship of Management Plan to Area Plans, Land Use Regulations, and Hatcher Pass PUA Management Plan / What the Management Plan Will and Will Not Do / How the Management Plan Will be Used / Organization and Scope of Plan / Summary of Issues / Relationship of 2010 Management Plan to 1986 Management Plan and 1989 Plan Amendment / Special Use Designation (ADL 223585) and 11 AAC 96 Regulations / Planning Period / Public Participation Process

Map 1-1: Land Status PDF Map 1-2: Land Status, Topography and Management Boundaries PDF Map 1-3: Topographical View of Plan Area PDF Map 1-4: Satellite View of Plan Area PDF Map 1-5: Land Status, Topography and 1986 Recreational Motorized Closures PDF

Chapter 2: Areawide Goals, Policies, and Management Guidelines PDF

Includes: Scope of Chapter 2 / Central Management Direction: Recreation / Generally Allowed Uses / Uses within Hatcher Pass Management Area Requiring Authorization / General Guidelines / Subsurface Resources / Material Sites / Fish and Wildlife: Habitat / Recreation / Public Access, Transportation, and Utilities / Heritage Resources / Water Reservations

Map 2-1: Caribou Habitat PDF Map 2-2: Moose Habitat PDF Map 2-3: Recreational Use Patterns (Reported 2009) PDF Map 2-4: Overlapping Use Concern Areas PDF Map 2-5: Adopted Plan Map PDF

Chapter 3: Areawide and Management Unit Requirements PDF

Includes: Scope of Chapter 3 / Central Management Orientation: Public Recreation Focus / Uses Requiring Authorization and GAUs / Area Plan Considerations and Plan Duration / Primary Designated, Co-designated, Prohibited, and Conditionally Allowed Uses / Retained State Land / Mineral Designations / Management Intent, Guidelines, and Recommendations / Plan Duration / Kashwitna River Drainage Management Unit / Willow Mountain Management Unit / High Glacier Peaks Management Unit / Craigie Creek Management Unit / Bald Mountain / Hillside Management Unit / Independence Management Unit / Archangel Management Unit / Reed Lakes / Little Susitna Management Unit / Mile 16 Management Unit / Government Peak Management Unit / Administratively and Legislatively Designated Areas

Map 3-1: Land Status and Facility Recommendations PDF Map 3-2: Kashwitna River Drainage Unit PDF Map 3-3: Willow Mountain Unit PDF Map 3-4: High Glacier Peaks Unit PDF Map 3-5: Craigie Creek Unit PDF Map 3-6: Bald Mountain / Hillside Unit PDF Map 3-7: Independence Unit PDF Map 3-8: Archangel Unit PDF Map 3-9: Reed Lakes / Little Susitna Unit PDF Map 3-10: Mile 16 Unit PDF Map 3-11: Government Peak Unit PDF

Chapter 4: Implementation PDF

Includes: Background / Administrative / Regulatory / Leasing of State Land / Additions to Hatcher Pass Public Use Area / Authorizations Issued by the Borough and DNR / Area Plan / Plan Designations, Land Classifications and Land Classification Order / Land Classification Order / Applicability of Plan Designations/Classifications to State Lands not Identified in the Plan Text or Plan Maps / Survivor Designations and Classifications / Mineral Orders / Adoption of HPMP as Management Plan for Hatcher Pass Public Use Area / Facility Recommendations / Agency Responsibilities for Implementation / Plan Modification

Appendices PDF

Includes: Glossary / Land Classification Order No. SC-09-003 / Mineral Order No. 1107 / Revision to Regulations / Public Participation Process Overview / Snow Avalanche Hazard / Land Classification Order No. SC-09-003A01

Map C-1: Request for Mineral Closure Order Archangel Management Unit PDF Map C-2: Request for Mineral Closure Order Independence Management Unit PDF Appendix F: Snow Avalanche Hazard PDF