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

Site Specific Plans
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Site Specific Plans are land use plans developed under AS 38.04.065 that establish goals, policies, management intent, and guidelines for the use of state land in areas that are outside of the boundaries of existing area plans. Site Specific Plans are used in areas that generally have a small amount of state-owned land, have historically seen little to no use, or under certain contexts, may be associated with authorizations or disposals.
Site Specific Plans are planning documents prepared in the absence of a regional plan, that states the management intent for resources in the planning area, addresses impacts on adjacent land uses; and contains the following: a summary of existing land uses and ownership patterns, a discussion of resource potential and land uses on state lands and water, land classifications that set out primary use, consideration of mineral potential, existing or potential conflicts. The plans provide management guidelines and stated management intent representing department polices that guide the actions of the DNR when making land use decisions, directing land management and ensuring compatibility among competing land uses (11 AAC 55.030(e)).

Currently Active Site Specific Plans

Unalaska Bay Site Specific Plan

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF THE 2024 UNALASKA BAY SITE SPECIFIC PLAN AND ISSUE RESPONSE SUMMARY

The Unalaska Bay Site Specific Plan area includes nearly 89,000 acres of state-owned tide and submerged land in Unalaska Bay. Stretching from Cape Cheerful in the west to Erskine Point in the east, the planning area includes Nateekin Bay, Captains Bay, Iliuliul Bay, Summer Bay, Kalekta Bay, and runs north to the three-mile seaward limit, where it abuts the boundary of the Bristol Bay Area Plan. The Unalaska Bay Site Specific Plan (UBSSP) proposes to classify the tide and submerged land within the planning area as Wildlife Habitat and Public Recreation Land, Waterfront Development Land, and Reserved Use.
The Issue Response Summary and Public Review Draft together serve as the final plan for the purpose of Adoption. A final plan with recommended corrections will be released after the appeal period has concluded. Information on the Appeals Process is included in the Public Notice document available below.

Lower Kuskokwim Site Specific Plan

**NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF THE 2024 LOWER KUSKOKWIM SITE SPECIFIC PLAN**

The Lower Kuskokwim Site Specific Plan area includes approximately 426,700 acres of state-owned tide, submerged, and shorelands in the Lower Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The plan boundary extends from Akiak in the northeast, west to Nunapitchuk and south to the 3-mile limit of Kuskokwim Bay where it abuts the northwest corner of the Bristol Bay Area plan above Quinhagak. The planning area is within the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, and includes the communities of Akiak, Kwethluk, Bethel, Nunapitchuk, Napakiak, Napaskiak, Oscarville, Eek, and Tuntutuliak. The Lower Kuskokwim Site Specific Plan proposes to classify the state-owned tide, submerged, and shoreland within the planning area as Wildlife Habitat Land, Public Recreation Land, Waterfront Development Land, and Resource Management Land.
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