Susitna Area Plan

Portions of this plan are being revised by: Southeast Susitna Area Plan and Susitna-Matanuska Area Plan.

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PDF File of Entire Plan   (95 MB)  Note:  Once this PDF file is open, clicking on items in the Table of Contents will take you to corresponding sections. 

• Map of the Planning Area
• Generalized Land Ownership in the Planning Area
• Subregion and Management Unit Boundaries
• Primary Surface Land Use Designations
• Subsurface Designations
• Plan Adoption Signatures
• Preface
• Amendments to Plan
• 1993 Amendment to Susitna Area Plan

Includes:  Cover, Signature Pages, Acknowledgements, Planning Team, How to Use This Plan, Table of Contents, List of Maps

Chapter 1. Introduction

Includes:  Summary of Purpose, How the Plan is Organized, The Planning Area, The Planning Process, Summary of Goals and Policies, Implementation, and Modification

Chapter 2. Areawide Land Management Policies

•  Introduction
•  Agriculture
•  Fish and Wildlife Habitat
•  Forestry
•  Recreation
•  Settlement
•  Subsurface Resources
•  Transportation

   Miscellaneous Guidelines

•  Instream Flow
•  Lakeshore Management
•  Public Access
•  Stream Corridors
•  Trail Management
•  Wetlands Management
•  Resource Management – Borough Land Bank

• Introduction    
• Map of Subregions  

North Parks Highway Subregion

• Map
• Overview
• Unit 1 -  Broad Pass
• Unit 2 -  Alaska Range
• Unit 3 -  Chulitna River

South Parks Highway Subregion

• Map
• Overview
• Unit 1 -  Gold Creek
• Unit 2 -  Susitna - Chulitna Rivers
• Unit 3 -  Whiskers Creek
• Unit 4 -  Chase
• Unit 5 -  Larson Lake
• Unit 6 -  Talkeetna River
• Unit 7 -  Bald Mountain
• Unit 8 -  Answer Creek
• Unit 9 -  Talkeetna
• Unit 10 -  Montana Creek
• Unit 11 -  Goose Creek
• Unit 12 -  Kashwitna State Forest 
• Unit 13 -  Caswell Creek
• Unit 14 -  197 Mile Creek

Petersville Road Subregion

• Map
• Overview
• Unit 1 -  Peters Creek - Kroto Creek 
• Unit 2 -  Tokosha
• Unit 3 -  Gate Creek - Amber Lake
• Unit 4 -  Moose Creek Corridor
• Unit 5 -  Trapper Creek
• Unit 6 -  Rocky’s Lakes
• unit 7 -  Rabideux Creek

Sunflower Basin Subregion

• Map
• overview
• Unit 1 -  Yentna River Sales
• Unit 2 -  Fairview Mountains
• Unit 3 -  Chelatna Lake -  Lake Creek
• Unit 4 -  Wetlands
• Unit 5 -  Yenlo Hills
• Unit 6 -  Kahiltna River
• Unit 7 -  Peters Hills

Susitna Lowlands Subregion

• Map
• Overview
• Unit 1 -  Upper Yentna
• Unit 2 -  Kichatna -  Nakochna
• Unit 3 -  Skwentna River
• Unit 4 -  Skwentna Flats
• Unit 5 -  Middle Yentna
• Unit 6 -  Alexander Creek
• Unit 7 -  Lake Creek
• Unit 8 -  McDougal
• Unit 9 -  Kahiltna River
• Unit 10 -  Parker Lake
• Unit 11 -  Kahiltna - Kroto
• Unit 12 -  Deshka Flats
• Unit 13 -  Yentna - Susitna
• Unit 14 -  Kashwitna Knobs

Mt. Susitna Subregion

• Map
• Overview
• Unit 1 -  Susitna Game Flats
• Unit 2 -  Little Mt. Susitna
• Unit 3 -  Dinglishna Hill
• Unit 4 -  Beluga Mountain
• Unit 5 -  Canyon Creek
• Unit 6 -  Hayes River Pass
• Unit 7 -  Talachulitna River
• Unit 8 -  Talachulitna Lake
• Unit 9 -  Talachulitna Wetlands
• Unit 10 -  Native Lands

Beluga Subregion

• Map
• Overview
• Unit 1 -  Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated
• Unit 2 -  Bishop Creek
• Unit 3 -  Chuitna River

Alaska Range Subregion

• Map
• Overview
• Unit 1 -  Alaska Range

Lake Louise Subregion

• Map
• Overview
• Unit 1 -  Lake Louise - Susitna Lake
• Unit 2 -  Lake Louise East
• Unit 3 -  Tyone Lake

Glenn Highway Subregion

• Map
• Overview
• Unit 1 -  Palmer - Sutton - Butte
• Unit 2 -  Palmer Hay Flats
• Unit 3 -  Knik River
• Unit 4 -  Matanuska River Lower South Side
• Unit 5 -  Kings River
• Unit 6 -  Matanuska Valley Moose Range
• Unit 7 -  Bonnie Lake
• Unit 8 -  Purinton
• Unit 9 -  Coal Creek
• Unit 10 -  Matanuska Glacier
• Unit 11 -  Gunsight Mountain
• Unit 12 -  Alpine Areas

Talkeetna Mountains Subregion

• Map
• Overview
• Unit 1 -  Denali Highway
• Unit 2 -  Nelchina Public Use Area
• Unit 3 -  Western Talkeetnas

Chugach Mountains Subregion

• Map
• Overview
• Unit 1 -  Chugach Mountains

Chapter 4. Implementation

Includes:  Priorities for Legislative and Administrative Designations, Transportation Proposals, Land Disposal Schedule, Land Trades Selections and Relinquishments, Public Recreation Improvements, Land Use Classifications, Priorities for Instream Flow Studies, Management Planning Priorities

Appendices

• Appendix A Procedures for Plan Modification and Amendment
• Appendix B Glossary
• Appendix C Publications Relates to the Susitna Area Plan
• Appendix D Area Open for Remote Cabin Permits

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