Alaska Statutes

Alaska Stat. § 16.20.500 (2026)

Purpose

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Sec. 16.20.500. Purpose.
The purpose of AS 16.20.500 — 16.20.690 is to protect and preserve habitat areas especially crucial to the perpetuation of fish and wildlife, and to restrict all other uses not compatible with that primary purpose.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2025–2025 · leading case: State of Alaska Dep't of Fish & Game v. Cook Inletkeeper, No. S19006 (Alaska Sept. 26, 2025).
State of Alaska Dep't of Fish & Game v. Cook Inletkeeper, No. S19006 (Alaska Sept. 26, 2025). · cites it 27× “140, § 2, SLA 1972 (current version at AS 16.20.500). -2- 7788 Fisheries, the Board of Game, and the Commissioner, for deciding the range of permissible uses within CHAs;2 the Commissioner was given the authority to review and approve plans for such uses.”
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