Site Specific Plans
Index
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
**PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OPEN THROUGH APRIL 22, 2024**
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, and Waterfront Development Land.
Lower Kuskokwim Site Specific Plan
**PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OPEN THROUGH MAY 20, 2024**
The Lower Kuskokwim Site Specific Plan proposes to classify approximately 426,700 acres of state-owned tide, submerged, and shorelands in the Lower Yukon-Kuskokwim
Delta as Wildlife Habitat and Public Recreation Land, and Waterfront Development Land. 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 Tuntuliak.
