1986-06 Requesting State Legislation to Create the Shuyak Game Refuge.Refuge.
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 86 -06 -R
A RESOLUTION OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY REQUESTING
STATE LEGISLATION TO CREATE THE SHUYAK STATE GAME REFUGE
WHEREAS, on August 14, 1981, the Superior Court ordered the Agreement
of Consent Decree to effectively dismiss the appeals the Kodiak Island Borough
brought against the Alaska Department of Natural Resources with regards to its
Lands selections; and
WHEREAS, a condition in the Agreement of Settlement and Consent
Decree is that the Kodiak Island Borough is to use its best efforts to have
legislation introduced to create a state park and state game refuge on Shuyak
Island for those portions not to be conveyed to the Kodiak Island Borough; and
WHEREAS, the Shuyak State Game Refuge is to be established to protect
fish and wildlife habitats and population of all fish and wildlife species,
particularly deer and brown bear, feeding, wintering and migration areas as
well as to provide public uses of fish and wildlife in their habitat for
hunting, viewing, photography, and general recreation in a high quality
environment; and
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough had caused to be prepared a
proposed bill entitled "An Act Creating the Aleksandr Baranov State Game
Refuge" for the 1981 -82 legislature; and
WHEREAS, Bill HCSSB 51, "An Act Establishing the Shuyak Island State
Park; and Providing for an Effective Date" was signed by Governor Sheffield on
July 11, 1984; and
WHEREAS, nothing further has been done to establish a State Game
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly
that legislation entitled "An Act Creating the Shuyak State Game Refuge" be
introduced and assigned a number providing for the creation of said state game
refuge.
Island Borough Assembly that the
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Kodiak
Borough administration be directed to send this resolution to the Senator for
District N, the Representative for House District 27, Governor Sheffield, the
Alaska Department of Natural Resources, and the Alaska Department of Fish and
Game and implore their assistance in the successful adoption of this
legislation.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 2 DAY OF January , 1986.
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