Admiralty Island National Monument Cube Cove Tracts Congressional District: 1 Alaska Tongass National Forest Member(S): Rep
Admiralty Island National Monument Cube Cove Tracts Congressional District: 1 Alaska Tongass National Forest Member(s): Rep. Don Young
Location Southeast Alaska, 30 miles south of Juneau and 20 Acquired to Date miles north of Angoon. Method Acres Cost ($) Purchase 0 $0 Purpose Conserve and enhance significant scenic, Exchange 0 $0 recreation, cultural and wildlife/plant resources Donation 0 $0 within National Monument/Wilderness. Protect Other 0 $0 wilderness values from development. Partners 0 $0
Purchase Shee Atika, Inc., an Alaska Native Corporation, is Presidents Budget FY 2011* Opportunities willing to sell surface estate owned by the Method Acres Cost ($) Corporation within Admiralty Island National Purchase 4,445 $3,500,000 Monument and Kootznoowoo Wilderness. President’s Budget FY2012* Method Acres Cost ($) Partners Landowner, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Purchase 1,714 $500,000
Pending Future Request* Cooperators The N ative community of Angoon supports return of Method Acres Cost ($) the Cube Cove tracts to the Kootznoowoo Wilderness. Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Purchase 9,555 $10,500,000 Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, *Mapped boundaries are estimates The Conservation Fund, The Nature Conservancy and the Friends of Admiralty Island support this acquisition. There is widespread public support for this acquisition throughout Southeast Alaska.
Project This property is the largest single in-holding on Admiralty Island. Shee Atika Inc. was conveyed Description these interests to fulfill its land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The tracts are located along and inland from the western shore of the island. With the exception of limited shoreline frontage at Cube Cove, the tract is entirely surrounded by Admiralty Island National Monument/Kootznoowoo Wilderness. Kootznoowoo, the traditional Tlingit name for the island, translates into “Fortress of the Bears”. This is a fitting name because Admiralty is renowned for supporting one of the largest concentrations of coastal brown bear in the world.
The tracts contain three major watersheds. Forest Service recreation cabins are located within land interests reserved in the patent. Numerous streams of all classes are also present. Acquisition will result in a large-scale consolidation of ownership and preservation or restoration of the unique coastal island ecosystem in perpetuity. Intact ecosystems provide for forest resiliency from the effects of climate change. Congress has long indicated its intent that the United States reacquire either the surface estate, or both the surface and subsurface estates, of these tracts. See Section 502 of the Tongass Timber Reform Act, P.L. 101-626 (1990).
O&M Cost Estimated “start up” costs: $10,000 Estimated annual maintenance: $0
USDA Goal Restore, sustain and enhance the Nation’s forests by restoring and maintaining healthy watersheds, riparian habitats and habitat used by terrestrial species; preventing conversion to other uses; maintaining intact ecosystems to withstand the effects of climate change. Provide public access, quality recreation experiences, and enjoyment of natural resources under management as National Monument/Wilderness.
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file: c:\(data\lwcd2012\r10\maps\cube\ Arlene Heap Admiralty Island National Monument Cube Cove Tract
Representative view of Admiralty Island National Monument – Windfall Harbor area
Representative view of lands to be acquired – Looking east from upper end of Lake Kathleen