Haines Coastal Management Program Final Plan Amendment With Assistance from Sheinberg Associates Juneau, Alaska Haines Coastal Management Plan - 2007 ii Haines Coastal Management Plan - 2007 iii Acknowledgements This plan revision and update would not have been possible without the help of many people who gave their time and expertise. Most important were the Haines Coastal District Coordinator Scott Hansen, who produced maps and provided support for meetings and guidance, Borough Manager Robert Venables, and the Haines Borough Planning Commission: Jim Stanford, Chair Harriet Brouillette Bob Cameron Rob Goldberg Lee Heinmiller Bill Stacy Lynda Walker The Haines Borough Mayor and Assembly also contributed to the development of this Plan. They were: Mike Case, Mayor Jerry Lapp, Deputy Mayor Scott Rossman Stephanie Scott Debra Schnabel Norman Smith Herb VanCleve Others who assisted in the development of this plan by providing information or by following its development include local groups such as the Takshanuk Watershed Council and Chilkat Indian Association. State and Federal staff were helpful in their review and comments on resource inventory and analysis and policy development. Gina Shirey-Potts, OPMP was especially attentive and helpful as were Patty Craw, DGGS-ADNR; Joan Dale, SHPO-ADNR; Mike Turek, ADFG; Roy Josephson, Forestry and Roselynn Smith, ADNR. My apologies to anyone inadvertently left off the acknowledgements. Frankie Pillifant, Sheinberg Associates. Haines Coastal Management Plan - 2007 iv Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction.................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Coastal Management Overview.................................................................................1-1 1.2 Purpose of Coastal Program...................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 Document Organization.............................................................................................1-2 2.0 Haines Coastal Management Program Boundaries ................................... 2-1 3.0 Resource Inventory and Analysis................................................................. 3-1 3.1 Land Status and Management....................................................................................3-1 3.1.1 Past Development Patterns .....................................................................................3-1 3.1.2 Land Ownership and Management ........................................................................3-2 3.2 Natural Environment................................................................................................. 3-6 3.2.1 Climate....................................................................................................................3-6 3.2.2 Air, Land and Water Quality ..................................................................................3-7 3.2.3 Geology, Glaciers and Soils................................................................................... 3-7 3.2.4 Natural Hazards ......................................................................................................3-11 3.2.5 Coastal Habitats ......................................................................................................3-16 3.2.6 Fish and Wildlife.....................................................................................................3-29 3.2.8 Marine Mammals....................................................................................................3-37 3.2.9 Terrestrial Mammals...............................................................................................3-38 3.2.10 Vegetation.............................................................................................................3-42 3.3 Human and Cultural Resources .................................................................................3-43 3.3.1 Prehistory and History ............................................................................................3-43 3.3.2 Cultural and Archaeological Resources..................................................................3-47 3.3.3 Population and Demographics ...............................................................................3-52 3.3.4 Economy ................................................................................................................3-54 3.3.5 Employment and Wages ........................................................................................3-54 3.4 Subsistence and Personal Use Harvests.....................................................................3-56 3.4.1 Traditional Chilkoot Tlingits Subsistence Use Areas and Resources.....................3-61 3.5 Coastal Development and Uses .................................................................................3-63 3.5.1 Commercial Fishing and Seafood Processing.........................................................3-64 3.5.3 Sand and Gravel Processing....................................................................................3-78 3.5.4 Transportation and Utilities ....................................................................................3-82 3.5.5 Timber Harvest and Processing ..............................................................................3-89 4.0 Issues, Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 4-1 4.1 Introduction................................................................................................................4-1 4.2 Issues..........................................................................................................................4-1 4.3 Goals and Objectives ................................................................................................4-3 5.0 Haines Borough Coastal Management Program Enforceable Policies .... 5-1 5.1 Introduction................................................................................................................5-1 5.2 Criteria for Enforceable Policies............................................................................... 5-1 5.3 Enforceable Policies and Designated Areas.............................................................. 5-3 Coastal Development.................................................................................................5-4 Natural Hazards……………………………………………………………………..5-9 Recreation ..................................................................................................................5-10 Subsistence…………………………………………………………………….........5-12 Commercial Fishing and Seafood Processing ………………… ..............................5-13 Sand and Gravel Extraction Processing…………………....................................5-14 Haines Coastal Management Plan 2007 v Prehistoric, Historic, & Archaeological Resources……………….......................5-15 6.0 Former Port Chilkoot/Portage Cove AMSA............................................... 6-1 6.1 Introduction..................................................................................................................6-1 6.2 Land Status...................................................................................................................6-1 6.3 Land Use ....................................................................................................................6-2 6.4 Issues, Goals and Objectives...................................................................................... 6-3 7.0 Implementation .............................................................................................. 7-1 7.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................7-1 7.1.1 Organization.............................................................................................................7-1 7.1.2 Subject Uses.............................................................................................................7-2 7.1.3 Proper and Improper Uses .......................................................................................7-2 7.1.4 Designated Areas .....................................................................................................7-2 7.1.5 Uses of State Concern...............................................................................................7-3 7.2 Borough CMP Participants' Duties and Responsibilities.............................................7-3 7.3 General Consistency Review Information...................................................................7-4 7.4 Borough Participation In State-Coordinated Consistency Review..............................7-6 7.5 Borough Coordination of Local Consistency Review .................................................7-9 7.6 Elevation Process/Appeals.......................................................................................... 7-10 7.7 Planning For Major Projects ....................................................................................... 7-11 7.8 Amendments and Revisions........................................................................................ 7-14 7.9 Monitoring and Enforcement.......................................................................................7-14 7.10 Public Education and Outreach................................................................................. 7-15 8.0 Public Participation ......................................................................................