(a) The presently state-owned land and water and all that acquired in the future by the state, lying within the following described boundary, are hereby designated as the Nancy Lake State Recreation Area, are reserved from all uses incompatible with their primary function as public recreation land, and are assigned to the department for control, development, and maintenance:

Beginning at the brass capped monument marking the one quarter corner position, common to Section 34 and Section 35, Township 19 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian, Alaska, which is the true point of beginning; thence easterly along the 1/4 line of Section 35 to the west shore of an unnamed lake; thence meandering said lake clockwise in a northerly and southerly direction to a point where said meanders intersect the east-west 1/4 line of Section 35; thence easterly along the 1/4 line of Section 35 to the west shore of an unnamed lake; thence meandering said lake clockwise in a northerly and easterly direction to a point where said meanders intersect the east-west 1/4 line of Section 35; thence easterly along the 1/4 line of Section 35 to the 1/4 corner position common to Section 35 and Section 36; thence southerly along the section line common to Sections 35 and 36 to the common corner between Sections 35 and 36, Township 19 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian and Sections 1 and 2, Township 18 North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian; thence easterly along the common line between said Sections 1 and 36 to the common corner of Section 1, Township 18 North, Range 5 West and Section 36, Township 19 North, Range 5 West and Section 31, Township 19 North, Range 4 West and Section 6, Township 18 North, Range 4 West; thence easterly along the common line between said Sections 31 and 6 to the 1/4 corner position common to Sections 31 and 6; thence northerly along the 1/4 line of Section 31 to the C 1/4 corner positions; thence easterly along the 1/4 line of Section 31 and Section 32 to the C 1/4 corner position of Section 32, Township 19 North, Range 4 West; thence northerly along the 1/4 line of Section 32 and Section 29 to the C-N-S 1/64th corner position of Section 29, Township 19 North, Range 4 West; thence easterly along the N-S 1/64th line of said Section 29 to the N-S 1/64th corner position common to Section 29 and Section 28; thence southerly along the east section line of Section 29 and Section 32 to the S-N-N 1/256th corner position of said Section 32; thence westerly along the S-N-N 1/256th line to the SE-NE-NE 1/256th corner positions; thence southerly along the E-E-E 1/256th line to the NE-SE-NE 1/256th corner position; thence easterly along the N-S-N 1/256th line to the N-S-N 1/256th corner position; thence southerly along the east boundary of Section 32 to the S-N 1/64th corner position of said Section 32; thence westerly along the S-N 1/64th line to the C-E-SE-NE 1/256th corner position; thence southerly along the E-E-E 1/256th line to the north shore of Nancy Lake; thence meandering said lake clockwise in an easterly, northerly, and southerly direction to a point where said meander line intersects the north line of Section Lot 41, Section 33, Township 19 North, Range 4 West; thence easterly along said north line to the NE corner of said Lot 41; thence southerly along the east line of said Lot 41 to the north shore of Nancy Lake; thence meandering said lake in an easterly, northerly, southerly, and westerly direction to a point where said meander line intersects the east line of Section Lot 54, Section 33, Township 19 North, Range 4 West; thence southerly along said east line of said Lot 54 to the east shore of Nancy Lake; thence meandering said lake in an easterly, northerly, southerly, and westerly direction to a point where said meander line intersects the N-N-N 1/256th line of Section 4, Township 18 North, Range 4 West; thence westerly along said N-N-N 1/256th line to the NE-NW-NW 1/256th corner position; thence southerly along the E-W-W 1/256th line to the SE-NW-NW 1/256th corner position; thence easterly along the S-N-N 1/256th line to the C-S-N-NW 1/256th corner position; thence along the W 1/16th line to the C-W 1/16th corner position; thence westerly along the 1/4 line to the 1/4 corner position common to Section 4 and Section 5; thence southerly along the east section line of Sections 5, 8, 17, 20, 29, 32, and 5, to the section corner common to Sections 4, 5, 8, and 9, Township 17 North, Range 4 West; thence westerly along the section line common to Section 5 and Section 8 to the E 1/16th corner position; thence southerly along the E 1/16th line to the SE 1/16th corner position of said Section 8; thence westerly along the S 1/16th line to the C-S 1/16th corner position of Section 7, Township 17 North, Range 4 West; thence northerly along the 1/4 line to the C 1/4 corner position of Section 6, Township 17 North, Range 4 West; thence westerly along the 1/4 line of said Section 6 to the east shore of Butterfly Lake; thence meandering said lake clockwise in a southerly, northerly, and westerly direction to a point on the west shore of Butterfly Lake where said meander line intersects the north section line of Section 1, Township 17 North, Range 5 West; thence westerly along the north section line of Section 1 and Section 2 to the point of intersection with line 9-10 of U.S. Survey No. 4638; thence south to Corner No. 4, Lot 3 of said U.S. Survey No. 4638; thence west along the north line of said Lot 3 to the point of intersection with the north-south section line common to Section 2 and Section 3; thence northerly along the west section line of Sections 2, 35, and 26, to the point of intersection with line 3-4 of U.S. Survey No. 3869, Township 18 North, Range 5 West; thence west along said line 3-4 of U.S. Survey No. 3869 to the point of intersection with the E 1/16th line of Section 27; thence northerly along said E 1/16th line to the point of intersection with line 1-2 of U.S. Survey No. 3869; thence west along said line 1-2 to Corner No. 1 of said U.S. Survey No. 3869; thence N 20° to 06´ E along line 2-3 of Lot 31, U.S. Survey No. 3868 for a distance of 268.62 ft. to Corner No. 2 of said Lot 31; thence N 69° 54´ W along line 1-2 of said Lot 31, to the east shore of Red Shirt Lake; thence meandering said lake clockwise in a southerly, westerly, easterly, and northerly direction to a point where said meander line intersects line 3-4 of Lot 3, U.S. Survey No. 3868; thence west along said line 3-4 to Corner No. 3 of Lot 3, U.S. Survey No. 3868; thence south along line 2-3 of said Lot 3 to the point of intersection with the east-west section line common to Section 21 and Section 28, Township 18 North, Range 5 West; thence westerly along said section line to the section corner position common to Sections 20, 21, 28, and 29, Township 18 North, Range 5 West; thence northerly along the section line common to Section 20 and Section 21 to the section corner position common to Sections 16, 17, 20, and 21; thence easterly along the section line common to Section 16 and Section 21 to the 1/4 corner position common to said Sections 16 and 21; thence northerly along the 1/4 line of Section 16 to the C 1/4 corner position of said Section 16; thence easterly along the 1/4 line of Section 16 to the 1/4 corner position common to Section 15 and Section 16; thence northerly along the section line common to Section 15 and Section 16 to the section corner position common to Sections 9, 10, 15, and 16; thence easterly along the section line common to Section 10 and Section 15 to the 1/4 corner position common to said Sections 10 and 15; thence northerly along the 1/4 line of Section 10 to the 1/4 corner position common to Section 3 and Section 10; thence easterly along the section line common to Sections 3 and 10 to the section corner position common to Sections 2, 3, 10, and 11; thence northerly along the section line common to Section 2 and Section 3, Township 18 North, Range 5 West, and Section 34 and Section 35, Township 19 North, Range 5 West to the brass capped monument marking the 1/4 corner position common to said Sections 34 and 35 which is the true point of beginning.

(b) Nothing in this section affects the right of an organized borough to extract gravel from land that is located within the recreation area and that has been selected by the borough before April 22, 1970 under former AS 07.10.150 - 07.10.160.