This Day in Alaska History-December 2nd, 1980
AFN Celebrates Ninth Circuit Decision Upholding Katie John Ruling
[content id=”79272″] Anchorage, Alaska — The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) announced a significant legal victory as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed Judge Gleason’s decision in the Kuskokwim case that the Katie John cases remain good law. The court’s opinion, released this morning, confirms that Congress, in enacting Title VIII of the […]
Ninth Circuit Decision on Land Exchange for Road Facilitating Medical Evacuations
(Anchorage, AK) – The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s invalidation of an Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) land exchange agreement between the Department of Interior (DOI) and King Cove Corporation (KCC). KCC intends to use the land it will obtain in the exchange to build a road to the City of Cold Bay […]
Proposed Rule Challenges State’s Wildlife Management Authority; Gov. Walker Requests Comment Period Extension
(Juneau) — The State of Alaska strongly opposes draft regulations published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that would usurp the state’s authority to manage fish and wildlife in Alaska’s 16 national wildlife refuges. Released Thursday for preliminary public review, the proposed rule would require that fish and wildlife be managed for natural fluctuations, […]