ENVIRONMENTAL LAWUnited States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (2022)Kristiana OlsonIn Safari Club International v. Haaland, 31 F.4th 1157 (9th Cir. 2022), the court held that theAlaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) preserves the federal government’sauthority over Alaska’s public lands. (Id. at 1165). In 2013, Alaska expanded access to brown bearhunting. (Id. at 1166). The Continue Reading »
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWUnited States District Court, District of Alaska (2022)Sam MacDuffieIn United States v. Alaska, 608 F. Supp. 3d 802 (D. Alaska 2022), the court granted the UnitedStates’ motion for preliminary injunction of an Alaskan state order allowing any Alaskan to gillnetfish in the Kuskokwim River. (Id. at 814). The federal Alaska National Interest LandsConservation Act Continue Reading »
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWUnited States District Court, District of Alaska (2022)Joseph PerryIn Alaska Wildlife Alliance v. Haaland, 2022 WL 17422412 (D. Alaska 2022), the district courtheld unlawful a National Park Service (NPS) rule permitting certain hunting practices on NationalPreserve land in Alaska on the grounds that it was an arbitrary and capricious abuse of NPS’spower. (Id. at Continue Reading »
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2022) Anighya H.D. Crocker In Cook Inlet Fisherman’s Fund v. Department of Fish and Game, 514 P.3d 1259 (Alaska 2022), the supreme court held that (1) the Alaska Statehood Act did not impose specific ongoing federal requirements on fishery management in state waters, (Id. at 1255–56), and (2) Alaska Continue Reading »
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Megan Mason Dister In French v. Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission, 498 P.3d 1026 (Alaska 2021), the supreme court held that the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) has jurisdiction over determining if a gas leak is waste and the AOGCC’s hearings must be supported by substantial evidence. (Id. at 1028). Continue Reading »
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Megan Mason Dister In PLC, LLC v. State, Department of Natural Resources, 484 P.3d 572 (Alaska 2021), the supreme court held that a company that held an overriding royalty interest (ORRI) in a state oil and gas lease had standing to challenge a Department of Natural Resources (DNR) decision on the unit operator’s Continue Reading »
