Subsistence News-4/15/94

To   Subsistence 2

From:      Larry Roberts:R10F02A

Postmark:  Apr 15,94  8:07 AM          Delivered: Apr 15,94 10:03 AM

Status:    Previously read

Subject: Subsistence News-4/15/94

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*Senator Ted Stevens spoke before the Alaska State Legislature on April 7th. He reminded the joint session of the legislature that “we have federal management” of fish and wildlife on public lands in Alaska.

*The senator suggested that the federal government may ban all hunting on Alaska’s federal lands unless the state reconcils their constitution with ANILCA’s rural preference mandate.

*March 31st, Federal District Court Judge H. Russel Holland ruled in the Katie John vs. U.S. lawsuit that the Secretaries (Interior and Agriculture), not the State of Alaska, are “entitled to manage fish and wildlife on public (federal) lands in Alaska for purposes of Title VIII of ANILCA.”.

*In Katie John vs. U.S., the court ruled that the Secretaries interpretation of federal public lands was in error. Judge Holland ruled that public lands includes all navigable waterways in Alaska.

*The court has allowed for a 60 day stay on the Katie John vs. U.S. decision pending possible appeals.