Gov. Dunleavy said he would 'fight for every acre owed to Alaskans,' but skeptics said the effort to assert Alaska's water and land rights over the feds — including a trespass notice — could bring decades of litigation.
against the federal government to stop it from claiming ownership of lands underneath three rivers in the Interior, including portions of the Koyukuk River.
“You are hereby notified that this dock is unauthorized; constitutes trespass; and has been officially placed in trespass status to initiate proceedings for its removal from state land,” the notice says.on Monday to Earl Stewart, supervisor of the Tongass National Forest. The state says the forest is not allowing Alaskans to use motorized watercraft at Mendenhall Lake and River, though such use is allowed under state law.
The state, to no avail, had attempted to coordinate with federal officials to determine such things as permitting authorizations that need to be converted to state permits, or identifying federal infrastructure built over state-submerged lands, the notices say.The Resource Development Council for Alaska, an industry trade group, said it welcomed the governor’s decision to stand up for Alaska’s land and water rights.
Such an effort involves complex questions such as which rivers, and which parts of those rivers, were navigable when Alaska became a state more than 60 years ago, he said. The issues would likely have to be sorted out in federal court as disputes arise, over decades in what could be a case-by-case and waterway-by-waterway effort, he said.
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