A judge has affirmed a decision that upheld restrictions on hunting and brown bear baiting in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. The ruling quashes another attempt from the state of Alaska and hunting advocates to overturn a contentious Obama-era rule.
Today, a judge with the Ninth Circuit court — the federal court of appeals for Alaska and several other states — upheld that original decision. Judge Ronald Gould agreed that the federal government has power over Alaska’s public lands, even if ANILCA gives the state responsibility for its wildlife. And when state and federal regulations compete, the judge said, the federal regulations prevail.
Doug Vincent-Lang is the commissioner for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, which has argued against the refuge restrictions since they were first passed in 2016.
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