Alaska v. Babbitt

ELR Citation: ELR 20369
No(s). s. 94-35480, -35481 (9th Cir. Dec 19, 1995)

The court holds that those navigable waters in Alaska in which the United States has an interest by virtue of the reserved water rights doctrine fall within the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act's (ANILCA's) definition of "public lands." ANILCA requires that subsistence fishing and hun...