The state also sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Forest Service, saying it must stop enforcing the ban on motorized boating on Mendenhall Lake.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy is taking the federal government to court to assert the state’s ownership of land under navigable waters in national parks, refuges and forests.
Not only is the state suing, it is also issuing notices of trespass and cease-and-desist letters — all aimed at getting the federal government to recognize the state’s land ownership on waterways that flow through federal lands, as promised in the Statehood Act. The governor also has a bill pending in the Legislature to lay claim to the land under hundreds of lakes and rivers.
Katie Strong, senior attorney at the environmental law firm Trustees for Alaska, said she doesn’t think the state will prevail in court.
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