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    National Park laws are different in Alaska

    Stoel Rives LLP|Updated Sep 25, 2020

    Alaska is different - it has moose hunters on hovercrafts, many large national parks, and certain unique federal laws. On March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that National Park Service laws and regulations of general applicability do not apply to inholdings within Alaska's national parks. Sturgeon v. Frost, 587 U.S. ___ (2019). While on a moose hunting trip twelve years ago, Sturgeon was repairing his hovercraft on a section of the Nation River within the...