Federal judge grants hunting preference to Alaska village
Published Sunday, September 28, 2008
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Stumble It!ANCHORAGE -- A federal appeals court has upheld a federal decision granting a subsistence priority for moose in the Tok region to residents of Chistochina.
But the appeals court denied an argument raised by federal lawyers that would have expanded use of the subsistence priority under federal law in Alaska.
Federal lawyers had argued that if residents of a rural village could show a historical use of a specific game population, such as moose, residents of that community would have a federal priority to hunt moose anywhere in the state.
Appeals Court Judge A. Wallace Tashima ruled that was far too broad an interpretation of the law.
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