Anna Crary News Today

In a Sept. 21, Homer News opinion piece, Doug Vincent-Lang, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and Treg Taylor, Alaska attorney general, claim, we “find ourselves today in our legal response to the federal government’s repeated attempts to seize control of the Kuskokwim River and take charge of the fish within.”

Attorneys from Ahtna Inc. believe state arguments may overturn Katie John precedent. “It’s a really big deal, and they’re kind of being sneaky about it,” said Anna Crary, an attorney representing Ahtna.

A legal dispute between the U.S. government and the state of Alaska about subsistence fishing on the Kuskokwim River is growing, and a leading Native corporation says it could endanger