Stop the Overreach

The Supreme Court had brought before it an issue on a federal ban on hovercraft inside national parks, and Justice Samuel Alito seemed in a huff. Regardless of special concessions that apply to Alaska, an appeals court upheld the hovercraft ban there, which it extended beyond the federal land to include land the government doesn’t own. The court’s justification didn’t make…

Since statehood battles on who controls Alaska’s land and the waters have existed. Watch this video news story produced by Anchorage’s KTVA 11 for their Frontiers with Ronda McBride news program for the the full story on why a moose hunter in Alaska has taken his case all the way the the US Supreme Court….

John Sturgeon is a 46 year resident of Alaska. He has worked in Alaska’s forest products industry during that time. He is active in his community serving on several boards including the John Sturgeon is a 46 year resident of Alaska. He has worked in Alaska’s forest products industry during that time. He is active…

The U.S. Supreme Court considers an odd case from Alaska, with the fraught question of federal management of Western lands hovering in the background. “Raisins are not wild animals even when they are dancing,” Michael McConnell told the U.S. Supreme Court last term, thereby winning the first annual Epps Award for Coolest Argument Line of…

My grandfather moved from Washington to Alaska in 1940 to work, hunt and play in an environment that he felt was a better, safer, healthier and more enjoyable place to raise his family. He died in 1977, three years before President Carter doubled the size of the country’s national park and refuge system and tripled…

The fragile economy, high unemployment, and national debt are major concerns for many Americans across the country. While President Obama is campaigning on another so-called stimulus plan that will raise taxes on American families and job creators, he’s ignoring one of the best solutions to these problems—increased American energy production through drilling in the Arctic…