Posted on 03/27/2019 8:44:13 AM PDT by SMGFan
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The National Park Service improperly banned an Alaska moose hunter from using a hovercraft on a river through a national preserve, the US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a unanimous decision.
The court limited the National Park Service’s authority to enforce laws and regulations on state-owned rivers in Alaska. Justices rejected the agency’s argument that the river was “public land” for regulatory authority and that the agency’s water rights interest gave it rule-making authority.
The outcome was a victory for moose hunter John Sturgeon of Anchorage, who had sued and lost in lower court rulings.
“We reverse the decision below and wish Sturgeon good hunting,” Justice Elena Kagan said in reading a summary of the decision.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
A story about hovercraft and moose. They put up a stock photo of a moose.
That was my first question too.
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My first question on reading the headline was “how do you sneak up on a moose with a hovercraft?
Second question immediately after was “and then what? ram it to death? Hunting moose with hovercrafts seems like a real difficult sport.
I’m glad to see they are occupying their time with the really pressing issues.
“His sister, who baited the moose with cheese, was in the shower stuning her beeber.”
Not sure, but that would probably qualify her for a Darwin Award.
Lol! I’m thinking the underlying precident was that Alaskan rivers are not state property. The hovercraft, though a really cool way of getting around, was not the primary subject. And have you ever heard one of those things? Any moose in 10 miles would beat feat outa the way when he/she heard it coming....
Love it!
Glad they finally settled the question. Now I can sleep at night.......................
Well, that’s a good first question too. 😁
There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold
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If he had used a conventional watercraft would he be legal?....................
This include hoverboards too?
Yep. Glad they got my back. 🤣
If you use a hoverboard on a river, is it waterhoverboarding?
:: The court limited the National Park Service’s authority to enforce laws and regulations on state-owned rivers in Alaska ::
This is a key statement. NPS can only enforce laws/regulations...NOT create them. Next stop, EPA?
WINNING! Bigly.
I remember a long time ago people used to sell personal hovercraft plans in comic books.
I wonder if anyone ever built one that worked from those.
Glad to see a few people get it. This case isn’t about hovercraft and moose. It’s about limiting the power of Fedzilla. I’m absolutely astonished that Kagan got it right.
Im sure that that gets one out to the brush quickly enough but would it have the capacity to bring back a moose? Im not sure I would want to try that.
I’ve hunted moose in Alaska from an airboat like they use in the Everglades. They are really loud but the moose hear low flying airplanes all the time so they’re not scared by the noise.
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