The former chief forester of Alaska,John Sturgeon, has spent years battling the US over his use of a hovercraft at a national preserve. As a land use dispute unfolds in Oregon, or tall justices prepare to address a similar questionIn a remote corner of the wild north,just south of the Arctic Circle, an Alaskan moose hunter and the national park service hold set the stage for a legal battle now headed to the US supreme court. What started nine years ago as a debate over whether a hovercraft (a water vessel that rides on a cushion of air) is the same as a boat (which rides on a hull in the water) has turned into a monster legal battle that has raised questions – and hackles – about state sovereignty and federal overreach.
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Source: theguardian.com