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Several Key Problems with the Forest Services’ Proposed Repeal of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule

By Jessica Wentz and Michael Burger
September 3, 2026
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On August 20, 2026, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) published a proposal to repeal the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (“Roadless Rule”), which prohibits new road construction, commercial timber harvests and other activities on 58.5 million acres of undeveloped public…

Turtle Talk

Ninth Circuit Vacates Alaska Tribal Fee-to-Trust Decision

By Matthew L.M. Fletcher
August 24, 2026
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Here is the unpublished opinion in State of Alaska v. Newland:

CA9 MemorandumDownload

Available briefs:

Federal BriefDownload
Tribal AmicusDownload

Lower court materials here.

Pennsylvania Divorce and Domestic Relations Blog

Interstate Surrogacy Yields a Frightening Set of Problems

By Mark Ashton
August 12, 2026

A couple from California which we can only identify at AB and CD decide they would like to have a child born through a surrogate mother. Through a Connecticut based surrogacy service, they are connected with an Alaskan nurse and…

Legal History Blog

Yeargain on State Constitutional Checks on McCarthy-Era Investigations

By Dan Ernst
August 10, 2026

Quinn Yeargain, Michigan State University College of Law, has published “Anti-McCarthyism and the Right to ‘Fair and Just Treatment’ in State Constitutions” in the Kansas Law Review 74 (April 2026): 611-653.  From the introduction:In two states . . .…

Turtle Talk

Alaska SCT Decides “Race to the Courthouse” in Favor of First-Filed Tribal Court Matter

By Matthew L.M. Fletcher
August 10, 2026
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Here is the opinion in Mallette v. Adams:

Opinion.pdfDownload
Turtle Talk

Alaska Tribal Nations Sue Feds over Road Project in Izembek Refuge

By Matthew L.M. Fletcher
July 27, 2026
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Here is the complaint in Native Village of Hooper Bay v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (D. Alaska):

1 Complaint.pdfDownload
Simple Justice

The Beer That Cost A Plane

By Scott Greenfield
July 22, 2026

Only 50 years too late, the Supreme Court has granted a petition for certiorari to consider whether the asset forfeiture of a $95,000 plane is excessive for transporting beer to a dry village in Alaska. 
In an orders list,…

Turtle Talk

Alaska Federal Court Denies Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment, Orders Trial, in Metlakatla Fishing Rights Matter

By Matthew L.M. Fletcher
July 21, 2026
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Here are the new materials in Metlakatla Indian Community v. Dunleavy (D. Alaska):

95-1 Alaska Motion for Summary JDownload
134 Metlakatla ResponseDownload
139 Metlakatla Cross Motion for Summary JDownload
143 Alaska ReplyDownload
147 Metlakatla ReplyDownload

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Rural Spectrum Scanner

FCC Releases New Version of Alaska Connect Fund Eligible Areas Map

By Peter Gregory
July 8, 2026
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The FCC has published the final version of the Initial Eligible-Areas (EA) Map, v.1.3, for the Alaska Connect Fund (ACF), establishing the geographic areas that will qualify for mobile universal service support when the ACF replaces the Alaska Plan…

The Legal Wire

Frontline Q rolls out in Arizona, Texas and Alaska as SNAP wrongful-denial crisis deepens

By Nicola Taljaard
July 2, 2026
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Frontline Justice, a national nonprofit dedicated to closing the access-to-justice gap, and Josef Legal, a legal AI company, today announced the roll-out of Frontline Q, an AI assistant purpose-built to help community advocates and justice workers determine whether…

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