Federal government updates navigability determination for Upper Knik River

In April, the State of Alaska filed a lawsuit against the federal Bureau of Land Management, asserting that Alaska owns the land under about twelve river miles at the head of the Knik River northeast of Anchorage. But, according to Alaska Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Brent Goodrum, the BLM took an important step this week towards declaring the Upper Knik River the property of Alaska.
“BLM announced that they revisited an old navigability determination on the Knik River, and