Supreme Court hears Alaska hovercraft case

Alaskan moose hunter John Sturgeon, left, traveled to Washington, D.C., to watch the Supreme Court hear his case. Photo: Liz Ruskin/APRN.
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court this morning debated whether the Park Service can impose its rules on rivers that flow through Alaska’s national park units. The case began in 2007, when rangers in the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve told Anchorage moose hunter John Sturgeon he couldn’t operate his hovercraft there. It has morphed into