Water permit decision angers salmon activists

The state’s Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday announced a precedent-setting decision ensuring Alaskans’ rights to some control over natural resource use, and in the process angered practically all parties involved in a water rights dispute.
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DNR’s division of mining land and water issued a decision Tuesday night regarding three instream flow water rights applications filed by the Chuitna Citizen’s Coalition. The Coalition wants the rights to water