Interior Alaska Airboat Ass'n v. State

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Challenged in this case is the designation of two areas by the Board of Game as controlled use areas (CUAs). The Noatak CUA closes a corridor along the Noatak River to the use of aireraft for big game hunting for a part of the hunting season. The Nenana CUA prohibits the use of airboats for moose hunting in a portion of the Tanana Flats for all of the hunting season. Interior Alaska Airboat Association contends that the regulations establishing these CUAs violate article I, section 1 and article VIII, sections 1-4, 14, 16 and 17 of the Alaska…