Alaska asserts control over navigable waterways; sets up potential conflict with federal government

Gov. Mike Dunleavy says, after 62 years of Alaska statehood, he’s finally asserting the state’s right to control submerged lands under navigable lakes and rivers.

“We’re now at the point where we will be physically exerting our sovereignty,” he said during a press conference Friday.

https://www.adn.com/politics/2021/03/27/dunleavy-tells-feds-alaska-is-taking-over-management-of-800000-miles-of-river/