National Park Service Archives - Jackson & Campbell, P.C.

17 Jun 2020 |

SCOTUS Opinion: New Gas Pipeline Under Appalachian Trail Allowed To Proceed

In U.S. Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association, the issue was whether the U.S. Forest Service had the authority to grant a right-of-way easement about 600 feet underneath a portion of the Appalachian Trail for the construction of a new natural gas pipeline. The Leasing Act gave the Forest Service authority to grant easements over lands that it administrated, ... Read More

TAGGED: National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association, Appalachian Trail, U.S. Forest Service, Leasing Act

26 Mar 2019 |

SCOTUS Opinion: National Park Service Cannot Regulate Navigable Waters

For decades, John Sturgeon drove a hovercraft on the Nation River to get to a moose hunting ground in Alaska. A portion of that river ran through the Yukon-Charley Preserve, which was a designated a conservation unit under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. The Act designated as public lands only and being part of such a unit ... Read More

TAGGED: scotus, navigable waters, SCOTUS opinions, National Park Service, public lands, Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Submerged Lands Act, Sturgeon v. Frost