The state is taking a wait and see approach on Jim Wilde’s appeal. The Central resident is appealing his conviction on misdemeanor charges stemming from a confrontation with rangers on the Yukon River inside the Yukon Charley Rivers National Preserve in 2010. Wilde’s appeal transcends his own case, challenging the agency’s authority to conduct law enforcement on navigable rivers owned by the state.
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Dan Bross is a reporter at KUAC in Fairbanks.
