N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT
UNITED STATES OF AM ER IC A, Plaintiff - Appe lle e , v. JAM ES ALB E R T W ILDE, De fe nda

nt - Appe lla

nt. No. 13-30360

D.C . No. 4:10-c r-00021-R RB -1
M EM O R ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the Distric t of Ala ska R a lph R . B e istline , C hie f Distric t Judge , Pre siding A rgue d a nd Subm itte d

August 12, 2014 Anc hora ge , Ala ska B e fore : FAR

R IS, D.W . NELSON, a

nd NGUYEN, C irc uit Judge s. De fe nda nt Ja m e s Albe rt W ilde wa s c o nvic te d of viola ting 36 C .F.R . §§ 2.32(a )(1), (2) and 3.2(b). Se e also 16 U.S.C . § 3; Ala ska Stat. § 05.25.055(a

), (d); Ala ska Stat. § 05.25.090(b)(2). Wilde a ppe a l s his c onvic tion, a

rguing tha

t the Na tiona l Park Se rvic e doe s not ha ve a uthority to e nforc e the se re gula

tions on the 

# FIL ED
OCT 06 2014 M OLLY C. DW Y E R, CLERK U. S. CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public a t ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by 9th C ir. R . 36-3.pa

rt of the Yukon Rive r that runs within the ge ogra phic bounda

rie s of the Yukon-C ha

rle y R i ve rs Nat iona l Pre se rve . W e have jurisdic tion pursua nt to 28 U.S.C . § 1291 a

nd a ffirm
. Ac c ording to 16 U.S.C . § 3103, “ [o] nly those la n ds w ithin the

boundarie

s of any c onse rv ation sy

ste m unit whic h a

re public la

nds . . . sha ll be de e m e d to be inc l ude d a s a portion of suc h unit.” Id. (e m pha sis a dde d). The sta

tute ne c e ssa

rily divide s “ l an ds within the

bounda rie s of a ny c onse rva tion sy ste m unit” into “ public la nds” and non -public la

nds. Se e id. W hile only

“ public la

nds” are “ inc lude d a s a portion of suc h unit,” any n on -public la n ds ne ve rthe le ss a

re “ la nds within the bounda rie s of [the ] c onse rva tion sy ste m unit.” Se e id. ; se e also 16 U.S.C . § 3102. W ilde is c orre c t tha

t c e rta in “ re gula

tions [a re ] a pplic a ble sole ly to public la nds within suc h units.” 16 U.S.C . § 3103; se e , e .g. , 50 C .F.R . §§ 100.10, 100.26(n)(1)(v). B ut W i lde wa s not c onvic te d pursua nt to a ny suc h re gula tion. Inste a d, W ilde wa s c onvic te d pursua nt to ge ne ra lly

a pplic a ble “ re gula

tions
c onc e rning boa

ting a nd othe r a c tivitie s on or re lating to wa te rs loc a te d within a

re a s of the Na tiona l Pa

rk Sy ste m , inc luding wa

te rs subje c t to the jurisdic tion of the Unite d State s.” 16 U.S.C . § 1a -2(h); se e also 16 U.S.C . §§ 1, 2; 36 C .F.R
. § 1.2(a )(3).

2The re c an be no dispute tha t the re le v an t pa

rt of the Yukon Rive r is loc a te d within thege ogra

phic bounda

rie s of the Yukon-C h arle y R ive rs Na

tiona l Pre se rve , a “ unit[] of the Na tiona l Pa rk Sy ste m [to] be a dm iniste re d by

the Se c re ta

ry unde r the l aws gove rning the a dm i nistra tion of suc h la

nds . . . .” 16 U.S.C . § 410hh(10);
se e a lso 16 U.S.C . § 3201. C onse q ue ntly , W ilde wa s “ unde r the jurisdic tion of the Na tiona l Park Se rvic e ,” re g ardle ss of whe t he r he wa s on “public la

nds” or non public la n ds. Se e 16 U.S.C . § 3; Sturge on v . Masic a , No. 13-36165+ , Slip op. a t 22–23. AFFIRM E D
.

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