Manning v. State, Dept. of Fish & Game

Summary

The court upheld the Board of Game’s Tier I management of the Nelchina caribou hunt, concluding that the Board’s ANS calculation was constitutionally permissible, supported by the evidence, and not arbitrarily manipulated. It also affirmed dismissal of the claim against the assistant attorney general and rejected the challenge to emergency hunt closures under the Administrative Procedure Act. The court vacated attorney-fee awards because the superior court had not properly segregated fees attributable solely to nonconstitutional claims and remanded for recalculation.