The federal government is suing a fishing guide service out of Copper Center for $1 million, saying a guide’s improperly extinguished campfire started a wildfire in 2019. The owner of the guide service says she was blindsided by the suit.
The federal government is suing a fishing guide service out of Copper Center, saying a guide’s improperly extinguished campfire started a wildfire in 2019. The Klutina River Fire burned 176 acres, about 146 on Ahtna Inc. lands and 30 on Bureau of Land Management lands, according to the complaint.was filed July 8 in Alaska District Court. The lawsuit names Grove’s Salmon Charters LLC and guide Joshua McDonald of Fitchburg, Michigan, as defendants.
The lawsuit says the fire started in July 2019, when Alaska was in the midst of a summer that broughtGrove’s Salmon Charters received a land-use permit from Ahtna Inc., an Alaska Native regional corporation, to allow fishing guides and clients to use the lands and waters of the Klutina River area for the 2019 fishing season, according to the complaint.]
Holcomb said McDonald followed protocol to put out the fire and that the group wasn’t the last user group in the area that day. She also disputes that there was a known fire ban at the time.
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