Cleaning Out the Closet - Odds & Ends - ASPLS 2025

I didn't have much in the way of large recent projects to present at the 2025 ASPLS Conference so I decided to "Clean Out the Closet" and present two smaller projects. The first, Benka Lake, relates to public access to a navigable lake near Talkeetna. The second, Orth v. Largent, is an RS2477 trail case over old federal mining claims at Ester, near Fairbanks.

As I have done with prior prior presentation projects that have been included in ROWAlaska, I will have another project listing and folder for the individual projects that will include many more files. The page represents a sub-set of files that were used to prepare the ASPLS 2025 presentation.

This presentation contains a small sub-set of files that are included in the full Benka Lake and the Orth v. Largent projects. These can be accessed with the following links: "Benka Lake" and "Orth v. Largent".

Date Documents
2/21/25
3/27/24
AGO Memo in Support of Injunction
5/15/24
Brunz Hearing brief (1mb)
5/17/24
J. Bennett Expert Report
5/20/24
AGO Hearing Brief
5/31/24
Injunction 3PA-23-02473CI
6/5/24
Alaska Landmine Article

AS 9.25.040 Rules of Construction

Orth v. Largent Uploads
5/9/66
J. Johnston USSR&M Claim Surveys (1mb)
6/15/18
J. Bennett Expert Report (2.9mb)
2/10/23
Plaintiff's Pretrial Memorandum (2.1mb)
2/10/23
Defendants Pretrial Memorandum (17.7mb)

Benka Lake Research Files
9/25/22
DNR Letter

Plat 85-14 - SOA 001185 (1.2mb)
10/6/23
DNR As-built Lakeview Access
10/17/23
ADN Benka Lake Article (1mb)

Benka Lake 1972 Image

Benka Lake Subdivision Plat 65-3

Benka Lake Subdivision Plat 65-4

Benka Lake Subdivision Plat 66-2
7/29/65
SOA 000144 - Justification for Road Contract
8/27/65
SOA 000152 Final Inspection
7/28/65
SOA 000158 Road Construction Contract (1mb)
9/16/21
WD Carothers to Brunz - 2021-001442-0

Orth v. Largent Research Files
7/25/13
Orth Complaint
7/8/18
Response to Orth's RS2477 Motion (2.4mb)
8/2/18
Orth's Motion to Disqualify Judge
2/27/23
Memorandum of Law re: Easements

Ester Creek Mining History
6/15/18
Orth v. Largent Expert Report (2.2mb)
2/9/23
Pre-Trial Notes
2/25/23
Trial Notes
6/29/14
Ester Valley Trail
3/1/23
Ester Valley Trail Settlement
8/18/19
Ester Valley Trail Summary

Map of Planned Eva Creek Trail Reroute (1.1mb)
3/19/23
Ester Valley Trail Relocation Summary