Court Orders Cruise Ship Traffic Reduced
A U.S. District Court judge has ordered the National Park Service to immediately reduce the number of cruise ships sailing to Glacier Bay National Park, one of Alaska’s top tourist destinations.
The decision came after a February ruling by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that found the Park Service erred when it allowed a 30% increase in summer cruise ship traffic in Glacier Bay without an environmental impact study.
The National Parks Conservation Assn. sued the Park Service in 1997, the year cruise ship visits were allowed to rise to 139 for the three summer months from the previous cap of 107.
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