Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for convening today's very, very important and as you have noted, historic hearin...
It is a complicated history of injustice and of sorrow, for both Indian tribes and African Americans.
So what about any administrative authorities within the department to address some of the concerns that we have heard ar...
Let me ask yet probably another hard question, and that is a recognition that as sovereign parties to treaties, tribes c...
I do think it would be prudent... that the Committee also receive testimony from the Forest Service.
I think it is important to recognize that this settlement is a decade in the making.
This legislation is directing the Chief of the Forest Service and the tribe to enter into an MOU to protect and enhance ...
We know that settling water rights through negotiated settlements approved by Congress continues to be the best way to d...
I think that is kind of maybe a soft support, they think it is going to work, actually you know it can work.
While we have no UIOs in Alaska, it is my understanding these organizations in the lower 48 have found the Confer proces...
It has been mentioned that Interior, well, along with the rest of the government, has of course a trust responsibility t...
S. 4439 would transfer administrative jurisdiction of approximately 1,031 acres of National Forest System land.
It sounds like not an idea situation as you are looking to literally truck water from a fire hydrant.
I would welcome the opportunity to discuss Willow with you at any time, and further to facilitate your meeting with the ...
We therefore firmly believe that a 45-day comment period will allow all stakeholders and the general public more than en...
I think it goes without saying, but we certainly need funding to conduct the hazardous fuels reduction.
Alaska stands ready, willing, and certainly able to be a big part of that solution.
Yeah, but there has been nothing that was laid down they can't indicate what their interest is.
