I am really disappointed. Being here today we have had so many years of discussion...
I want to focus my comments this afternoon on S. 4370, this is the Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments of 2024.
But in the 20 years since TFPA was first enacted, wildfires are burning faster, hotter, and longer.
So I too want to make sure that we are not setting something up here where we have divergent views...
The importance of forest management for Alaska Native communities cannot be overstated.
AFN supports Senate Bill 4370 because of this growing risk of wildfires and other invasive pests in our forests.
I believe this measure is timely, it is well warranted.
So I too want to make sure that we are not setting something up here where we have divergent views or opinions as to how this is all going t...
Obviously, fire doesn't follow borders drawn on a map or any other strictures of law.
This is not acceptable. The forested lands owned by ANCs are in every aspect Indian forest land.
I want to acknowledge my Committee intern, Nyche Andrew. She is Inupiaq, she is Yup'ik, she is from Anchorage.
Too often these fires ignite on remote Federal lands and spread to tribal lands, endangering Native people, property, infrastructure, and cu...
Well, what I did hear you say, Mr. Crockett, is that Forest Service does support removing the bordering or adjacency requirement for the TFP...
I think what Senator Lujan has said is worth noting, the economic opportunities that can be made available, the social and economic benefits...
Mr. Chairman, I think you can hear, whether it is from Alaska and our lands up north to the lands as far south as New Mexico and Arizona, th...
I am really disappointed. Being here today we have had so many years of discussion, I have, my staff, tribal ANC leaders across the State.
