NPCA is opposed to all language in this bill that directs the National Park Service to enter into a cooperative agreement with Sealaska Corp...
I would suggest to you that 38 years for the Sealaska people to wait for their lands is not treating them fairly.
I appreciate the administration's statement of support for S. 522.
It seems to me that the appropriate response here is to say that we've got to do more within the budget to allow for these conveyances to mo...
I appreciate the hearing this morning and I want to thank our nominees for their willingness to serve.
It is incredibly important that within USGS they help to work with us to predict and minimize the risk to people in the State of Alaska.
We still would ask for the assistance that we gained in 2007 with that study.
The difficulty is in managing those expectations.
Good and complete information about the extent and the location of our Nation's natural resources is clearly essential.
I would just add another one to put on your radar screen.
It is important that we understand where our resources are and as we are talking about public land set-asides, what we are doing.
I appreciate you saying that.
The whole purpose under ANCSA was to allow for economic opportunities to proceed and that, as Senator Begich has mentioned, is so integrated...
Turning to S. 881, the Sealaska Lands bill, again I'm proud to be a co-sponsor and hope you will give it your fullest attention.
ANCSA may be history for many in Congress, but the Act continues to define daily life in my State 40 years after its passage.
I think Senator Murkowski laid out an interesting comment in regards to the lands that suddenly became available.
Can you do that for the record, not only from the past, but what you're preparing now for the next budget cycle?
We believe that Alaskans' daily connection to our lands is more intense than most of America.
