I want to make sure that we don't have any ambiguity.

I want to do a follow-up here with Mr. Crockett. I think, as I listened to our witness from the Department of Interior, I hear pretty strong support for S. 4370.

You go on to say that Forest Service only has a presence in southeast Alaska, and therefore the TFPA issues are confined to the Tongass.

TFPA empowers tribes to harness indigenous knowledge and western science when conducting forest management projects.

Well, what I did hear you say, Mr. Crockett, is that Forest Service does support removing the bordering or adjacency requirement for the TFPA projects on Federal lands.

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 to work.

Obviously, fire doesn't follow borders drawn on a map or any other strictures of law.

Too often these fires ignite on remote Federal lands and spread to tribal lands, endangering Native people, property, infrastructure, and cultural resources.

I want to focus my comments this afternoon on S. 4370, this is the Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments of 2024.

I want to acknowledge my Committee intern, Nyche Andrew. She is Inupiaq, she is Yup'ik, she is from Anchorage.

This is not acceptable. The forested lands owned by ANCs are in every aspect Indian forest land.

I believe this measure is timely, it is well warranted.

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