Lisa Murkowski actually said...

The National Forests were established for two reasons at the turn of the 20th Century; watershed protection and timber production.

Murkowski highlights the original purposes of National Forests.

02/05/2014

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Even more recent was Kivalina's request. They submitted their application for major disaster declaration on January 15, 2017.

The Village of Nutok on December 24 applied for a presidential declaration of major disaster.

Both of these communities have recently applied for major disaster declarations due to severe storms, flooding.

We are seeing communities threatened by storms, flooding, coastal erosion, the thaw of our permafrost.