Lisa Murkowski actually said...

But I also recognize that as I am talking with tribes from Alaska that truly are trying to make the best of an already squeezed situation; t...

This hearing is a valuable contribution to this Committee's understanding of why the federal timber sale program has failed in Alaska.

There will be opposition to this approach just as there will be opposition to S.1784 and S. 1966.

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