I want to focus my comments this afternoon on S. 4370, this is the Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments of 2024.
The importance of forest management for Alaska Native communities cannot be overstated.
Correcting the geography here.
I think what Senator Lujan has said is worth noting, the economic opportunities that can be made available, the social a...
I am really disappointed. Being here today we have had so many years of discussion...
Effective forest management is essential to preserve Native forest lands for future generations.
I want to make sure that we don't have any ambiguity.
So I too want to make sure that we are not setting something up here where we have divergent views...
But in the 20 years since TFPA was first enacted, wildfires are burning faster, hotter, and longer.
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 Me...