04/12/2011
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"Unfortunately, we had to learn very, very sad lessons as so much of our forests have been destroyed in the last ten years."
"The fact is that tribal sovereignty is a key element in management of your own lands and to criticize your management is, in a way, an affront to the tribe and their members."
"In the State of Arizona, we have lost approximately 20 percent of our forest to wildfires over the last decade."
"Frankly, we have had fits and starts on the non-Indian land."