The Siletz Tribe was stripped of their land and status in 1954 through the Western Oregon Termination Act.

H.R. 2839 is about fairness. Siletz Tribal members should be able to hunt, fish, trap, and gather like they have traditionally done for thousands of years.

H.R. 2839 is about fairness.

The Confederated Tribe of Siletz Indians should be able to hunt, fish, and gather on their ancestral lands, just like all the other tribes.

Thank you very much. I didn't go to Wharton, but I did spend 25 years working in manufacturing distribution in international and domestic trade.

The checkerboard pattern of private, industrial, state, tribal, and Federal forest makes it complicated to manage, and even more complicated to protect, especially in this era of climate-driven megafires that threaten communities, wildlife ecosystems, and rural economies.

The majority of the forest lands in my district are made up of the Oregon and California railroad revested lands, or the O&C lands, and these lands are unique, their history, their location, purpose, are far different than any place else in the country.

It works well, and it keeps 95 percent of all fires from growing over 100 acres.

But once it is a mega fire, we have unlimited money.

the next time that we have really bad wildfires, it is not just going to be 4,000 homes. It will be one of our urban areas, and it will make the Paradise California Fire look like a campfire.

I represent Oregon's 4th Congressional District in Southwest Oregon, and the Bureau of Land Management manages over 800,000 acres of timberland in my district.