Most recently, the bill received an endorsement from the Wilderness Society, an important recognition by a leading environmental group that there is nothing more pro environment than Alaska native stewardship of Alaska native lands. Additionally, The United States Forest Service, the current manager of the land that this bill would transfer, has expressed their desire to address this longstanding inequity in their testimony for today's hearing. Given the unanimous support for this bill from the Alaska native communities across the state, and especially in southeast Alaska, it's clear that a consensus has emerged, and it's time … (01:20–01:30)
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Asserts that the U.S. Forest Service supports addressing the inequity related to the land transfer.
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