Meeting: Oversight Hearing titled: “Examining Opportunities to Promote and Enhance Tribal Forest Management.”

Subcommittee on Federal Lands (Committee on Natural Resources)

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 (2:00 PM - 4:00 PM)

1324 LHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Panel one

Mr. John Crockett
Associate Deputy Chief, State, Private, and Tribal Forestry, U.S. Forest Service, Washington D.C.

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  • Testimony [PDF] Added 12/08/2023 at 10:28 AM

Mr. Bodie Shaw
Deputy Regional Director-Trust Services, Northwest Region, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Portland, OR

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  • Testimony [PDF] Added 12/08/2023 at 10:28 AM

Panel two

The Honorable Robert Rice
Council Member, Mescalero Apache Tribe, Mescalero, NM

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  • Testimony [PDF] Added 12/08/2023 at 10:28 AM

Mr. Cody Desautel
President, Intertribal Timber Council, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Nespelem, WA

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  • Testimony [PDF] Added 12/08/2023 at 10:28 AM
  • CV [PDF] Added 12/11/2023 at 01:15 PM

Mr. Michael Skenadore
President, Menominee Tribal Enterprises, Keshena, WI

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  • Testimony [PDF] Added 12/08/2023 at 10:28 AM
  • Disclosure [PDF] Added 12/11/2023 at 01:15 PM

Ms. Dawn Blake
Director, Yurok Tribal Forestry Department, Klamath, CA

Added 12/08/2023 at 10:28 AM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 12/08/2023 at 10:28 AM
  • Disclosure [PDF] Added 12/11/2023 at 01:15 PM
  • CV [PDF] Added 12/11/2023 at 01:15 PM

Mr. Phil Rigdon
Vice President, Intertribal Timber Council, Yakama Nation, Toppenish, WA

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  • Testimony [PDF] Added 12/08/2023 at 10:28 AM
  • Disclosure [PDF] Added 12/11/2023 at 01:15 PM
  • CV [PDF] Added 12/11/2023 at 01:15 PM

Support Documents

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Hearing Memo [PDF] Added 12/08/2023 at 10:28 AM
  • QFRs responses from USFS for Westerman [PDF] Added 02/13/2024 at 11:54 AM
  • QFR responses from BIA/BLM for Westerman [PDF] Added 03/13/2024 at 09:16 AM

First Published: November 28, 2023 at 11:18 AM
Last Updated: July 8, 2024 at 02:56 PM