Examining Opportunities to Promote and Enhance Tribal Forest Management

House Natural Resources Committee
   Federal Lands Subcommittee
1324 Longworth

05/12/2023 at 02:00PM

On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold an oversight hearing titled “Examining Opportunities to Promote and Enhance Tribal Forest Management.”

Hearing memo

Witnesses:

Panel I

  • John Crockett, Associate Deputy Chief—State, Private, and Tribal Forestry, U.S. Forest Service
  • Bodie Shaw, Deputy Regional Director—Trust Services (Northwest Region), Bureau of Indian Affairs

Panel II

  • Robert Rice, Council Member, Mescalero Apache Tribe, Mescalero, NM
  • Michael Skenadore, President, Menominee Tribal Enterprise, Keshena, WI
  • Cody Desautel, President, Intertribal Timber Council (Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation), Nespelem, WA
  • Phil Rigdon, Vice President, Intertribal Timber Council (Yakama Nation), Toppenish, WA
  • Dawn Blake, Director, Yurok Tribal Forestry Department, Klamath, CA [Minority witness]