Gee can you tell which side of the fence this staff writer stands on? Talk about news reporting becoming opinion pieces, this one takes the cake.
Staving off attempts by Republican officials to talk about Russia, tribal leaders spent the morning in D.C. highlighting the benefits of co-management plans and tribal sovereignty.
On Tuesday, for the first time in U.S. history, the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to consider co-managing federal lands with Indigenous tribes. Such a collaborative arrangement between sovereign governments could promote increased tribal stewardship while easing the federal government’s land-management burden and fulfilling its trust obligations to tribes. READ MORE
