Natural Resources Committee to consider strengthening roadless area protections
![Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska (Photo: Brian Logan, USGS) Natural Resources Committee to consider strengthening roadless area protections](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Tongass-e1563295363700.jpg)
Indigenous and conservation groups welcome the hearing, emphasizing the urgency to provide more durable protections for critical areas of national forests WASHINGTON – The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands will hold a hearing on Wednesday to consider the Roadless Area Conservation Act. Introduced in 2021 by Reps. […]