Morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. Were here to examine the deferred maintenance needs of the public Land Management agencies. This is a topic i care about. I know each of you certainly, the folks on this committee, have expressed concern. Not just coming into this hearing today, but, really, over the years. When we consider deferred maintenance, we most commonly think of the 12 billion maintenance backlog accrued by the National Park service. We consider that here in the committee at great length and it rightfully continues to attract a great deal of national attention. But somehow and sometimes overlooked in this conversation are the deferred maintenance needs of the other federal Land Management agencies, including the Forest Service, the bureau of Land Management and fish and Wildlife Service. Combined with the park service, these four agencies face a deferred maintenance backlog totalling 19. 4 billion. Thats worthy of repeating. Within these four agencies that g
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Test. Captioning performed by vitac with Glacier National park totaling 131 million and yellowstone National Park which we share with wyoming, i think the senators of wyoming say its more than a share, they have most of it in wyoming, that backlog is growing close to 600 million. I wouldnt be surprised if that number perhaps goes up even higher. If left unchecked there will be impacts in our Outdoor Economy, there will be impacts to our gateway communities like gardner, like cook city and like others. Thankfully congress is working together and taking action again with this bipartisan restore our parks act, and im grateful Ranking Member on the subcommittee angus king and i and the rest of the committee are working in a truly bipartisan fashion to put legislation forward that would bring a solution to this problem. I hope we can pass this out of committee soon and ultimately send this to President Trumps desk. But its going to take more than just one to fix this issue. Mr. Cameron, Yel
Stroll land. I grow up swimming and have a sioux falls where i learned a deep respect for our land and water. I had the privilege to travel with my mother on her journey to fight for Environmental Justice for all people. I am here representing the next generation that has a responsibility to continue this vital work. This is our home, and we are committed to its protection. We are forever grateful for the president for his commitment to protect our homelands, for the tribe and everyone who recognizes the beauty of the grand canyon. It is a polish to welcome all of the tribal leaders among congressional leaders, and white house staff to our homelands. It is now my honor to introduce a true leader, pursuing environment till mental justice, president joe biden. [applause] pres. Biden thank you, please have a seat, if you have one. You do not have one, you can sit down anyway, if you want. [laughter] thank you very much. Thank you for the introduction. When i was your age, to be able to st
Stroll land. I grow up swimming and have a sioux falls where i learned a deep respect for our land and water. I had the privilege to travel with my mother on her journey to fight for Environmental Justice for all people. I am here representing the next generation that has a responsibility to continue this vital work. This is our home, and we are committed to its protection. We are forever grateful for the president for his commitment to protect our homelands, for the tribe and everyone who recognizes the beauty of the grand canyon. It is a polish to welcome all of the tribal leaders among congressional leaders, and white house staff to our homelands. It is now my honor to introduce a true leader, pursuing environment till mental justice, president joe biden. [applause] pres. Biden thank you, please have a seat, if you have one. You do not have one, you can sit down anyway, if you want. [laughter] thank you very much. Thank you for the introduction. When i was your age, to be able to st