05.28.19
Senator Murkowski Questions Forest Service Chief on the Spruce Bark Beetle Infestation
During an Interior Appropriations Committee hearing to examine the USDA Forest Service's FY 2020 Budget Request, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) questions Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen on addressing the growing spruce beetle outbreak, considering nearly 1 million acres have been infested across Alaska in the Mat-Su Valley and the Kenai Peninsula.