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Members question witnesses on the legislative path and national meaning of the Greenwood monument, statutory horse herd minimums, impacts of the proposed triumphal arch, and the practical benefits and costs of the Fort Ontario, Big Bend, Quindaro, and beetle coordination bills, before the chair sets post‑hearing deadlines and adjourns.
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Members raise concerns about Trump-branded projects on public lands, proposed border wall and DHS enforcement activities within parks, and the misuse of NPS funds, while also presenting the Scipio Jones House study bill and probing NPCA on Commemorative Works Act requirements and the legality and impacts of a proposed triumphal arch near Arlington.
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Testimony covers a federal–state coordination framework to address mountain pine beetle outbreaks and wildfire risk, followed by a proposal to authorize privately funded Wisconsin Civil War memorials at key battlefields consistent with preservation standards and historic commitments.
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Witnesses and sponsors detail proposals to expand Big Bend National Park, secure National Historic Landmark status for Quindaro, protect Theodore Roosevelt National Park’s wild horse herd, and establish a Greenwood/Black Wall Street national monument, while NPCA flags systemic NPS funding and border-barrier concerns.
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The chair opens the hearing, outlines procedures and the suite of nine bills, then members present and justify early legislative proposals on Fort Ontario, Quindaro, and related historic recognition, including initial sponsor and witness statements on their historical and policy significance.
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The Chair closes by criticizing limits on domestic timber harvest, praising testimony on the African American Civil Rights Network, defending statutory gateway community coordination within existing land law, and outlining procedures for additional written questions before adjourning the hearing.
Members press witnesses on alleged Trump-era ‘land grabs’ and Yosemite land-swap concerns, the value of formal gateway community input, the cultural and economic case for Route 66 National Historic Trail designation, local impacts of unresolved Montana WSA status on access, habitat and wildfire risk, and the broader stakes of fully preserving African American civil rights history.
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Members question witnesses on the practical impacts of codifying Yosemite gateway consultation, the review and private funding model for the Thomas Paine memorial, the future of forestry research at Crossett, limited federal support for the TR Library, and whether National Park Service staffing constraints could hinder new statutory mandates.
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The Subcommittee moves to the second panel, where state and local officials, civil society leaders, and institutional representatives provide detailed on-the-ground perspectives supporting or contextualizing the Crossett Forest transfer, Yosemite gateway coordination order, Myakka partnership designation, Route 66 National Historic Trail, Theodore Roosevelt Library, Thomas Paine memorial, Montana WSA release, and renewal of the African American Civil Rights Network.
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The Chair opens the hearing, sets procedural rules, and members present and justify their various land management, conservation, heritage, and naming bills, highlighting partisan fault lines over Trump-era public land actions and specific proposals for Yosemite, Montana WSAs, civil rights sites, Thomas Paine, Boca Chica Beach, Myakka River, and the TR Presidential Library.
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