
Cathy Giessel
64:46 - 64:59
"We have no information yet in response from the Department of Natural Resources."
“We have no information yet in response from the Department of Natural Resources.”
- Speaker
- Cathy Giessel
- Timestamp
- 64:46 – 64:59
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 8, 2026
From the transcript
We have no information yet in response from the Department of Natural Resources. Representative Fields, you had your hand hand up? Just another legal question, if I might. To Ms. Radford? Yes.
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