By Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO
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The Alaska heads of three different U.S. Department of Agriculture agencies pose for pictures with an interagency charter they had just signed that empowers a team to work on the Southeast Alaska Sustainability Strategy at the Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building in Juneau on March 31, 2022. Front row: Alan McBee with the Natural Resource Conservation Service, Julia Hnilicka with Rural Development, and David Schmid with the U.S. Forest Service. Back row: Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson, Under Secretary for Rural Development Xochitl Torres Small, Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Meryl Harrell, and Under Secretary of Natural Resources and Environment Homer Wilkes. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)