In late August 1977, members and staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources spent two weeks in Alaska visiting the areas of principal concern in the (d) (2) lands legislation involving the proposed Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. At the conclusion of that trip, a counsel to the committee and a professional staff member visited seven Native villages in various regions of the state September 4 to 10 in order to obtain views of local residents concerning uses they presently make, and hope to make, of the land proposed for (d) (2) designation.