Read the excerpt from paragraph 9 by Reed Robinson, the director of the Forest Service Office of Tribal Relations.
(9) Through expansion of the tribal authorities we have, such as the Tribal Forest Protection Act, we are poised to make big strides to address risks at a landscape scale in collaboration with tribes.

Which piece of text evidence would sufficiently support the claim that expanding tribal authorities will be beneficial?

A. "...But perhaps [Serra Hoagland's] most critical work is as liaison to the Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, Montana..." (paragraph 4)
B. "...tribes have long been at the forefront of natural resource management, using long-held ecological knowledge passed down through generations to meet tribal objectives and sharing that knowledge with other governments and organizations." (paragraph 6)
C. "[Serra] Hoagland's research includes the Mexican spotted owl habitat and the ecology and management of oak woodlands in California...." (paragraph 4)
D. "Tribal forest management programs, however, are often underfunded and understaffed. The Intertribal Timber Council reports that federal funding for forestry on Indian forests had declined from $3.29 per acre to $2.83 per acre since 1991." (paragraph 7)