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TESTIMONY FOR THE RECORD OF THE HEARING OF OCTOBER 12. 



1993 ON H. R. 2866— HEADWATERS FOREST ACT 



SUBCOMMnTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS. FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS 



COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES 

 U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 



John Henry Grobay 



ProfsBsor of Economics 



Humbokjt Stats University 



Areata. CiyVbfnia 



My name is John Henry Grobey. I am a professor of economics at Humboldt State 

 University where i am now in my twenty-seventh year of teaching. I amved in Humboldt in 

 time to witness the opening shots in the timber wars as the establishment of Redwood 

 l^tional Park was being debated. Since then I have conducted extensive studies of the 

 local econonrty and the role played in it by the forest products industry. I was a 1954 

 graduate in forestry at the University of Washington with later advanced degrees in both 

 fbrestry and economics. I chaired the department of econonncs fbr more than ten years until 

 Just this last year, i remain an active researcher and teaching professor of economics. I 

 have testified on numerous occasions on matters relating to the forest products industry in 

 Humtioldt County, including testinrony before Phil Burton's subcorrvnittee in the spring of 

 1977 related to the then proposed expansion of Redwood National Park. I relate all these 

 things in order to establish my bona fidea t o present expert testimony in the present case. 



My statement is submitted in response to a request made by Congressman John Doolittle 

 after witness William Stewart stated that my figures relating to the role of the forest products 

 industry in the Humboldt County economy showed that 70 percent of income is directly 

 derived from the industry. His own estimate was about eleven percent. When asked about 

 this sizable discrepancy Mr. Stewart dainned that my figure is based on only wage inconne 

 while his is based on all income coming into the County. I was asked tn examine Mr. 

 Stewart's testirrxiny and compare his data with my own studies of the Humboldt County 



