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STATEMENT OF DAN HAMBURG 



IN SUPPORT OF THE HEADWATERS FOREST ACT, H.R.2866 



SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPECIALTY CROPS AND NATURAL RESOURCES 



October 13, 1993 



Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for convening this hearing on the 

 Headwaters Forest Act. I want to thank my colleague and co- 

 author Pete Stark for his work on this bill and on this issue 

 over the past several years. I am pleased to address you today 

 about this bill, co-sponsored by 90 of our colleagues, and 

 endorsed by the Sierra Club, the Wilderness Society, the Audubon 

 Society, Greenpeace, and the Western Ancient Forest Campaign, 

 among others. 



Few issues have galvanized the people of California's north 

 coast more than the protection of the Headwaters Forest. Indeed, 

 this forest has become a focal point statewide and even 

 nationwide ^unong those who believe that the last remnants of the 

 ancient redwood forests should be protected and preserved. Of 

 the original two million acres of these trees on the Pacific 

 coast, only about 80,000 acres remain today. 



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