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it relates to the environment and the economy and that the 

 human element individuals and communities really counted 

 for something in this intricate equation. 



Because my principal reason for addressing you here 

 today is to inform you of the economic impact to our 

 County, please believe that my concern, and that of an 

 overwhelming majority of my constituents, is for the wise 

 use of our forests and other natural resources and that we 

 have an abiding concern for preserving these for our 

 children and for generations far beyond them. 



But we know, as you must as you consider this 

 legislation, that the forests of California's North Coast 

 represent if not the most productive, certainly one of the 

 most productive, timber growing regions in this nation. 

 Furthermore, they are regulated by the most environmental- 

 ly sensitive harvest laws in the world. 



You must also know, as you consider H.R. 2866, that 

 12,000,000 acres or 12% of California's total land base 

 are preserved in parks, wilderness areas, and other land 

 reserves; and that of this set aside, 255,000 acres are 

 Coastal Redwood timberlands, 80,000 of those acres are in 

 old growth redwood trees. 



I have attached to this statement a summary of 

 projected revenue losses to Humboldt County under the 

 scenarios of a 4,500 acre loss and that of a 44,000 acre 

 loss. The projected loss of timber tax revenues to all 



