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Ninety- five percent of our ancient Redwoods are gone, as is an 

 equal amount of low elevation ancient forests nationwide. With this 

 much of our native forests lost to the chainsaw it is impossible to 

 reach the "balance" that is often the goal of forest management. 

 Greenpeace would hope that we can get closer to that "balance" by 

 protecting all remaining old growth and native forests and instituting 

 a land ethic that better recognizes the nonextractive values of our 

 nation's forests. This legislation represents a small, but significant 

 step towards those goals. 



Greenpeace would also like to thank Representative Hamburg 

 on his proposed wilderness designations. Our National Wilderness 

 Preservation System is perhaps the greatest system of protected, 

 pristine temperate forests in the world. There is no question that the 

 additions made in this bill improve the wilderness system and its 

 intent 



/Respectfully, 



Edwara J.T)afl)^ — ' Barbara Dudley 



Temperate Forest Campaigner Executive director 



