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7. Redwoods sprout from cut stumps, they are the only conifer that does this 

 method of regeneration. There also is planting of the forest after logging to 

 meet California's Forest Practice Act, the nations toughest forest laws. 



8. Dan Hamburg is financed by environmental groups that are preservationists, not 

 conservationists. 



9. It appears that everyone is an expert on forestry, while few that make decisions 

 on the subject in congressional debates are educated in forestry. As a 

 professional forester. It is my opinion that HR 2866 is poorly structured. 



10. The Pacific Lumber Company has a fisheries enhancement agreement with 

 California Fish & Game, a Spotted Owl Management Plan with U.S. Fish & 

 Wildlife, and is developing a Marbled Murrelet Management Plan with U. S. Fish 

 & Wildlife. 



11. The bill would cost taxpayers $1.5 billion dollars, plus retraining and welfare 

 costs. 



12. The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors is against the bill, along with 

 California Governor Pete Wilson, local city councils, trade unions, California 

 Licensed Foresters Association, Santa Rosa Press Democrat newspaper, and 

 Forest Service officials from the local Six Rivers National Forest. 



13. This proposed land grab is ten miles west of the one million acre Six Rivers 

 National Forest. This is not an inholding. Many hundreds of landowners are 

 between Six Rivers National Forest and The Pacific Lumber Company lands. 



14. Rep. Dan Hamburg did not ask advice from professional foresters in state, 

 federal or private positions before drafting HR 2866, though he says he did. 

 Only Sierra Club and Earth FirstI (a radical environmental group)members were 

 consulted. Earth FirstI is known foreco-terrorism, tree-spiking, pipebombs, etc. 



15. The Pacific Lumber Company is not much different now than before the 

 MAXXAM takeover. The company has the same employees, it has the best 

 insurance package in the business, and it has an unbeatable benefit program. 

 The company even helps pay for employees' children to go to college. 



16. The difference is that for years the company cut less than it grew. Now the 

 company is on a sustained yield harvest. The company recently refinanced and 

 Is in good shape to pay off debts for the future and harvest redwood on a 

 continuous level forever. 



17. The U. S. Forest Service has sold very little timber to private companies In 

 recent years. Only a few sales occurred in the past years. On Six Rivers 

 National Forest (almost one million acres), only 40 million board feet are 



