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Working for the Nature of Tomorrow. 



NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, 1400 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036-2266 (202) 797-6800 



Office of the President 

 OctobCT 12, 1993 



The Honorable Dan Hamburg 

 United States House of Rq>resentatives 

 114 Cannon House Office Building 

 Washington, D.C. 20515 



Dear Rqnesentative Hamburg: 



I would like to take this opportunity to communicate the National Wildlife Federation's 

 support for your bill, H.R. 2866, the Headwaters Forest Wilderness Act. 



As you know, NWF has made protection of the ancient forests of California and the Pacific 

 Northwest one of our top public land priorities. The old growth and other redwood forests 

 which wiM be protected by this bill are a priceless part of our Nation's natural hraitage; 

 indeed, they are unique in all die world. Yet these magnificent and once eiqMUisive forests 

 have been devastated by excessive and shortsighted logging. 



The Headwaters richly deserves the protection which your bill affords. We thank you for 

 your efforts on behalf of this forest and its fish and wildlife resources. 



Sincerely, 

 JAY D. HAIR 



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