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causing a loss of vegetation. An increase in logging would create a better habitat for our 

 deer. 



I enjoy the wildlife of the Hills, and I especially like seeing deer in ray yard during the 

 spring and winter months. I believe, however, that the current policy of managing for 

 wildlife at epidemic levels should be changed and that we should instead manage for 

 endemic levels. I believe that maximum opportunities should be given to motorized 

 recreation, which is severely limited in National Parks and unavailable in Wilderness Areas. 

 I believe that cattle, too, have their roles in our National Forest, especialfy in reducing the 

 amount of grasses that are subject to fire and in the recycling of nutrients which replaces 

 the need for fire. I believe most of all that the Forest Service should be actively working to 

 increase timber sustained-yield levels for the benefit of future generations, managing timber 

 pro-actively to avoid natural catastrophes, and increasing opportunities for the multiple- 

 use activities that are now being denied American citizens on many public lands. 



4. Conclusion 



Many people opposed to logging forget that their homes, their favorite magazines, and 

 thousands of other products that they use daily are made possible through the harvesting of 

 tr«es. Most do not realize that these products are affordable because we harvest on public 

 as well as private lands. 



This country has been blessed with near-ideal conditions for the growing of trees. We are 

 physically and technologically capable of meeting the needs of our citizens for wood 

 products and of exporting these products to other countries. 



Sadly, there are many people today who do not realize the global impacts of reducing our 

 timber supply. First, of course, is that we lower our export level and increase our itapoit 



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