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^a?^ timbw- at ev«ry opportunity, oven though their points of contention have been 

 held to «how no mertt Something muet tie done to straanillne the admlnlatnitivB appeals 

 proceM cufTintly In place. The Congress passed legislation to do this a yev ago, but the 

 HS^il'SPJ^'J"!* y^ to be pubiishedl While the version that was passed did not take all the 

 irtepsbiat ttie timber industry would Dke to have teen, they are certainly era a step In the right 

 direction. I f«ognlre the Importance of not infringing on the rights of the liWe guy" This is 

 ^SvaI^SkS!? '*^*^'*'" ^ ^" '*""*^- *^ ^<* J* currently going on is nothing dose to 



One point that the Sierra Club spoilsman asserts is that mechanization and modemizBtlon of 



hels inferring ttwl the induatry return to the past methods of han^esting and producing timber 

 produrts in order to maintain employment levels. That is utteriy ridiculous. Logging is the 

 mosthaairdous Job in this country. Workmen's compensation rates are hi^er for logging 

 contra^Jn own »[«ny ^f •mg* occupattan In the country. Mechanization of the inditftry 

 has rnade thwe jobs SAFER fbr the emptoyee. Where would any Industry be if they refused 

 5J!''SI« J^'"" P™^*'**^' One need only look to where the U.S. auto industry was in the 

 me lezo's to see that an industry that doesnt keep pace with technology wiB soon be 

 replaced by foreign or domestic competition that will Keep pace. 



Sl!?!I^!I^l!Il*^"?**!:*il my livelihood depends almost directly on the timber Industry. I 

 nave other eoriMms about the Itorest management plan reviskw as wen. The Black Hills 

 ..™ i ^*^ "" been managed. In my opinion, very successfuDy in the past for multiple 

 Tfii.? Jf™3fS'?'' ^* ^"^ 'i ■ ^*^'*^' ""'^^ opportunity: ft draws vIrSally 

 S£ri,i S!l •^ ■?'^ r"' i"* •'*• ^** •" ""P*^ *^ ^ •««^'>'^y: '«=«l ranchers 

 S,!^ frJ^??!i^ *** '^•* ''^ •"** "^ i*^***^ ^^^"^ prices of beef as low as 



ITJifriSn S?^"". ^^^ an abundant supply of wildlife ranging from wild tuilceys to deer. 

 SLIS^. 2^;'"L"'"^ & brook trout, etc. AO of these populations ere growing at the 

 CSl?^ ' JT^*!?.?*^ ■• °"'' P^'fvatlonlet friends would have you believe. I have 

 SK ?uSl.^J;?i;S* ^\ ^' ^° y*"!- ' ^» "•^^ •xperlenced as ptorrttfui of a supp7^ 

 C?H ttJicJZf iL^ir* ?^L^ P«« f*w years. My point herii Is that wildliliTln the 

 ZS h^^i not Just ttie popular big game spedes. but all fomis of plant and animal life) 

 r^ 2^11f'!!ir ""^^ S?^^ ^ ^ management that has taken piece, not in spite of 

 LrS Sl^S^lSTeSl ^ ?£1S1S22: Uli* "^^ °^ '^^^^"fl uninhabitable ftor 



*hSr,J2?«riJS2rL'" *•«,••*"«* •«■• l* bl«*lng sunngm from the forest floor 

 f£S1tS S^'"^^^ ~!2!- ^ the.* "f^a* «» a(<Jacent to iMount 



S#S?StIitSL^^^^^^ ^*^*' fire danger IS e real mraat to mWr^ the sc^ta 



SJn^^IlSi^Ml!? ?*'^SL°!"~* '"^ to '"•'«8e ^ •» "lese other uses without a 

 jreng. vJWe timber industry. The timber Industry is aotualiy the amis and legs of the USFS 



h!£ SSL. ?5L? •*'!?' "^•'' ^ '*^^^ T^y «» the ones that by thinning theforeS. 

 JJi^n wajnvnoff leveis essential for trout streams as well as for hunS use dSSl 



m!^J!:J^^^1!^*^ *^ "•*«*" ^ "»•* that anoTS STy^SK 

 SnlTS!JS23?^?J2*^^^^ AtSisami 



J^ntTJL^???^ '• •'^°y^ by the Blaok HHIs region 



in essence, it is the timber industry that brings everything together in the forest it is Important 



