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of Ehinger and Assodates of Eungeae, Oregon Vtfaich detail mill closures and employment loss in 

 the Pacific Northwest in recent years. It b a sad and unnecessary story. 



To understand what tlus meant to Mayr Bros. I want to take you back to the 1 960s, 197Qs, and 

 1 980s. The Otympic National Forest has a bioIo^caJ capacity to grow 330 MMBF of Hinber per 

 year according to the forest plan which was completed m the late 1980s, fvi the last twenty years 

 the forest ofiered 2S0+ MMBF per year. Under the leadership of this Administration, the plan is 

 to offer 1 MMBF per year. That is less than 10% of what grows each year on the fbiesi. 



The Forest's performance has not yet begun'to meet e>-en the Administration's meager 

 expectations. In FY 1993, the forest sold 14.2 MMBF; in FY 1994 the level was again 14.2 

 MMBF. Then the Clinton plan kicked in. FY 1995 the forest wld only 3.2 MMBF. This year, 

 through June 30th, the forest has sold only 3.5 MMBF. While it may look like tbey are 

 improving, you need to look a little deeper. Thus Ui this year, only 2 5 MMBF of the material 

 sold on the CMympic has been material our company could manuftcture to meet our customers' 

 demand. 



Mayr Bros has always been « resillem company. We completed the new miO, found an alternate 

 wood supply for the big log mill, and survived for a time. In fact the new mill is one of the most 

 efficient and highest producing mills of its type in the world, During Uus some pehod, Mayr Bros. 

 has paid the original loan down fiom $5,000,000 to S4,000,000. In order to accomplish aS of that 

 without the Sec. 318 timber, the company was forced to use all of its operatiog line of credit to 

 finance completion of the mill constmction. SX the same time we lost our valued customer base in 



