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D. The Heralded Adaptive Management Areas Have Produced Nothing But 

 Employment for Federal Employees 



The President also made much-to-do about special Adaptive Management Areas which 



could be used to experiment with new forest management techniques and indicated we 



would see timber flowing from these areas very quickly. Mr. Chairman, the Goosenest 



Adaptive Management Area on the Klamath National Forest has produced no timber 



volume up to this point. Although it is producing work for Forest Service employees who 



are preparing an Adaptive Management Plan, an LSR Plan, a watershed analysis, and will 



need to do other NEP A documentation. Meanwhile, Ihe health of the forest in the area 



has steadily declined over the last three years. Another opportunity and another promise 



broken. 



IV. Option Nine Has Provided an Incredible Employment Opportunity for Government 

 Workers 



When the Administration adopted the President's Forest Plan, they also imposed several 

 new layers of bureaucracy. They set up a number of regional and provisional advisory 

 boards to review proposed federal forestry projects. The Forest Service invited various 

 people to serve on these advisory groups. T was invited to apply to serve on our local 

 provincial advisory group but, thankfully, was not chosen. 1 say that because one only has 

 to hear details of one of the meetings of these groups to conclude that these meetings are 

 little more than a guaranteed employment program for numerous federal employees. 



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