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We think it is very possible that the USDA Forest Service is the only Government 

 agency that has the potential to make more money than it is spending. 

 Sincerely, 



(Signed) Board of Directors, Targhee Timber Association. 



LETTER OF KENT FISHER 



Kent Fisher, 

 Ashton, ID, June 21, 1993. 

 Hon. Larry E. Craig, 

 Room 313, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510. 



Dear Senator Craig: I am one of your constituents and a small logger on the 

 Targhee National Forest. In the calendar year of 1992 we employed up to 24 people 

 and had a payroll of $350,000. The taxes received by the U.S. Government from em- 

 ployment of these people would make all timber I purchased on the Targhee Nation- 

 al Forest above cost. 



The timber program on the Targhee National Forest has paid for all of the road 

 building in the forest. These roads are now used for several recreational and non- 

 timber-related activities, such as hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, sightseeing, 

 cattle grazing, etc. 



When you cut timber in the national forest you improve watershed, provide more 

 grass for grazing, provide roads for other activities, such as firewood cutting, salvage 

 work, reforestation, and fire prevention. 



The timber program is the only Government agency that gets a dollar back for a 

 dollar spent. Nothing is ever said about how much it costs for recreation, grazing, 

 wildlife management, and fire management on the Targhee National Forest. 



If the timber program did not have to pay for most other activities on the forest, 

 if the Government would take into consideration: the amount of money paid for 

 timber, taxes paid by my employees and I and all other loggers on the Targhee Na- 

 tional Forest, the money that is given back to the local counties, and the phoniness 

 of the appeals process, all timber sold on the Targhee would be above cost. 

 Sincerely, 



(Signed) Kent Fisher. 



LETTER OF SHELLY PHELPS 



Shelly R. Phelps, 



June 21, 1993. 



Hon. Larry E. Craig, 



Room 313, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510. 



Dear Senator Craig: I am a constituent and am writing to you about the below- 

 cost timber sales. 



I don't see how a timber sale can be considered below cost. It is about the only 

 thing that brings money in on the national forests. I don't think the money brought 

 in from a timber sale should be used for other programs on the forest. I think it 

 should stay in the timber program. 

 Sincerely, 



(Signed) Shelly R. Phelps. 



