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The figure suggests that even the most aggressive alternatives wall take 70 years to 

 fiilly restore ecosystem health. Some of the alternatives never achieve full 

 restoration. A 15-30 year period as suggested by Dr. Neil Sampson and others 

 seems a reasonable period to restore our forests. One of the two basic needs 

 described in the draft EISs is to restore ecosystem health. It is clear this need will 

 not be met by any of the current proposals in that reasonable period. I urge the 

 Forest Service and Congress to consider more aggressive levels of activity and 

 appropriate funding mechanisms to restore our forest health in a timely manner. 



