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were asked to estimate what percentage of their business is Tongass-related. That 

 portion of employment that is not Tongass-related was not Included in this analysis. 



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Included in this survey were Southeast's two pulp mills, seven sawmills, over 20 

 logging companies, about 15 logging-related construction companies, and six towing 

 compttjiic-6. One log scaling company wa* Also surveyed. 



Pulpmill employment was attributed entirely to the Tongass even though a pui lion 

 (approximately 20%) of the utility grade logs processed at the mills comes from 

 private lands. Pulpmill employment levels are relatively insensitive to production 

 levels. Pulpmllls must run three shifts a day on a continuous basis or face costly 

 shutdown procedures. Even if the volume of wood flowing through the mill were 

 reduced 20% the manpower requirement would be largely unchanged. It is true that 

 with increased demand pulpmills can and do import utility grade logs from Canada 

 but it is the Tongass which underwrites the fixed pulpmill labor'force. 



At the same time, the case could be made that since the pulpmills purchase utility 

 logs from private harvests some portion of the employment in the private harvest 

 is attributable to the pulpmills. But the pulpmills are not the only market for utility 

 logs. Therefore, as long as other competitive markets for utility logs exist, it is not 

 reasonable to credit the pulpmills with a portion of the employment on private land 

 in Southeast. 



