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TONGASS STATISTICS 



TOTAL ACREAS IN THE TONGASS FOREST 16.8 MILLION 



* 9% of National Forest acreage in United States 



* 95% of Southeast Alaska owned by federal government 



ACRES OF COMMERCIAL FOREST LAND IN TONGASS 5.4 MILLION 



* 1.7 million acres (1/3) in Wilderness; permanently locked up 



* 2.0 million acres (1/3) closed to logging by TLMP to satisfy 



legal req. for protection "Of fish, wildlife, recreation, etc. 



* 1.7 million acres (1/3) scheduled for harvest over 100 yrs. 



TOTAL WILDERNESS ACRES IN TONGASS 5.4 MILLION 



* 1.7 million acres of commercial forest land in wilderness 



* Approximately the size of New Hampshire, larger than Mass. 



FOREST LAND ACRES AVAILABLE TO LOGGING 1.7 MILLION 



* available for harvest over 100 year cycle 



* maximum cut of 17,000 acres/year (1/10 of 1% of forest) 



* average cut 1980-1988 is 7,000 acres 



ACRES HARVESTED OVER LAST TEN YEARS Approx. 7,000 acres/yr. 



TIMBER HARVEST LEVELS, 1978 - 1988 (in million board feet) 

 YEAR MMBF YEAR MMBF 



1978 

 1979 

 1980 

 1981 

 1982 

 1983 



256.5 

 236.7 

 290.5 

 336.2 

 396.2 

 444 



1988 JOBS (Ak Dept. of Labor) 

 Logging 2064 

 Sawmills 398 3447 



Pulpmills 882 



Longshore 296 



Towing 95 



Road Const. 150 



Forest Serv. 435 



976 



Total Direct Jobs = 4423 



