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or leave strips along these streams. Still, I must point out that 

 people and attitudes and budgets change over time. 



I can give you some perspective from my personal professional 

 career in Alaska, which dates back to being a member of the Civil- 

 ian Conservation Corps some 50 years ago near Ketchikan. And I 

 have had almost a continuous involvement with resource manage- 

 ment since that time, except for periods during World War II and 

 times at various universities. 



At the time the Alaska Pulp Corporation commenced logging to 

 supply the Sitka mill, I spent quite a bit of time traveling with the 

 regional forester, Mr. Pete Hansen, and we looked at many of the 

 cuts. We had biologists in the field with the foresters and the in- 

 dustry people agreeing on buffer zones. 



Things were looking pretty good the first few years of the 1960's 

 in that area. However, the regional forester changed. Various dis- 

 trict foresters changed. And all of the leave strips that we were 

 proud of were subsequently harvested. None of them remain. 



Some 15 years ago, after pleading with another regional forester 

 to respect the requirements of salmon streams and leave buffer 

 zones, I was introduced to a gathering of timber industry people in 

 our capital city of Juneau by the regional forester as the man who 

 was trying to destroy the timber industry. 



I want to point out now that the present forest administrators 

 seem to much better appreciate the multiple values that exist in 

 the forest. I think they by-and-large agree, there is a near-consen- 

 sus that buffer strips are important in preserving salmonid habitat. 



We are bickering now about a few of these pumpkins in a 100- 

 foot zone along anadromous fish streams, and those we feel are sc 

 important. Let me point out, if the industry is willing to come 

 before Congress and argue in behalf of harvesting these few money 

 trees in the buffer zones, what chance does a fishery biologist have 

 in the field of protecting those trees if indeed you decide that it is 

 discretionary with the foresters? 



I will say that the site-specific procedure recommended by the 

 foresters sounds very good. It is highly sophisticated. In fact, it is so 

 highly sophisticated that it will demand a level of human expertise 

 that I do not think can practically be staged in the field. 



That concludes my statement. 



[The prepared statement of Dr. Brooks follows:] 



