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The Honorable Don Young -2- August 24, 1989 



K ARTA RIVER - This selection on Prince of Wales Island would 

 impact road corridor No. 4 between Hollis and Thorne Bay. If the 

 existing Hollis Ferry Terminal were relocated to Tolstoi Bay in 

 order to provide mainline ferry service to Prince of Wales 

 Island, this road alternative may be justified. 



NAHA RIVER - This selection on Revillagigedo Island could impact 

 road corridor No. 8 which would provide road access from 

 Ketchikan, through the Bradfield River valley, across the border 

 at Craig River, connecting with the Cassiar Highway via the Iskut 

 River. 



YAKUTAT FORELANDS - This selection near Yakutat could impact road 

 corridor No. 42. This corridor would provide road access from 

 Yakutat through the Alsek River valley to the Alaska Highway. 



/?) ANAN CREEK - This selection, south of Wrangell, would impact 

 v3/ utility corridor No. 14 which extends from Cleveland Peninsula 



easterly to the existing Tyee Lake power plant. This corridor is 

 part of the proposed southeast power grid designed to bring 

 excess power from Tyee and Swan Lake power plants to communities 

 currently using diesel power generation. 



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2 s ! WEST DUNCAN CANAL - This selection west of Petersburg could 



impact road and utility corridor No. 20. This corridor provides 

 for road access between Petersburg and Kake in addition to Tyee 

 and Swan Lake power distribution to Kake. 



SARKAR LAKES AND CALDER/HOLBROOK - These two selections on Prince 

 of Wales Island would impact corridor No. 5 and compromise 

 upgrading of the existing logging road that serves communities on 

 the north end of the island. 



/\) YOUNG LAKE - This selection on Admiralty Island would impact 

 *>— ' utility corridor No. 31 between Young Bay and the Greens Creek 

 Mine. This corridor is a part of the proposed southeast power 

 grid to supply Snettisham power to the mine site. 



/cD TRAP BAY AND KADASHAN - This selection on Chichagof Island would 

 \J/ impact utility corridor No. 28 between Sitkoh Bay, Tenakee 

 Springs, and Hoonah. This corridor is part of the proposed 

 southeast power grid to supply power to communities currently 

 using diesel power generation. 



As you know, Governor Cowper has endorsed key elements of the 

 Southeast Conference compromise proposal as an alternative to 

 H.R. 987 and other pending Tongass reform legislation. One 

 element of the proposal would designate 12 areas in southeast 

 Alaska with a special Congressionally-protected status that would 



