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Broken Promises — the Tongass Land Management Plan Revision 



Promises made for Revised Plan* 



How Revised Plan is Actually Being Done 



A realistic work plan will be established to guide 

 development of the Revised Plan. 



The approved work plan was essentially abandoned, 

 there is no agreed-to process guiding revision. 



Revised plan will be in compliance with federal 

 laws: NFMA, NEPA, ANILCA. (page 1-1) 



Abandonment of original work plan casts doubt on 

 whether these laws will be complied with. 



Final revised plan will be implemented by 1990. 

 (page V-2) 



As of 2/26/90, the Forest Service is at least 2 years 

 from completing the final plan, implementation 

 could take until 1995-2000. 



Revised plan will display a broad of range of 

 alternatives, (page 111-60) 



Revised plan will have only four alternatives, one 

 of which is the status quo. 



Revised plan will provide an accurate timber type 

 map database with reliable location-specific 

 information, including standing volume, 

 productivity class, and stand size class, 

 (page III-ll) 



The timber type map database for the Revised Plan 

 is so inaccurate that it can not be applied to any 

 unit smaller than a "geozone." Geozones average 

 375,000 acres, meaning on-site impacts can not be 



assessed. 



Revised plan will identify site-specific impacts of 

 timber harvest and other actions on fish and 

 wildlife habitat, (pages 11-14 A 11-18) 



Site-specific impacts cannot be identified because 

 of the inaccurate timber type map database -- the 

 revised plan is now on a general, "programmatic" 

 basis instead of a site-specific basis. 



Revised plan will describe cumulative impacts, 

 (page 111-61) 



Revised plan describes no cumulative impacts, 

 instead these impacts won't be known until the 

 final unit in the Tongass is logged. 



Revised plan will address subsistence on a 

 community-by-community basis in compliance 

 with Title VIII of ANILCA. (page 11-22) 



Dropped as an issue. 



Revised plan will provide a transportation analysis 

 including location of roads and terminal transfer 

 points with short-term, long-term, and cumulative 

 effects, (page 11-45) 



Not to be included. 



Revised plan will be developed using timely and 

 appropriate public involvement, (page 1-1) 



The public is being forced to react to the revised 

 plan, rather than help develop it. This approach 

 creates controversy instead of solving problems. 



From "Tongass Land Management Plan Revision 

 Work Plan.' U.S. Forest Service. July 1987 



