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Management Situation has come out. Its preliminary findings show 

 that under the current plan, the Tongass could maintain an 

 allowable sale quantity of 450 million board feet per year for the 

 next ten years. This would leave 15.7 million acres of roadless 

 land, (including designated wilderness) at the end of the next 

 planning cycle; a capability of providing 130 million pounds of 

 fish per year for the next 50 years; 7.5 million acres of old 

 growth remaining after 50 years; 4,200,000 visitor recreation days 

 a year; and the Tongass would maintain a $2.7 billion present net 

 value, excluding minerals. (See page 52 of the Forest Service 

 Analysis of the Management situation.) Further, several options 

 appear to exist to increase the allowable sale quantity, while 

 maintaining fish capability and recreation visitor days. These 

 options would increase employment and present net value with only 

 a 200,000 acre or one and a half percent reduction in roadless land 

 (including designated wilderness). In short, the Benchmarks shows 

 that multiple use under TLMP as it was approved in 1979 is working 

 well. 



The ALA urges the Congress to treat the Tongass like 

 every other National Forest in the country and allow the TLMP 

 revision process to make any changes needed in the existing 

 management program. The Forest Service has spent $5 million on the 

 TLMP Revision Process to date. The Forest Service has used the 

 same planning process used on every other national forest in the 

 country. The Forest Service has received input from every 

 community in Southeast Alaska over the last three years. Any land 



