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Alaska Visitors Association 



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A RESOLUTION OF THE ALASKA VISITORS 

 ASSOCIATION REGARDING: 



TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST 



WHEREAS, Alaska's economy is supported by a multitude of 

 industrial activities including petroleum, mining, fishing, timber and 

 tourism, and 



WHEREAS, the Alaska Visitors Association recognizes the 

 interrelationship between these diverse industries for the overall 

 health of the state as well as the visitor industry, and 



WHEREAS, the Alaska visitor industry is dependent upon 

 communities, attractions and facilities that have developed around the 

 diverse Alaska economy, and 



WHEREAS, pending legislation in the United States Congress relating 

 to the Tongass National Forest could have severe impacts upon the 

 timber industry and communities within Alaska, and 



WHEREAS, legislation could result in limitation of visitor access to 

 many scenic areas of the Tongass National Forest through designation 

 of additional wilderness, and 



WHEREAS, these impacts could result in reduced level of facilities and 

 services available to the Alaska visitor. 



NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Alaska Visitors 

 Association opposes HR-987 and SB-346 and encourages passage of 3B- 

 237, introduced by our congressional delegation, which protects the 

 commercial and recreational values of the Tongass and the economic 

 well being of the associated communities. 



AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Alaska Visitors 

 Association encourages protection of scenic and wilderness values 

 within the Tongass National Forest through the Tongass Land 

 Management Plan Process, rather than by additional congressional 

 designation of wilderness. 



ADOPTED by the Board on November 28, 1989 



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