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dications our logging activity has had any adverse impact on any 

 salmon streams. 



Mr. Chairman, Goldbelt believes it has paid its environmental 

 dues and strongly opposes the treatment it would receive under the 

 House Bill. We ask that the proposed Chuck River and Port 

 Houghton-Sanborn Canal wilderness areas be eliminated or rede- 

 fined so that the viability of the five Forest Service sale areas and 

 our $17 million investment at Hobart Bay are not destroyed. 



We ask that the revised recommendations of the Southeast Con- 

 ference be accepted. Finally, we ask that Goldbelt be permitted to 

 live in peace without legislative and judicial harassment. 



The shareholders of Goldbelt voted to accept the ANCSA settle- 

 ment. Then we were sued off of Admiralty Island by the Sierra 

 Club. We accepted ANCSA lands in remote Hobart Bay next to 

 government-planned timber sales. Now the same groups that 

 denied our ANCSA lands on Admiralty Island desire to deny us a 

 benefit of the last deal made with them. 



For the reasons explained in our written statement, we would 

 also ask that the status of the proposed Berners Bay wilderness 

 area be changed. 



I thank the chairman and the committee for the opportunity to 

 testify and would be happy to answer any questions. 



[The prepared statement of Mr. Wilson follows:] 



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