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multiple resource values of the Tongass and of each of the 24 areas included in our proposal. 

 The public process of developing the proposal, and the Tongass natural resource research that 

 supports the proposal, are detailed in our responses to questions 2b and 2c, below. 



Alaskan conservationists have supported protection for most of these 24 areas since the early 

 1970s (and even before that in some cases), when it became clear that the Forest Service 

 intended to clearcut every acre of "commercial forest land" that was not specifically and legally 

 off-limits to logging. The technical document for the Analysis of the Management Situation 

 clearly shows that the Forest Service still holds this position. 



SEACC's land protection proposal represents the recommendation of our 13 member 

 organizations, which are located in 1 1 communities across the Alaska Panhandle: Haines, 

 Yakutat, Gustavus, Pelican, Juneau, Sitka, Petersburg, Wrangell, Tenakee Springs, Point Baker, 

 and Ketchikan. The SEACC proposal also represents the recommendations of our 

 approximately 1000 additional individual members, many of whom are commercial fishermen, 

 business people, and subsistence resource users. SEACC's board of directors is composed of 25 

 Alaskans from across Southeast Alaska. The present board includes former pulp mill workers, 

 commercial fishermen, subsistence resource users, professional fisheries and wildlife biologists, 

 hunters, former timber operators, private business people, Alaskans engaged in tourism and 

 recreation businesses, and elected community officials. 



In short, SEACCs member groups, individual members, and board of directors are real 

 Alaskans from all communities and all walks of life. SEACC knows and uses the resources of 

 the Tongass. The SEACC lands protection proposal, approved by the board and based on solid 

 citizen support, is a conservation proposal and rests on sound principles of habitat management 

 and protection, and is fully consistent with the principle of balanced multi-resource 

 management of our national forests. Further, it leaves the existing Tongass-dependent timber 

 industry plenty of timber to continue their operations. 



2b. What kind of matrix mapping of other resources did you do in your land planning process? 



SEACC used Tongass resource maps in several ways in the development of the SEACC Lands 

 Protection Proposal for the Tongass. Maps of all Tongass resources were utilized in various 

 ways in order to assure that the SEACC proposal is based on careful consideration of solid, 

 substantive natural resource information. 



Naturally, we studied all of the resource maps prepared by the Forest Service as part of its 

 formal planning process. This included the resource maps associated with the Tongass Land 

 Management Plan [TLMP], the administration of the two long-term timber sales, the Wilderness 

 management plans prepared by the agency, and other maps prepared as part of the TLMP 

 Management Area Analysis process. Types of maps include timber stand maps, wildlife habitat 

 maps, salmon stream catalogues, recreation opportunity spectrum delineations, general land 

 allocation maps, and maps of proposed logging operations. After many requests SEACC finally 

 obtained copies of the Forest Service transportation maps which identified existing and 

 potential roads on the Tongass. That map allowed us to consider transportation needs and the 

 existing road system as we developed our proposal. 



SEACC also studied the maps prepared by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) 

 as part of its "Forest Habitat Integrity Program (FHIP)", as well as the ADF&G anadromous 

 stream catalogue. The stream catalogue is important because it maps nearly all of the salmon 

 streams on the Tongass according to what species of fish are known to use each stream. 



In 1983-1985 SEACC and its member organizations participated in every step of the planning 

 process for the five year operating plans for the two 50-year timber contracts held by Alaska 

 Pulp Corporation (APC) and Ketchikan Pulp Corporation (KPC). In both contract operating 



