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SALMON BAY PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION 

 BOX 422 PETERSBURG, ALASKA 



TESTIMONY OF 



ALAN M. STEIN 



President 



Salmon Bay Protective Association 



BEFORE THE US SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE 



FEBRUARY 26, 1989 



Mr. Chairman and members of the Energy Committee thank you for this 

 opportunity to adress you. 



I represent the Salmon Bay Protective Association, a non profit Alaska 

 corporation whose membership includes 180 commercial fishermen and 

 women as well as subsistence users; further, SBPA has the substantial 

 financial backing of eight salmon canneries and cold storages in Southeast 

 Alaska. 



SALMON BAYS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FOREST SERVICE 



Last August, we sued the US Forest Service when they approved a five 

 year clearcutting and roading plan for the Ketchikan Pulp Co on Prince of 

 Wales Island. The court granted us swift temporary relief. 



In September, the federal district court for Alaska issued a temporary 

 restraining order in the SBPA's favor which halted the Forest Service's 

 practice of clearcutting giant trees within 100 feet of both sides of all Class I 

 and II streams on Prince of Wales Island. About half the commercial logging 

 on the Tongass National Forest takes place on this island . 



The court found that we had raised serious questions about whether the 

 Forest Service complied with the Clean Water Act, the National 

 Enviornmental Policy Act, and the Alaska National Interest Lands and 

 Conservation Act 



The court earlier ordered the Forest Service provide five days notice before 

 cutting or roading the million dollar a year fishery watershed of Salmon Bay 

 Lakes. By agreements, these orders were extended to February 28, 1990. 



Hopefully, the court will extend protection for Salmon Bay and the buffer 

 strips beyond Feb 28th while it considers a preliminary injunction motion 

 which is ripe for decision. Such an extention would provide the Senate with 



TESTIMONY OF ALAN STEIN 



