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The Honorable Bennett Johnston 

 Chairman, Energy and Resources Con>j';t-tee 

 United State Senate 

 Washington, D.C. 20510 



FEBRUARY 21, 1990 



Dear Senator Johnston i 



On behalf of the Pelican City Council, I wish to inform you that 

 Pelican does not support the recer.t .-hanges in the Southeast Conference 

 Tongass Policy Statement that are being presented to you at the upcoming 

 hearing. Furthermore, we do not bo". i eve that these changes represent a 

 consensus position reached through a legitimate process. We believe that 

 these changes are the result of undue pressure by the timber industry on 

 a newly elected SEC Board of Directors. 



Pelican was very much involved in the original effort to develop a 

 compromise position. Our past Mayor served on the Consensus Committee 

 and we followed the evolution of the Policy Statement through many months 

 of input and debate. While the final result was not perfect from our 

 standpoint, it represented a bottom- line compromise we could live with. 

 The new changes to the position are completely unacceptable to the 

 City of Pelican; we have long maintained that protection of the Lisianski 

 River corridor is essential. (See attached Resolution) A recent Municipal 

 Public Opinion Survey confirmed that protection of the Lisianski River 

 is of great importance. We had no input in the development on these 

 changes; we learned of them seven days before they were accepted in spite 

 of our vehement protest. 



The original Tongass Policy Statement was an area-wide consensus effort. 

 It ha6 the support of the Governor because it was developed in a fair 

 manner. The Southeast Conference has now chosen to represent a single 

 business interest. For that reason we have withdrawn from the Southeast 

 Conference. I urge you to consider our request to protect the Lisianski 

 River from logging when you make amendments to S.346. 



Sincerely yours. 



Michael Todd Weaver 

 Mayor City of Pelican 



DFF,C« OP THE MAYOR . PUBLIC WORK* OSPARTMENT PELICAN HEALTH CLINIC . PSUCAN VOLUNTEER FIRS DEPARTMENT 



