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THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY 



5410 Grosvenof Lane • Bethesda. MD 20814 • Tel (3011 897-9770 



5 March 1990 



The Honorable J. Bennett Johnston, Chairman 

 Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development 

 SD-132 Dirksen Senate Office Building 

 Washington, DC 20510 



Dear Chairman Johnston: 



The Wildlife Society urges you to support S.346, the Tongass 

 Timber Reform Act. We particularly support permanent protection 

 for important fish and wildlife habitat areas identified in S.346 

 by the protection of intact forested watersheds from logging. 

 The Wildlife Society is a scientific and educational association 

 of more than 8,700 wildlife researchers, managers, educators, and 

 administrators working in the public and private sectors to 

 promote wise stewardship of natural resources. The International 

 office of The Wildlife Society fully supports the position of the 

 Alaska Chapter as expressed in their letter of January 29, 1990 

 (see attached) , and respects them as the experts on wildlife 

 habitat requirements on Tongass National Forest. We also wish to 

 submit to you The Wildlife Society's official position statement 

 concerning old growth management and conservation, found in 

 Conservation Policies of the Wildlife Society pp. 13-14, and a 

 Wildlife Society white paper, "Management and conservation of 

 old-growth forests in the United States", published in the 

 Wildlife Society Bulletin . vol. 16 no. 2 pp. 252-262. 



Thank you for your efforts to win passage of the Tongass Timber 

 Reform legislation, and for your continued support of S.34 6 

 during this session. 



Sincerely, 



Thomas M. Franklin 



Field Director 



cc: Members, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development 



