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TESTIMONY FOR SENATE HEARING — TONGASS REFORM ACT 



(S-346/ HR 987) 

 (Deadline To Be Included In The Official Record (SONfcflcb , 1 . #*$>i 7 



Honorable C>0 * Ke P 3o Ui^^ 

 U. a Senate 

 Washington, D. C. 20610 



Dear Senator "SoUnj •Hua : 



Please make note of my position on the Tongas* Reform Act and then forward my testimony in 

 time so that it is counted in the official record of the bearing process for the Tongass Reform Act, 

 S-346VHR-987. Please forward to: 



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Senator Dale Bumpers, Chairman pir-Mvo natural resouh 



Public Lands, National Parks and Forests Subcommittee |np^'^'"Pnn Hf 



Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee W) j^d ^ j. 



SD-308 Dirksen Senate Office Building 

 Washington, DC 20510 rsja 



Dear Senator Bumpers: 



TESTIMONY S-3467 



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I wish it known to Congress that I support the concept of Tongass Community Alternative, S-237, 

 authored by Senator Frank Murkowski. H favors the retention of community, economic and multiple- 

 use goals. Please consider this testimony as my personal testimony on the proposed Tongass 

 Reform Act (S-346/HR-987). Please include it in the official record of the hearing planned for February 

 26, 1990. Should for any reason the hearing be postponed or cancelled, please include my testimony 

 in the official record for S-346/HR-987. 



The Tongass National Forest is extremely important to us. The pending legislation (S-346 / HR- 

 987) sets a precedent that will guide National Forest management and multiple-use in 155 other 

 National Forests across America. We are concerned that decisions made on the Tongass may 

 damage the economy of Southeast Alaska, but will also set future public policy for all National Forests 

 without citizens in those forests having an opportunity to testify or provide public comment. 



Although I have used this questionnaire for convenience, I may make changes, additions, or 

 J enclose statements and I would like those included in the official public record. Thank you. 



PUBLIC RESPONSE Agree or Disagree (Please check one.) 



1. I support the concept of the Tongass Community Alternative, S-237, authored by Senator Frank 

 Murkowski. It favors the retention of community, economic and multiple-use goals. Congress should not 

 rush to judgment on this issue. 



AgrejHd^ Disagree J 



2. I oppose S-346 and HR-JB7, known as the Tongass Reform Act, for the reasons outlined in the 

 following questions. y 



Agree La Disagree □ ^^ 



Forest Plans 



3. New information in the Tongass National Land Management Plan, due out in late Spring 1990, 

 should be considered before Congress votes on S-346YHR-987. It will set a dangerous precedent if Con- 

 gress ignores the millions of dollars and thousands of man-hours and public comments already invested 

 in the Tongass Forest Plan. 



AgreeJt^ Disagree □ 



4. If Congress votes prior to the release of the Tongass Forest Plan, it will violate the process Congress 

 set up and destroy public confidence in the Forest Planning Process passed by Congress in the National 

 Forest Management Act Why should I, or any other person concerned about the future of our national 

 forests, bother to participate in the Forest Planning Process when Congress seems to be willing to ignore 

 all my work and that of my neighbors?/ 



AqrsrQ Disagree □ 



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