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Mr. Bristol. No. 



The Chairman. They do not? 



Mr. Bristol. The preferred alternative? 



The Chairman. Yes. 



Mr. Bristol. No. 



The Chairman. How many appeals or lawsuits has SEACC filed 

 against the Forest Service? 



Mr. Bristol. In total? 



The Chairman. Yes. 



Mr. Bristol. I could not tell you right now, but from the Prince 

 of Wales standpoint, there is not anything tied up right now, and 

 I guess that was what I was trying to get at when you are talking 

 about your proposals. 



The reason there is fewer jobs in Coffman Cove right now, there 

 is just not that much left to log on the northern part of the island. 

 Lab. Bay is closed right now. 



The Chairman. Just out of curiosity, how many independent 

 sales have been made on Prince of Wales? 



Mr. Bristol. I do not know. You have to ask the Forest Service. 



The Chairman. How many lawsuits does SEACC have now 

 against the Forest Service, right now? 



Mr. Bristol. Well, there was the Poison Cove part of that timber 

 sale the other day. 



The Chairman. How about AWRTA? 



Mr. Bristol. That settled, but it also releases another 120 mil- 

 lion board feet from the CPOW sale for harvest. 



The Chairman. How much is the original level? 



Mr. Bristol. How much was originally supposed to be sold? 



The Chairman. Yes. 



Mr. Bristol. I am not sure of the original. 



The Chairman. It was about three times that much, twice as 

 much. 



Mr. Bristol. That was not just SEACC that was part of that. 

 That was also the Alaska Wilderness Recreation 



The Chairman. You are all together. 



Mr. Bristol. It is not the same thing. They are business owners, 

 and they depend on those anchorages to stay intact to make 

 money, and it was also the organized Village of Kake was trying 

 to protect subsistence resources. 



The Chairman. You made the statement about the landless bill. 

 I heard that yesterday. I have been involved in the landless issue 

 for about 12 years, and you oppose the Natives receiving some 

 land? 



Mr. Bristol. No. We do not want to see the same thing that has 

 happened with the for-profit corporations as we have right now. 

 There is nothing left 



The Chairman. You want to dictate to Native people how they 

 should manage their land? 



Mr. Bristol. No. 



The Chairman. But, then, you object to the bill that I have intro- 

 duced to make sure they get their land. 



Mr. Bristol. First of all, there has not been any determination 

 as to whether the claims are valid or not. 



