188 



Road Depreciation & Maint. 465,559 



Timber Prog. Polled Expenses 378,532 



General Administration 1.192.594 



Total Expenses $6,175,856 



III. Net Income $2.276.465 



IV. Payments to Counties $1.747.474 



These are actual figures for the fiscal year 1 992. They clearly show that 

 the United States Treasury is not experiencing a net loss of $8,000,000 

 annually. Just the opposite. The Forest Service received $8,452,321 in 

 timber revenues and faced $6,175,856 in expenses; that creates a net 

 income of $2,276,465 (not a loss). Of the $8,452,321 , 25% is paid to 

 local counties for schools and roads. This is not only "good" math, it is 

 beneficial to local economies, (approximately $33 million in local 

 income), employment, (approximately 770 jobs in timber alone), and 

 approximately $5 million in Federal income taxes generated by the 

 timber program. 



In addition to real cash revenues, there is also the value of benefits that 

 are assigned a market value ($13,208,109 in benefits vs. $7,753,253 in 

 costs). 



An example of the benefits would be the watershed restoration of over 

 3.000 acres in the area bumed by the Stormy Complex Fire. Timber 

 salvaged from this bum, 60 million board feet, was sufficient to build over 

 5,000 average-size homes. All this and a profit of $528,991 to assist the 

 United States Treasury. 



Sec 2(1 3) "a" 



"Direct and indirect employment afforded as part of the 

 logging in the Sequoia and Sierra National Forests will decline 

 with reduction of the volume of native forest and with compliance 

 with environmental laws." 



In reality, there has been a reduction in the timber available, and as a 

 result sawmills close and people lose their jobs. The very reason this is 

 happening is because of bills like HR2153. They are bills that are written 

 with the concept that if something drastic isn't done soon then there will 

 be irreparable damage to the forest. 



If such damage is a threat, then action should be taken. In this case, the 

 history of logging the sequoias shows that the sequoias are not in 

 danger. When logging of the giant trees began in 1852 it continued for 

 approximately 70 years. During that time 34% of the giant trees were 

 destroyed. Since then the sequoias have experienced a surge in 

 regeneration (largely due to the timt>er removal during that 70-year 

 period). 



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