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valuable to the wilderness recreation and visitor industry but it still 

 provides latitude for increased timber harvest ." Id. at 131 (state of Dale 

 Philman. Alaska Department of Fish eind Game). 



" I Cein sav that the Tongass Timber Reform Act will not effect Tongass 

 timber dependent employment ." Id. at 208 (statement of Joseph R. 

 Mehrken, Southeast Alaska Natural Resources Center). 



"Senator Wirth's bill would remove fifty million board feet a year from the 

 Tongass timber base for the protection of other forest values such eis 

 tourism, commercial fishing, and subsistence. The bill would also leave 

 the forest products industry with 400 million board feet a vear to harvest 

 -- enough to preserve all current logging-related jobs based on past cutting 

 levels." Id. at 410 (statement of Mark Kirchhoff, Port Alexander). 



• Act to Amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 



Act, to Designate Certain Lands in the Tongass National Forest 

 as Wilderness, and for Other Purposes: Hearings on H. R. 987 

 Before the Subcomm. on Water. Power, and Offshore Energy 

 Resources of the House Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs, 

 lOlst Cong.. 1st Sess. (1989). 



"If all 22 areas in H. R. 987 are permanently protected, the legislation 

 would reduce the scheduled timber hcu^est by only 1 1 percent. That still 



