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 Southeast Alaska Conservation Council 



SEACC 419 6th Street, Suite 328, Juneau, AK 99801 



(907) 586-6942 phone (907) 463-3312 fax 



email: seacc@alaska.net 



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S lATEMENT OF ROBERT LINDEKUGEL, CONSERVATION DIRECTOR accompanied 

 by DAVID KATZ, FOREST PLAN COORDINATOR 



REGARDING H.R. 3659 THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT TIMBER 

 CONTRACT EXTENSION ACT 



JOINT HEARING BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES AND 



SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 



JULY 11, 1996 



Mr Chairman, and members of this Committee: 



My name is Robert LindekugeL and I am the Conservation Director for the Southeast Alaska 

 Conservation Council (SEACC). With me today is David Katz, our Forest Plan Coordinator, 

 who can help answer any detailed questions you may have. Thank you for the opportunity to 

 participate on one of the panels testifying before you today. I respectfully request that my 

 written statement and accompanying materials be entered into the official record of this 

 Committee hearing. 



Founded in 1970, SEACC is a coalition of 15 local citizen, volunteer conservation groups in 

 12 Southeast Alaska communities, from Ketchikan to Yakutat. SEACC's individual members 

 include commercial fishermen, Alaskan Natives, small timber operators and value-added wood 

 manufacturers, tourism and recreation business owners, hunters and guides, and Alaskans from 

 all walks of life SEACC is dedicated to preserving the integrity of Southeast Alaska's 

 unsurpassed natural environment while providing for balanced, sustainable use of our region's 

 resources. 



This is the first hearing conducted by this Committee on H.R. 3659, the "Environmental 

 Improvement Timber Contract Extension Act." Senator Murkowski did conduct Energy and 

 Namral Resources Committee field hearings in Ketchikan and Juneau, Alaska, on May 28 and 

 May 29, 1996, on the subjects of the Tongass Land Management Plan and a "possible 

 extension" of the Ketchikan Pulp Company (KPC) 50-year contract more generally. 

 However, we need to point out that those testifying at the May 28 and May 29 field hearings 

 were not testifying to the provisions of this bill, because the bill had not vet been introduced . 

 We suspect that if these Committees held hearings in Alaska on the specific provisions of this 

 bill, a great many Alaskans would vehemently oppose this bill. 



LYNN CANAL CONSERVATION. Haines • FRIENDS OF GLACIER BAY. Guslavus • FRIENDS OF BERNERS BAY. Juneau 



WRANGELL RESOURCE COUNCIL • ALASKA SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FOREST DWELLERS. Polnl Baker • PEUCAN FORFiSTRY COUNCIL 



ALASKANS FOR KJNEAU • NARROWS CONSERVATION COAUTlON, Pelersbutg • TONGASS CONSERVATION SOCIETY, Kelchikan 



CmcHAGOF CONSERVATION COUNCIL TcMkee • JUNEAU GROUP SIERRA CLUB -SITKA CONSERVATION SOCIETY 



TAKU CONSERVATION SOCIETY. Juneau • PRINCE OF WALES CONSERVATION LEAGUE, Craig • YAKUTAT RESOURCE CONSERVATION COUNCIL 



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