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the region The new timber industry would cut less and employ more Alaskans, while allowing 

 for conservation of vital forest resources that complement rather than threaten other Tongass- 

 dependent businesses 



By contractually enshrining L-P as the dominant user of the Tongass, this bill returns 

 Southeast Alaska to the days of the timber barons. It is destructive to the environment and 

 future generations. It should be rejected. 



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