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This updated report, like the origuiai, does not attempt to assess the 

 impacts of reduced logging on every community in Southeast Alaska. The 

 focus of our analysis is on the regional economy of Southeast Alaska. We 

 note, though, that much of the concern regarding the economic 

 consequences of reduced logging on the Tongass National Forest focuses on 

 the communities that denve substantial income from logging. One cannot 

 fully descnbe the consequences to these communities, however, by looking 

 at each community, or even the entire set of communities, in isolation from 

 the regional economy. The economic well-being of every community adjacent 

 to the Tongass is tied to, and cannot be separated from, economic activity of 

 the regional economy. 



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