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TONGASS HUNTING AND FISHING 

 COALITION 



PO Box 20637 

 Juneau, AK 99802 



Reaolutlon 96-625 



A RESOLDTION FROM Tonqaae Hunting and PlsMnq Coalition 

 OPPOSING THE ENVIROWMENTAL IMPROVEMENT TIMBER CONTRACT 

 EXTENSION ACT, BILLS S. 1877 & H.R. 3659, OR, THE 15-YEAR 

 CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR LOUISIANA PACIFIC'S KETCHIKAN POLP 

 COMPANY 



WHEREAS, the 50-year contract currently enjoyed by Louisiana 

 Pacific's Ketchikan Pulp Conpany (LPK) gives LPK an 

 unfair market advantage over other tlnber businesses 

 and exclusive rights to tlnber resources; and 



WHEREAS, the terns of the current contract vere negotiated In 

 1954 and are entirely Inappropriate In today's 

 natural resource and narket conditions In Southeast 

 Alaska; and 



WHEREAS, allowing LPK tlnber operations a priority on the 



Tongass National Forest Is Inconsistent vlth nultlple 

 use principles that provide for subsistence, tonrlsn, 

 Independent tlnber operators, and adequate fish and 

 vlldllfe habitat; and 



WHEREAS, the obligatory supply of tlnber to fulfill LPK's 



renalnlng contract vlll be taken fron the northern 

 Tongass, an area not In the original contract area. 

 Indicates unsustainable logging practices In the 

 specified contract area; and 



WHEREAS, the econonlc base of the northern Tongass Includes 

 commercial and sport fishing, recreation, tourlsn, 

 and subsistence hunting and fishing vlll be damaged 

 If the level of logging allowed under the contract 

 spreads to the northern Tongass; and 



WHEREAS, LPK was convicted In 1995 of a felony and 13 



misdemeanors for violating the Clean Water Act; and 



WHEREAS, LPK was convicted In 1983 of violating civil 



arjtl-trust, driving 102 small Independent timber 

 operators out of business In Southeast Alaska; and 



WHEREAS, the long-term econonlc diversity and stability of 

 Southeast Alaska will be damaged by the proposed 

 15-year extension of LPK's timber contract. 



