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rangeii ixesource Council 



P.O. B« 1727 Vft^fW, AL-k* 99929 



Plu». (907) 874.3MH F«.(907)S74^31 



A PESOLUTION FROM WRANGEU RESOUHCE COUNCIL OPPOSING THE BJVRONMENTAL 

 lMPROVEMENTTIM!U«f:ONTRACTeXTa<5IONACT, BILLS S.ia77tH.R. 3869, OR, THE 15-YEAR 

 CONTRACT EXTPr r-N FOR LOUISIANA PACIFIC'S KfTChlKAN PUUP COMPANY 



WHEREAS. th« SO v«* contract cun*niiv us«d by Louisivw Paeme't lUtchikan 

 Puio :omp*»v (LPKI Bivw LPK tn unfaif nurkM advantag* ow otf>af 

 tim->ti tMwnasMi and txtiutim rigtiu U> tvntMr rsMurcas; and 



WHEREAS. ttw Mim» ot that contract war« neootiatad in 1954 and ira amirelv 

 tmw r.uanm lor today'i marVet and natural re«ourc« conditions in 



Soi.1 '■ ast Alaska: and 



WHEREAS. matii .» lPK timber operations tha priority for tha manaBamefit of the 

 Tongiii Nalierul Fwast da(nao«* ottiar multipla usa raieurcas 

 Mnpofum tor Southaati Alaska's aconomy indudbtg aubsistanc*. 

 tou-i ' ' facraation, fish and wildlife habiut: and 



WHEREAS, tho«>ch not In tha LPK contract araa. most of tha timbor talai in tha 

 \NtAt jiia araa hava gona to LPK insisad oi banif itino V>m local WrangeB 

 acccifTDv; and 



WHEREAS. mt.'ii ut tha timbar to supply LPK's ramaining contract wil ba logotd 

 in thi' northom Tonoass, an araa not in tha contract for Itt timbar 

 supD / indicadng that logging in tha specined LPK eonuact araa is not 

 su.,u> 'isoie, and 



WHEREAS, the economic basa In tha northarn To»>gasa, ¥»hieh Inehidas commardal 

 ana li^t filing, racraation, tourtsm, and aubsistanca hunting and 

 fi»ftir>). wD ba damaoad if uniuiiainable logoirtg to maat LPK'a 

 cc^ti I.- coniirHtat; and 



WHEREAS. LPf w°t convictad of a falony and 13 other charge* dua lo violations 

 o> :wi' watar and daan air laws in 1986; and 



WHEREAS, LP» •^■n convictad in 1 983 of violating civi anti-trust law, driving 1 02 

 s(r..'i < MepcTKient operators out of business in Southeast Alaska: and 



WHEREAS, ttw ifxctarm aco^^omic divefsity aryj stability of SouthMtt Alaska will 

 be Oritagad by the proposed 16 yaar extension of LPK's timber 

 comrj'.i 



THEREFORE BE IT P':'SOLVED that Wrangetl Resource Council oppoaas any extension of Louisiana 

 Pacilic'a Kotchikao ' >-. Compwiy't 60 year contract yith the U.S. Forest Service. 



ADOPTED JUNf 2 -96 



Preaident^AC-ri'*tr ^ 



