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building pncacea wiD likely came severe reductions in deer populatioas over tbe long 

 tenn. Abbough the Foreet Service has taken a step in the r^ directiaa n cresting 

 connecting habitat reserves tbe baSer strips along the coastiioe aie too small to profvide 

 adequate connecting coiridorB between reservet. These buficn naut not be reduced to 

 provide more wood to tbe timber industry. Tbe PrefenedAbemttiveabo drops the deer 

 habitat standard of Ahernattve 3, whicb was specifically desigDed to address concerns of 

 subsisteace and sport fauoiers of deer. Tbe Forest Service is required by law to provide 

 for all uaen of the forest. We must consider the other uaes nch aa bndng, fisfatog. biking 

 and other recreaticmal uses. We need to consider the dilcnnna that dearcutting and 

 expofliag has created. Tbe Forest Service needs to be tnnovttive and toag-range goal 

 orientated as we approach the 21 St Ceotuiy The key must be manageaMitt of dw forest 

 for aB users. 



The Prcfisred Aberaative does not take in to consideiitioo the e£bcti that finther ktgging 

 wiB have on the tourian industry. As the Hoonab faidian AsKxaaticn bcgai to (fiversfy 

 their ecoDomic base we are &oed with tbe proq)ect of beoocniog a player in the tourism 

 industry. Where wfll the vast untamed tantd and its wikSift be projected- With oontiiBied 

 road bualdiog, cutting of the beach fringe and dearcutting practices we are kfi with voy 

 Kttlc to oflfer tbe visitors. 



In oondusion tbe Hoonah Indian Association would like to go on record as objecting to 

 die release of die RfiotHdofDedaion regarding the Eight FadiomTiiriKT Sale. Wefedit 

 is somewhat premature c(Hisidering the Toogaas Land Management Ploi is still out for 

 review. We arc talking about a substittial portion of the Tongass and it ihoukl li^itfiilly 



