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TENAKEE HOT SPRINGS LODGE 907-736-2400 vokiafax 



POBox3 



Te»akee Springs. AK 9984 1 



Apri] 24. 1996 



Qooemor Tony Knowies 

 POBox IIOOOI 

 Juneau, AK 998 11 



De« OonenHjr Knowies, 



1 implore you. do not support the extension of KetchiVan Pulp's lorg term coniract! f ' 



It is becoming more evident all the time that the SO year contracts where a bad idea They 

 locked in a management scheme for the Tongass that is simply not sustainable. Virtually 

 every sdentific study that has been done on the Tongass wiD support the position that the 

 logging practioes of the past cannot be sustained in the future. It is time we step back and 

 reassess the level of logging the forest can support - not just loclc in a bad policy for 

 another 1 5 years. 



Tho Alaska Dept ofFish and Oame and the Forest Service scientists agree that the fish 

 and wildlife of the Toi^ass need more protection - not less - if they are to maintain healthy 

 populations. 



For those of us in the other mductries who depend upon the Tongass for our Hvelihoods, 

 (fishing and tourism in my case) it is absohiteiy essential that the forest be managed for 

 multiple use. 



Once agam, please, do not support KPC's contract extension! I 

 Sincerdy. 



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Samuel E. McBeen 



