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1 type of protection, preservation and management that 



2 will be required to stop the destruction of rain forest 



3 resources in other nations; 



4 (3) current Forest Service management of the 



5 Tongass National Forest, in particular the amount of 



6 high volume of old growth timber offered for sale and 



7 harvested, gives priority to timber harvest over other 



8 uses of the forest and thus is not consistent with the 



9 principle of multiple use or with requirements of the 



10 Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning 



11 Act of 1974 and the National Forest Management Act 



12 of 1976, and cannot be sustained without jeopardizing 



13 natural resources that are of national significance and 



14 upon which the commercial fishing, recreation, and 



15 tourism industries and subsistence users of southeast 



16 Alaska depend; and 



17 (4) the Tongass National Forest Land Manage- 



18 ment Plan of 1979, as amended, which guides current 



19 Forest Service management practices, is predicated on 



20 sections of ANELCA that are repealed or amended by 



21 this Act and therefore should be revised consistent 



22 with the provisions of this Act and with other laws ap- 



23 plicable to the National Forest System, to significantly 



24 increase protection and enhancement of fish, wildlife, 



25 watershed, recreation, cultural, biological diversity, and 



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