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ure against the activities of those people who are harvesting timber 

 on private lands and nonfederal lands. 



I believe, in the first six years of this cycle since this law passed 

 in 1980, those years were the worst economically that we have seen 

 in the Tongass. On the basis of the worst years, to judge the com- 

 promise that we so reluctantly entered into is a fallacy, and what 

 is more, is unreasonable. We must have a period of time for this 

 arrangement to mature, to determine in good times and bad what 

 is the proper relationship between the timber industry, the recrea- 

 tion industry, fish and wildlife, the fishing industry — all of the re- 

 lated economic activities and non-economic activities in Southeast 

 Alaska. 



Gentlemen, I would urge you to allow me to put the full state- 

 ment I have in the record. I could filibuster on this for a long time. 



Senator Bumpers. It will be admitted. 



[The prepared statement of Senator Stevens follows:] 



