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Tongass Timber Reform 



Office of Senator Frank Murkowski (Alaska) 



Only a limited amount of thie Tongass 



is available for Harvest... . 



16.8 Million Total Acres 



• An area larger than the combined size of New Hamshire. ^"^ 

 Massachusetts. Rhode Island. Delaware and Connecticut 



• 95% of Southeast Alaska is owned by Federal Government 



Of the 5.4 Million Acres of Old Growlh Timber, which is Suitable for Logging: 



• 30% (1.7 million acres) Is In Wilderness, preserved forever 



• And 40% (2 million acres) is closed to logging to protect fish and game habitat 



Leaving Only 1.7 Million Acres Available for Sustainable Harvest over a 100-Year Cycle 



• Which is only 30% of the old growth timber 



• Which is only 1/10 of the entire Forest 



• Maximum harvest will never exceed 17.000 acres/year (1/lOth of 1% of Forest) 



• Actual average harvest between 1978-1987 was 7,600 acres/year 



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