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the forest plan prescribes for them. 



With the help of local communities, 23 areas have been identified as 

 areas of special environmental value. The list includes areas nominated by 

 the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the United Fishermen of Alaska, the 

 Sealaska Corporation (the Native regional corporation), the Southeast Alaska 

 Conservation Council and southeast Alaska communities as deserving protection 

 from logging. Four areas were voted by the House as wilderness in 1979, two 

 areas were recommended by the USPS for wilderness, seven areas were identified 

 by the Senate Energy Committees as "special management areas." It is my hope 

 that this committee will consider these areas for permanent protection, as in 

 the House bill . 



The Tongass National Forest is one of the last significant stands of 

 temperate rain forest left in the Northern hemisphere. That the American 

 taxpayer should be asked to subsidize the destruction of this magnificent 

 national treasure is ridiculous. 



