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Forest Service Research Natural Area (RNA) Proposals (1988): 



Anan Creek 



Earners Bay 



Calder / Holbrook 



Chichagof 



Chuck River 



Karta River 



Kegan Lake 



Nutkwa 



Pleasant Island 



Sarkar Lakes 



South Etolin Island 



Trap Bay 



West Duncan Canal 



Yakutat Forelands 



AMPLE TIMBER AVAILABLE DURING MORATORinM. By protecting the 23 key fish and 

 wildlife areas until revision of TLMP, S . 346 would temporarily reduce the 

 amount of operable acres scheduled for cutting by TLMP by only 16 percent. 

 And even if all 23 areas were permanently protected, the scheduled timber base 

 volume would be reduced only 11 percent -- from 450 million board feet per 

 year to 400 million board feet per year. This would actually permit an 

 increase in existing Tongas s -dependent timber jobs, since the average amount 

 of timber cut from the Tongass from 1980 to 1988 was 285 million board feet 

 per year. Even in the best market in this decade, Tongass timber harvests in 

 1988 were 331 million board feet. 



Moreover, under S . 346 the pulp mills would still have access to 

 ample amounts of timber. For example, even after permanently protecting the 23 

 moratorium areas in S.346, 6.0 billion board feet of timber would remain in 

 the timber base in APCs current contract area. Under the existing 50-year 

 contract held by APC, the company is entitled to 2.5 billion board feet in the 

 remainder of their contract period. Of course, under S.346 the Forest Service 



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