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could put this timber up for competitive bid not just to APC -- but to any 

 company that wished to bid. 



In addition, alternative supplies of timber exist and have been 

 used by the mills in the past. Both pulp mills can purchase timber from 

 private (Native Corporation) lands, since Natives cut an average of 275 

 million board feet of timber every year. The mills have historically 

 purchased timber from Canada, averaging about 35 million board feet per year 

 but exceeding 60 million board feet in 1983 and 1984. * Both mills can also bid 

 on independent timber sales or buy timber from the independents who win the 

 sales. In addition, because more timber has been made available than has been 

 cut for the last eight years, there is a huge backlog of over one billion 

 board feet of timber still available to cut. Finally, over 200 million board 

 feet of beach logs that could and should be utilized litter the beaches of 

 southeast Alaska. 



Although a more than ample timber supply would be available under 

 S.346, SEACC hopes the timber industry would take the opportunity of increased 

 competition and good timber markets to reinvest in more value-added timber 

 processing. In this way, it would be possible to utilize the same amount of 

 timber or less and put more Alaskans to work. 



MURKOWSKI TONGASS BILL IS INADEQUATE. Alaska Senators Frank Murkowski and Ted 

 Stevens have introduced their own Tongass legislation this year. S.237, "A 

 Bill to reform the Tongass Timber Supply Fund", will not solve the fiscal or 

 environmental problems of the Tongass. It would force the Forest Service to 

 adopt an allowable sale quantity (ASQ) calculated in 1979 for each new forest 

 plan Into the indefinite future. Because the words "allowable sale quantity" 



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