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outside the National Forest in Southeast Alaska. Thus, 40% of 

 Southeast Alaska is statutorily closed forever to any development. 

 Of the 16.7 million acres on the Tongass, approximately 1/3 or 5.5 

 million acres is commercial forest land. Of this 1/3 of the 

 Forest, 1.6 million acres or 30% is designated wilderness, 1.7 

 million acres or another 30% constitute the timber base for the 100 

 year rotation, and the remaining 22 million acres or 40% is 

 restricted from timber harvest to protect the other multiple uses. 

 In harvesting the 1.7 million acres, extensive protection is 

 provided to other multiple uses such as fish habitat zones and deer 

 winter range. 



In the period 1978 through 1987, the timber industry 

 harvested 76,000 acres, or 7,600 acres of National Forest per year. 

 That's right, we harvested only 7,600 acres per year of a 17 

 million acre National Forest. All harvest activity is regulated 

 by the Forest Service in accordance with National Forest Management 

 Act regulations. 



For example. Forest Service regulations and management 

 practices that have been developed, protect fish and game. Since 

 we do not harvest on major transportation lanes, timber harvesting 

 has little impact on the great majority of tourists who travel up 

 the inside passage each summer. In short, other resources are 

 protected in full accord with multiple use principles and the law. 

 Remember that at the end of the 100 year rotation cycle, only 10% 

 of the total National Forest land will have been harvested. 



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