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dipped to 162.5 million board feet, the worst year ever. But the 

 Tongass is now coming back. The forest industry is a strong one- 

 third of the economy of Southeast Alaska. 



The ALA polled its members to determine 1988 calendar 

 year harvest levels. A calendar year review, which includes 

 unsealed volume in rafts, more accurately reflects market 

 acceleration than the scaled, fiscal year Forest Service figures 

 which show only half a calendar year's figure. For 1988, our 

 members show a 377 MMBF net sawlog volume harvest level. 



This produced 3,447 direct jobs according to Alaska 

 Department of Labor figures. This needs to be adjusted by 391 

 longshoring and towing jobs, 150 road construction jobs and 435 

 timber related Forest Service jobs not counted by the Alaska 

 Department of Labor. This produces a grand total of 4,423 jobs of 

 which 1,000 jobs are from Native timber operations. Using the 

 Sitka mill economic study performed by the McDowell Group, there 

 are 1.4 indirect jobs for each direct job. Accordingly, there were 

 10,615 direct and indirect timber industry related jobs in 

 Southeast Alaska in 1988. 



^ The Forest Service showed the FY 1987 harvest level to be 

 282 million board feet. In FY 88, the Forest Service showed a 

 harvest level of 331.5 million board feet (see Forest Service 

 Timber Supply and Demand, 1988 Draft Report). Our figures differ 

 because the Forest Service uses a fiscal year accounting and only 

 considers scaled volume. Thus, Forest Service figures only show 

 half a calendar year's work and do not show the true acceleration 

 in an up market like this one. 



