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basis. Section 705, which was based on an alternative to TLMP 

 recommended by the Regional Forester in 1979 was designed to solve 

 this problem. The idea, then, was to use intensive management 

 monies to increase the sustained yield from the non-wilderness 

 lands open to timber harvest and, thus, provide a sustained yield 

 harvest of 4.5 billion board feet per decade. Currently, the 

 Alaska Loggers Association recognizes the need for a change in the 

 Tongass Timber Supply Fund. 



It has always been the case that the amount harvested in 

 any one year would depend upon market demand, but the Forest 

 Service is required to retain a sufficient land base, so that using 

 intensive management monies, it can achieve a harvest level of 4.5 

 billion board feet per decade. The Alaska Loggers Association 

 believes it essential to maintain a timber program which makes 

 available a supply of 4.5 billion board feet per decade. (The 

 annual harvest level within the decade will respond to market 

 demand. ) 



Some people have argued that the 4.5 billion board feet 

 allowable sale quantity should be repealed because it drives the 

 planning process thereby subjecting fish, game and other resources 

 to the risk of inadequate protection. This is wrong for at least 

 two reasons: First, the 4.5 billion is needed only because Congress 

 designated so much wilderness in 1980 that the remaining non- 

 wilderness land is insufficient to maintain the job base. 

 Accordingly, from a substantive point of view, repealing the 4.5 

 billion and rolling back the amount of wilderness would be the best 



