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SIEVE COWPER, GOVERNOR 



DEPARTMENT OF FI$»H Ai\'D CAME pobox2o 



DOUGLAS. ALASKA 99824-0020 

 PHONE (907) 



SOUTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE 

 22 February 1989 465-4265 



STATEMENT OF DAVID A. ANDERSON, ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND 

 GAME, BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS, NATIONAL PARKS 

 AND FORESTS, U.S. SENATE, PERTAINING TO TONGASS TIMBER REFORM 

 LEGISLATION 



My name is David A. Anderson. I am the Southeast Regional Supervisor for the Division 

 of Wildlife Conservation, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Juneau. I hold a M.Sc 

 degree in mathematics and a Fh.D in wildlife science from the College of Forest Resources 

 at the University of Washington. My Ph.D dissertation involved the ecology of black-tailed 

 deer in intensively managed forests. I also served one year as assistant research professor 

 conducting work on deer and elk in intensively managed forests in the Pacific Northwest. I 

 have been with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for over seven years, and 1 

 currently supervise all state wildlife research and management programs on the Tongass 

 National Forest. I am here today at the request of the committee to testify on behalf of the 

 Alaska Department of Fish and Game on technical issues related to the impacts of current 

 forest management practices on wildlife and the habitat upon which it depends. 



I would like to begin by noting that the Tongass National Forest contains the last major 

 expanses of pristine temperate rain forest in North America. The Tongass supports a 

 diversity of fish and wildlife resources including Sitka black-tailed deer, marten, river 

 otters, mountain goats, and moose, as well as the largest population of bald eagles found 

 anywhere on earth. Brown bears occur in abundance, and several unique subspecies of 

 small mammals such as the Prince of Wales flying squirrel contribute to species richness 

 and diversity. Abundant salmon streams provide food for numerous carnivores, and the 



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