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A. Recommendations Respecting Section 705 of ANILCA 

 (Points 1 and 2) 



Sealaska does not recommend outright repeal of the 

 sxibsidy of section 705(a). Furthermore, Sealaska is of the 

 view that the Forest Service needs continued authority for 

 intensive management progreuns to avoid harsh impacts on 

 employment in the timber industry. Sealaska 's recommen- 

 dation of continued subsidies at reduced levels and 

 production in response to market demand are consistent with 

 the recommendations of the GAO. GAO/RCED-88-54 , Tonqass 

 National Forest; Timber Provision of the Alaska Lands Act 

 Needs Clarification (April, 1988), Sealaska 's recommen- 

 dations concerning harvest levels and subsidies borrow 

 language from both S. 346 and S. 237 as well as provisions 

 of existing law. Sealaska 's proposal is set out below as 

 section 101. Where existing law is changed, deleted 

 material is bracketed and new material underscored. 



Section 705(d) of ANILCA exempts the Tongass from 

 section 6(k) of the National Forest Management Act. Section 

 6(k) of the Forest Management Act requires that the Forest 

 Service not classify for timber production lands that are 

 only marginally economic for that use or that are 

 ecologically unsuitable for timber production. Sealaska is 

 of the view that some continuation of the 6(k) exemption is 

 necessary to allow intensive management of marginally 

 economic stands of timber. However, the Forest Service 

 should not be allowed to disregard section 6(k) where lands 

 should not be harvested for ecological or physiographic 

 reasons. We therefore recommend narrowing the 6(k) 

 exemption, rather than repealing the exemption as S. 346 

 would do. Language to do this is set forth below as 

 proposed section 103. 



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