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Beaver Falls area, Harriet Hunt Lake area, Bull Island 

 area and White River Road area. 



Sealaska Corporation would support an Amendment to 

 ANCSA, advanced by the Southeast Alaska ANCSA Land 

 Acquisition Coalition, Inc. , which would provide land 

 for Alaska Natives living in the communities of 

 Ketchikan, Petersburg, Wrangell, Haines and Tenakee. 



Sealaska recommends protection of certain areas 

 currently under consideration as conservation areas 

 that are also~ critical habitat areas necessary to 

 preserve key wildstock fisheries. 1/ Sealaska supports 

 the preservation and protection of the following areas 

 identified by Southeast Alaska Conseirvation Council 

 Nutkwa Area, Karta Lake Area, Kadashan Area, Chuck 

 River Area, Lisianski River/Upper Hoonah Sound and the 

 Yakutat Forelands Area. These areas should be 

 protected from logging and remain roadless. Sealaska 's 

 opinion is that these areas do not necessarily have to 

 be classified as wilderness conservation areas but 

 should, in some manner, be specially classified as 

 fisheries habitat protection areas. These critical 

 areas would provide permanent sanctuaries to maintain 

 strong wildstock fisheries, serve as broodstock sources 



1/ The above-mentioned land exchange amendment proposals 

 in section 5 and recommended protection areas described 

 in section 6 have not been discussed with or confirmed 

 by the respective corporations named in the exchange 

 proposals or those effected by the protected area 

 recommendations. The listing in section 5 reflect 

 Sealaska 's knowledge of possible exchanges or concerns 

 which have been brought to our attention in the past. 

 These proposals would have to be developed, evaluated 

 and individually strategically developed for 

 presentation to Congress and the public. However, 

 these are the types of issues that could be addressed 

 in separate bills, in a comprehensive Tongass Reform 

 bill or an Alaska Omnibus legislation. 



