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MT. CALDER - MT. HOLBROOK PROPOSAL. 



DESCRIPTION: Located off the northwest coast of Prince of Wales 

 Island. Comprised of a major portion of East Kosciusko Island, 

 the islands in Shakan Bay, and the roadless lands surrounding Mt. 

 Calder on northwest Prince of Wales Island. Highest elevations 

 are found on Mt. Calder (over 3000 feet) which scientists believe 

 may be a glacial refugium with remnants of an ice age flora 

 characteristic of a colder climate than that of contemporary 

 Prince of Wales. Small but rugged mountain core with fringes of 

 forest lands along an irregular coastline. Contains the only 

 known coastal population of subalpine fir. Shipley Bay is 

 valuable for sockeye salmon and an important producer of pink 

 salmon. The entire area is important for subsistence hunting and 

 fishing because it is one of the very last remaining roadless 

 blocks of land in northern Prince of Wales region. Good 

 populations of Sitka black-tail deer and black bear. 

 Increasingly popular for recreation. Highly scenic area 

 dominated by the striking massif of Mt. Calder. Rich Native 

 cultural area. 



HISTORY: Shipley Lake and Bay is classified as a Fish and Game 

 Class 1 Area. Protective status supported by local communities 

 of Pt. Baker and Port Protection, Alaskans for Responsible 

 Resource Management, and Sumner Straits Fish and Game Advisory 

 Council. Shipley Lake and Bay supported for protection by United 

 Fishermen of Alaska in 1988. Area encompasses a Research Natural 

 Area proposed by Forest Service in 1988. Five year moratorium on 

 logging approved for the area by U.S. House of Representatives in 

 1988. 



LAND STATUS: LUD IV. In the KPC 50-year contract area. Future 

 status being discussed by the Forest Service with the possibility 

 of deferral of a part of the area from logging. Otherwise, 

 portions of the area could be scheduled for logging and roads as 

 part of the 94-99 Operating Plan, and future KPC operating plans. 



ACREAGE: 68,693 acres. 



SCHEDULED TIMBER BASE: 4.53 million board feet per year. 



