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APPENDIX 1: EXPLANATION OF TERMS 



Alaska State Department of Pish and Game Class 1 Area — complete 

 protection from logging and road building requested by the State 

 of Alaska in 1983 Forest Habitat Integrity Plan "to reserve 

 permanently for protection of fish and wildlife." 



Haida Nation Logging Ban — A 1987 call for a halt to logging and 

 road building by the Haida Native peoples on historic and current 

 Native lands in southeast Alaska. 



H.R. 39 — Legislation first introduced in 1977 by Rep. Morris K. 

 Udall that eventually was signed into law as the Alaska National 

 Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) of 1980. 



Land Use Designation (LUD) Four categories of land use 



employed by the Forest Service on the Tongass to describe the 

 general use intended in the 1979 Tongass Land Management Plan: 



LOD I — Wilderness established under the Alaska Lands 

 Act. 



LOD I release -- Lands recommended for Wilderness by 

 the Forest Service but not included by Congress in the Alaska 

 Lands Act. Currently not included in the scheduled timber base 

 by the Forest Service. Their status will be re-examined during 

 the TLMP revision. 



LDD II — Lands to be managed in a roadless state to 

 protect their wildland character. Road building and timber 

 harvesting permitted for special purposes. Not currently 

 included in the scheduled timber base. Their status will be 

 determined during the TLMP revision. 



LOD III — Areas of "high commodity value" and "high 

 amenity value." Included in the scheduled timber base and subject 

 to intensive timber management. Road building and logging with 

 few restrictions. 



LOD IV — Areas of intense logging and road building. 

 Included in the scheduled timber base. 



Research Natural Area (RMA) Proposals — Forest Service project 

 to identify best examples of particular plant communities, 

 wildlife species, aquatic systems and geologic features 

 represented in the Tongass for scientific research. Final RNA 

 selections will attempt to minimize land use conflicts by 

 emphasizing currently protected areas. 



