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Section 705(d) is repealed. 



Title VII IS amended by adding a new section to read: 



Section 709ia)(l) The following public lands within the Tongass 

 National Forest are hereby designated as protected non-commercial 

 t iraber areas : 



Impact Potential 



Yakutat Forelands 134,822 acres 3.75 million bd .f t . 'year* 



Kadashan River Watershed 33,641 " 2.52 



Chuck River/Windham Bay 74,942 " 2.00 

 Lisianski and 



Upper Hoonah Sound 134,657 " 3.56 



Nutkua River Watershed 22,507 " 1.87 



Karta River Watershed 38,701 " 0.00 " 



Mt . Calder/Mt. Holbrook 48,000 " 3.79 



Young Lake 18,173 " 1.35 

 Outside Islands 



Noyes 24,651 " 1.64 



Lulu 18,517  .24 



Baker 31,946 " 1.24 



Trap Bay Watershed 6,446 " .faE 



Goose Flats 23,798 " .60 



Eerners Bay 35 ,379 " .04 



TOTAL: 646,180 acres 23.27 million bd. ft. /year 



C* These volume/year figures are to be compared to the '450' million 

 board ft/yr timber supply goal managed on a 100 year rotation.) 



The Secretary shall manage the protected areas designated in this 

 section in accordance with Land Use Designation II as defined in the 

 Tongass Land Management Plan (amended 85-86). The Secretary shall 

 establish a management direction specific to the above areas 

 including allowed uses other than timber harvest, through the Land 

 Management Planning Process in consultation with the communities of 

 Southeast Alaska. 



(2) The Secretary is authorized and directed to pursue reasonable 

 opportunities for non-wilderness land exchanges, trades, and/or 

 purchases with the State of Alaska and/or any appropriate private 

 land owners of property that may add to the timber base to mitigate 

 or eliminate the potential economic impacts of 709(a)(1) in Southeast 

 Alaska. The Secretary shall provide Congress with a written report 

 and recommendations including a complete description of any proposed 

 exchanges or trades. The report shall be prepared in consultation 

 with the Southeast Conference. 



