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Box 020V93 



Juneau, Alaska 97802 



March 24, 1989 



benate flnerqv and Natural Resources Committee 



Dear Senators: 



Althoudli I I now this is information you have received from other -folks and in a 



varietv of forms, it is heartfelt and e;;pressed because we need to change some 



of our old modes and ways of thinking to inSLire justice and survival for 

 everything on Earth. 



The Tcnqdss Tiinber Reforni Act (S.'J46) will allow us 30 million or more taxpayer 

 dollars each year to be spent on any number of other priorities - RS<D -tor 

 altK-rnative energy sources, repairing the nation's bridges, retiring the 

 national debt, educati on ... Juneau is struqglina with this budget right now' 



Tlie Tongsiss Timber Reform net will take ^ome? hypocrisy from our global 

 met.c,^,qt./ --.ction. If we ask the developing nations in the tropics to avoid 

 cutting of their forests for the benefit of themselves and huirianiind, shoulcin't 

 we (the most proaressive and developed nation) set the example in our own 

 national forests"' 



Our most valuable renewable resDur'ces (timber, wildlife, future citizens and 

 atmosphere) would benefit from the Tongass Timber Reform Act. Individuals may 

 tec-l seme persont.il discomfort. Transitions srE: unsettling times. It is 

 nece'=sary. Thank you for your support of S.346. 



Bine or el v .,, 



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